Guest speaker: Jana Ašenbrennerová

Jana Ašenbrennerová (SFSU Photojournalism '11, Visual Anthropology,'19) is a
photojournalist and writer from the Czech Republic. She specializes in social
documentary and dedicates most of her time pursuing independent projects back home
in the Czech Republic. Before COVID she was working in Africa and Asia. She is
currently based between Prague and San Francisco, where she freelances mainly for the
San Francisco Chronicle. Each summer she leads student expeditions for the National
Geographic Society. Her work has won numerous awards including World Press Photo,
National Geographic, Czech Press Photo, China Press Photo, and CPOY.

Jana will hear Portrait Essay pitches from Photojournalism III class at 12:30 p.m.in HUM 311. You are invited to join us, but please RSVP komenich@sfsu.edu.