26 May—21:00
Commissioning Photography
Emma Bowkett and Josh Lustig will discuss the way in which they work with photography at the Financial Times Weekend Magazine, one of the UK’s leading colour supplements. Ranging from the commissioning process, to identifying photo-stories, they will talk about the various ways photography is used within the magazine, as well as touching upon how best to pitch and present to editors; editing and creating a folio for reviews and meetings; the differences between presenting personal versus commissioned work, websites and social media.

Financial Times Weekend Magazine covers
Emma Bowkett is Director of Photography at the FT Weekend Magazine and a curator. She is Associate Lecturer at LCC, and regularly participates at international workshops, portfolio reviews, festivals and awards. She is also the curator of a Financial Times special supplement and talks programme at the annual Photo London photography fair.
Josh Lustig is the Deputy Picture Editor of the Financial Times Weekend Magazine. He previously worked as the Assignments Editor at Panos Pictures, and has been a visiting lecturer at a number of universities including, London College of Communication, University of Syracuse, NY, USA and the School of Media and Journalism, Aarhus, Denmark. In 2013 Josh co-founded the book-publishing wing of Tartaruga, a leading independent record label and print studio.