Talk

MPS Digital Photography presents a talk with photographer, director, DP, and MPS Digital Photography faculty member Samantha Isom. Isom’s mother was gifted a brownie camera as a young adult and began documenting every waking moment of life. She would soon follow. Isom spent years as a photo assistant and digital tech to some of the top image-makers in the business, all while shooting on her own. Since then, she’s incorporated more motion/video into her image-making, going out not only as a photographer but also as a camera operator/DP. She has shot all over the world and has created the online journal and travel show Brown Passport. In 2015 she began training to shoot underwater and received her PADI divemaster certificate in 2018. Isom’s based out of New York City, though she has lived and worked in Chicago, New Orleans, Miami, Philadelphia, and spent a few months living and shooting in Hawai’i, and Indonesia.

Starting in 2011 and after over 250 lectures, the i3: Images, Ideas, Inspiration Lecture series continues to feature leading photographers, artists, editors, gallerists, and industry experts. The fall 2024 i3 Lecture season is curated and hosted by MPS Digital Photography faculty member Julie Grahame. Most past lectures are available on YouTube and Vimeo.