Joe Newman is a Washington, D.C.-based photographer, visual storyteller, and founder of the f8Photographic Workshops — immersive travel photography experiences designed to help photographers move beyond the postcard and make images that capture not just where they were, but what it felt like to be there. Since leading his first workshop to Cuba in 2016, Joe has helped organize more than a dozen X-Pedition workshops to Vietnam and Cuba. He founded the Focus on the Story International Photo Festival in Washington, D.C. (2018-2021), published three Kickstarter-funded photo books and helped launch the iWitness Institute for Visual Journalism at Florida International University. His background is in public interest communications — nearly two decades working on democracy and government accountability in D.C., with earlier years as a reporter and editor at Florida newspapers. That foundation shapes everything about how he teaches: photography as a tool for connection and meaning, not just documentation.

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