Sure, it's April, but back in December, I wanted to make some T-shirts for the guys as a holiday gift. But what should go on the shirt???!?!

I was perusing illustrators on AltPick, a source book for creatives, and found a guy in Canada named Luc Latulippe who had a very clean, modern style. So I gave him a call, and we talked about some ideas....

The shirts came out great (even though my sister didn't like them). And then while I was googling, I found Luc's Flickr page which shows the final design and his original sketch for the shirt -- it's monster-proof, baby.

I was taking a long-term documentary project at ICP, when my teacher, Andre Lambertson suggested that I apply for the Eddie Adams Workshop. Although I was familiar with Eddie's work, I had no idea that there was a workshop, nor how well-esteemed the program had become in its nearly two decades of operation.

I was pretty surprised when I was accepted, and then blown away when I actually attended in the Fall of 2003 for a few incredibly inspiring days. Although the workshop has a photojournalism focus, the speakers represented every facet of photography. The underwater photography of Howard Schatz, the nudes of Jock Sturges, the edgy portraiture of Clay Patrick McBride, and of course some of the top photojournalists in the world.

Since three of the PhotoShelter founders are Barnstorm Alumni, we decided to get involved this year. We rebuilt the website to have a searchable alumni database and message boards, and today we released a full, online application mechanism.

I can't say enough about the workshop that Eddie built. If you're a current student, military, or professional with less than 3 years of experience, you really ought to consider applying to the workshop.

http://www.eddieadamsworkshop.com/apply