StrudelmediaLive Community Weekend in New York City
Manhattan’s Lower East Side and Chinatown: In‑Person Weekend Workshop NYC
Dates: Oct 17–19, 2025
Time: 11am–4pm (ET)
Sessions: 4 (Friday, Oct 17 (afternoon), Saturday/Sunday, Oct 18–19, 11am–4pm (ET), with a follow-up online critique session on Sunday, Oct 26, 12–3pm (ET))
Limited enrollment: 12 students
Fee: $650
Join us for a weekend-long photographic exploration of New York City’s Lower East Side and Chinatown — discover the unexpected in a small group with something new to experience for everyone!
Fri, Oct 17: 3-5pm (ET)
A special curated gallery tour with the StrudelmediaLive community, followed by a social get-together.
Sat/Sun, Oct 18/19: 11am–4pm (ET)
New York City’s iconic Lower East Side is a neighborhood that’s rich in history and constant change, and has been a home over the years to people of a wide variety of cultures and economics. It’s also where Jacob Riis created some of the first environmental portraits, as he documented newly arrived immigrants from Europe. Over two days, we’ll explore and experience the streets, people, architecture, and urban landscapes with some of the newest buildings in the city alongside historic structures from the 19th century.
Manhattan’s Chinatown — New York’s original Chinatown, dating from the 1850s, is a tightly packed neighborhood filled with lots of outdoor activity with vendors and markets and massive amounts of street life — great opportunities for street photography and more.
Sun, Oct 26: 12–3pm (ET)
The following Sunday, we’ll meet online to discuss and critique your fresh NYC photographs.
Please note: Make sure to wear good shoes because we'll be walking a good amount.
I have learned much from Anja and StrudelmediaLive classes. She and the other teachers are very well accomplished on the technical and artistic sides of photography, helping me to grow in both areas. Anja has a creative mind and is very pleasant to work with — very important traits for a photography mentor. I look forward to more classes with her and the other teachers.
—Jay (Oakland)
To me, online classes have been a synonym for freedom. Freedom of being where I was, geographically. Freedom of expressing myself through the group discussions and learning by sharing with others and with Anja.
—Lara (France)
I wanted to thank you for all of your expertise and advice! You certainly helped move my photography to a much more authentic and insightful level and your endless support and encouragement keep those creative wheels turning and my photographic passions burning.
—Glen (Toronto)
Anja Hitzenberger
Anja Hitzenberger is a photographer, filmmaker, consultant, and educator. She is the founder of StrudelmediaLive, an educational platform that offers live online photography classes and more to people around the world. Anja studied in the Creative Practice full-time program at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City, and has been on the faculty there since 2009. She is dedicated to working with people from different cultures across the globe.
Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows, film festivals, and on theater stages throughout Europe, the United States, South America, and Asia. Her photography has been published internationally and is a part of both private and institutional collections, including the International Center of Photography. She has received numerous artistic grants and has been awarded residencies in Rome, Paris, Warsaw, Beijing, and Tainan (Taiwan). A focus of her activities has been working with live performance, including producing a multimedia piece that toured in New York City, Austria, and Korea.
Anja has been teaching live online photography classes since 2015, as well as in-person workshops at organizations in New York, Europe, China, and Taiwan, including C/O Berlin, Three Shadows (Beijing), and FJUM (Forum for Journalism and Media – Vienna). Originally from Salzburg, Austria, she divides her time between New York and Vienna.
Anja teaches visual storytelling, environmental portraits, critique groups, and how movies can inspire your photography for StrudelmediaLive.
Join us for a weekend-long photographic exploration of New York City’s Lower East Side and Chinatown — discover the unexpected in a small group with something new to experience for everyone!
Fri, Oct 17: 3-5pm (ET)
A special curated gallery tour with the StrudelmediaLive community, followed by a social get-together.
Sat/Sun, Oct 18/19: 11am–4pm (ET)
New York City’s iconic Lower East Side is a neighborhood that’s rich in history and constant change, and has been a home over the years to people of a wide variety of cultures and economics. It’s also where Jacob Riis created some of the first environmental portraits, as he documented newly arrived immigrants from Europe. Over two days, we’ll explore and experience the streets, people, architecture, and urban landscapes with some of the newest buildings in the city alongside historic structures from the 19th century.
Manhattan’s Chinatown — New York’s original Chinatown, dating from the 1850s, is a tightly packed neighborhood filled with lots of outdoor activity with vendors and markets and massive amounts of street life — great opportunities for street photography and more.
Sun, Oct 26: 12–3pm (ET)
The following Sunday, we’ll meet online to discuss and critique your fresh NYC photographs.
Anja Hitzenberger is a photographer, filmmaker, consultant, and educator. She is the founder of StrudelmediaLive, an educational platform that offers live online photography classes and more to people around the world. Anja studied in the Creative Practice full-time program at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City, and has been on the faculty there since 2009. She is dedicated to working with people from different cultures across the globe.
Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows, film festivals, and on theater stages throughout Europe, the United States, South America, and Asia. Her photography has been published internationally and is a part of both private and institutional collections, including the International Center of Photography. She has received numerous artistic grants and has been awarded residencies in Rome, Paris, Warsaw, Beijing, and Tainan (Taiwan). A focus of her activities has been working with live performance, including producing a multimedia piece that toured in New York City, Austria, and Korea.
Anja has been teaching live online photography classes since 2015, as well as in-person workshops at organizations in New York, Europe, China, and Taiwan, including C/O Berlin, Three Shadows (Beijing), and FJUM (Forum for Journalism and Media – Vienna). Originally from Salzburg, Austria, she divides her time between New York and Vienna.
anjahitzenberger.com
