Professor Ken Kobré heads the photojournalism program at
San Francisco State University.
His former students, who include winners of the Pulitzer Prize, World Press Awards, and many other prestigious honors, work on staff and as freelancers for publications and media outlets around the world.
Ken's textbook, Photojournalism, Sixth Edition: The Professionals' Approach, published by Focal Press, has been the widest-selling text on photojournalism in the world since 1980. His book Videojournalism: Multimedia Storytelling
was published in early 2012.
Ken's documentary, Deadline Every Second: On Assignment with 12 Associated Press Photojournalists (Personal/Single User Version), has been screened in Europe in addition to several cities in the US. It is available on Amazon for purchase. There is also a version for libraries & schools for public viewing.
He is also a co-author of the 7th and 8th editions of "Photography" (Prentice Hall)
the world's leading basic photography textbook. His other books include “How to Photograph Friends and Strangers,” published by Curtin & London.
Ken is the founder and publisher of the KobreGuide to the Web's Best Videojournalism as well as its companion blog, KobreChannel, which featurers thoughts, essays and reports about visual journalism.
He has worked widely in developing countries including Malaysia, Thailand, India, Bangladesh,
Indonesia, Egypt and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
He also has taught numerous workshops on photography including one in the Czech Republic for photojournalists from the former Eastern Bloc.
Ken is a past winner of the respected Robin F. Garland Educator Award from the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) and for four years directed the University of Missouri/NPPA Pictures of the Year Awards.
Professor Kobré invented the Lightscoop because he “HATES looking at UGLY flash photos.”