*WAIT-LIST* - Visualizing Extreme Weather Events: Climate and Environmental Photography

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Join Bangladeshi documentary photographer Joy Saha for this online workshop exploring how photography can be used to bear witness to and interpret the effects of climate change and the resulting extreme weather events. Participants will examine how images shape public understanding of flooding, cyclones, heatwaves, forest fires, droughts, and the environmental aftermath. Learn and discuss the importance of creating ethical, visually compelling narratives that connect environmental change with human experience, and engage with the work of photographers from around the world who are leading by example.

The workshop combines lectures, image analysis, guided assignments, and group critique in a fully online format, making it accessible to participants across different regions and lived environments.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand photography’s role in climate communication and environmental justice.
• Learn ethical and visual strategies for documenting extreme weather events.
• Develop the ability to construct clear, responsible photo narratives around climate impacts.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Joy Saha is a Photographer, Traveller, and Visual Journalist who specializes in capturing compelling human and environmental stories through the lens. His work has been featured in over 100 world’s leading news outlets, including The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Wall Street Journal, TIME, National Geographic, GEO, Stern, Der Spiegel, Amnesty International, and The Daily Telegraph of London.

With a profound interest in Documentary photography, Joy is passionate about exploring the diverse aspects of human life and depicting the pressing environmental challenges of our time. He uses photography as a powerful storytelling tool to shift perspectives and inspire action. His projects highlight daily life, vulnerable communities, and the impacts of climate change, emphasizing the urgency of global solidarity. He is on an endless journey of portraying human struggles and environmental impacts to evoke empathy and drive meaningful change.

Joy regularly contributes to ZUMA PRESS and undertakes commissions from NGOs, Newspapers, Magazines, Photo Agencies, Industries, & Business Clients. He is an alumnus of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford.

Images © Joy Saha