Your global community for live and interactive photography classes
Discover, create & connect
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
Masterclass Lecture (by donation)
Image‑based Strategies for Social Change
with Fred Ritchin
Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 at 1–3pm (ET)
Masterclass Lecture (by donation)
Impactful Imagery in the Age of AI
with Fred Ritchin
Thursday, Dec 18, 2025 at 1–3pm (ET)
Photo Classes
Online Class
Adventures in Still Life
6 Fridays start Jan 16, 2026
Online Class
Photography with Mixed Media: Developing a Personal Visual Style
5 Tuesdays start Jan 20, 2026
Online Class
“The Optical Unconscious”: Adventures in Surrealist Photography
6 Wednesdays start Jan 28, 2026
Online Class
An Interior View
6 Thursdays start Jan 29, 2026
Online Class
Diving Deep: A Monthly Mentoring Group
6 Mondays start Feb 2, 2026
What our students say about our teachers
James is an excellent instructor. Patient, informative, astute and generous with his time and feedback. All of that AND an awesome photographer. I learned a lot.
—Jules (New Jersey)
Daura and Samanta were a winning tag team combination of enthusiasm, encouragement about everyone’s work, brainstorming the outcomes of assignments and providing real-time solutions, superb materials, and being well-organized in their presentation. I could go on and on, but I can offer no higher compliment than that they are pros at teaching and sharing.
—Kevin (New Jersey)
Anja's course helped me to get out of my comfort zone and grow as a photographer — the assignments and the feedback helped me to be more honest about my work and challenge myself more. I cannot stress enough how useful her courses would be for anyone looking to improve as a storyteller and photographer. I really enjoyed the interactive part where you can speak and see the other people in class in real time — it really brings up the learning experience.
—Alejandra (Mexico)
Lesly's class was great, very inspiring and gave my daily life and family pictures a real purpose. I see the photos in a more artistic way now rather than just being there to document our life and family, and it feels good!
—Lara (France)
