A space for learning, creating, and connecting through photography
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Realtime, live, and interactive small‑group photography classes, with students participating from around the world.
featured programs
Miss the live book release event? Watch the video on our Youtube channel: The Synthetic Eye: Photography Transformed in the Age of AI with Fred Ritchin and Brian Palmer [more info]
The Photobook Show with Stefan Frank is a series of free talks that looks at recent (and not-so-recent) photobooks and how they advance the medium. [more info]
Subscribe to StrudelmediaLive’s YouTube channel for recordings of photo talks, books and zines by our students, and more!
coming soon
Photo Talks / Events
Zoom Info Session with Kai McBride: Mastering the Lightroom Print Module
Thursday, Feb 12, 2026 at 11:30am–12pm (ET)
Photo Classes
Masterclass Course 1
Innovative Strategies for Exploring the Human Condition
Only 1 spot left
5 Wednesdays start Feb 11, 2026
Online Class
Image Alchemy: Gather, Cut, Paste, Transfer
Only 1 spot left
5 Saturdays start Feb 21, 2026
Online Class
Mastering the Lightroom Print Module
5 Tuesdays start Feb 24, 2026
Online Class
New Class Added!
Women Behind the Camera: How They’ve Shaped and Influenced Photography
4 Tuesdays start Mar 10, 2026
Online Class
Photographing Memory and the Unconscious Mind
6 Wednesdays start Mar 11, 2026
What our students say about our teachers
Bryan is an excellent instructor, and it’s been a pleasure to learn from his experience. It is a valuable course, and I have a better starting point for organizing my archive.
—Inbal (New York City)
Kai’s “Summer Nights, Through a Lens” was such a great experience! I really appreciated the insights and impulses Kai shared with us. They inspired us to go out shooting in the evenings and at night, and the diversity of the resulting photos was truly astounding. My favorite part was Kai’s reviews of all the submitted photos. His perspectives were so helpful for analyzing and understanding images more deeply, which in turn sparked so many new ideas to keep in mind while out shooting.
—Lars (Germany)
This class was a wonderful experience. It was an intimately sized group (about 6 students), so we all received extensive and personalized feedback, including various references that related to the specific subjects/styles/themes of our work. It gave me the social accountability and courage to start on projects that I have been postponing for many months, for which I am very grateful.
—Aldo (San Francisco)
I have never been more excited in a classroom than in Fred’s class. His way of conducting the class, his references, and his general teachings have influenced and expanded my work in ways that make every project I start a complex and exciting endeavour. I entered his course understanding myself as a photojournalist and ended feeling that I could and should do much more than just photojournalism. I am proud to call myself one of his students and know that any person interested in the documentary practices (or just the human condition) will be greatly affected and changed by his ideas.
—Mayolo (Mexico)
