Cuba Unplugged: Trinidad, Cienfuegos, Cienega de Zapata, and Havana

Join us in support of the Cuban people as we discover the beautiful waterfront city of Cienfuegos, elegant charm of Trinidad, and natural beauty of the Cienega de Zapata. Unplug and return to this magical isle to continue your explorations with a small group of six photographers, led by Jennifer Spelman and Carlos Otero as […]

Cuba Unplugged: Tobacco Road in the Viñales Valley

Cuban cigars are widely accepted as the best in the world. What makes them so admired is a mixture of fact and fiction. The mystique of the Cuban cigar has been cultivated by Cuba itself, in part through the most legendary faces of the island—Fidel Castro and Ernest Hemingway. The reality is the tobacco plant […]

The Art and Craft of Memoir

Become an editor of your own life, imposing a narrative on an unwieldy memory and a half-remembered past to craft moving and entertaining stories that reach to the heart and truth of what it means to be human.

Character of Place: The Coast of Maine

Generate new work, then build that work into meaningful essays while photographing the character—and the characters—of the famed coastline of Maine with thirty-year summer resident Sam Abell at your side.