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One by one members of the choir start arriving for Diana Malan's music class. Before taking their seats in the semi-circle around the piano they head to the shelf at the back of the classroom to get their folders. For a few minutes they chat with the teacher and among themselves, then warm-up begins with a series of Do-Re-Mi's. For the next 50 minutes angel-like voices will resonate in harmony as they go from one song to the next.

Malan, as most students call her, is part of the Faculty Senate and the head of the department of Dance, Music and Theater at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri. During the morning and afternoon she conducts the gospel, concert and a capella choirs and teaches individual lessons to advanced students. Each term the College puts on a musical and a play and her evenings are spent being the musical director of them. Her schedule is a busy one.

As she walks through campus she'll encounter students and faculty members with whom she'll exchange a few words. Her day is hectic, but she remains calm, patient, and friendly. It may be the music that maintains her serenity. After 15 years of teaching, last year Diana Malan received the Teacher of the Year award.

Photographs from the 56th Missouri Photo Workshop are available available online through the Year-by-Year page, or through the MPW.56 homepage

History of the Missouri Photo Workshop

The roots of the Missouri Photo Workshop are embedded firmly in a half-century of rich tradition; current workshops carry on principals present from the beginning.

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When the late Clifton C. Edom of the Missouri School of Journalism founded the Missouri Photo Workshop in 1949, he too, looked to the past to map the path for photojournalism's future. Inspired by the gritty, content-rich photographs of the documentary photo unit of the pre-WWII Farm Security Administration, Edom promoted research, observation and timing as the methods to make strong story-telling photographs. FSA director Roy Stryker and photographer Russell Lee worked closely with Edom in the creation of the Workshop and served as faculty members during its early years.

In subsequent years, faculty members have been many of America’s leading newspaper and magazine photographers and photo editors; a roster of faculty and students reads like a Who’s Who of photojournalism. Faculty of today includes some of the most energetic, productive and articulate documentarians currently working. All are experts dedicated to passing on the fundamentals of photo research, shooting and editing to those who hope to carry on these values and techniques in the future.

The workshop still follows Cliff Edom's credo:

"Show truth with a camera. Ideally truth is a matter of personal integrity. In no circumstances will a posed or fake photograph be tolerated."

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