The World of A Photo Researcher with Alyssa Ortega Coppelman

In her virtual session, Alyssa will describe the unique path that led her to the world of art research and photo editing—and, more specifically, how she became an independent photo editor, art researcher, and photobook consultant. She will share published magazine layouts to demonstrate how photographs make their way onto the page in Harper’s and the Oxford American. Using Instagram’s search and save functions as an example, she will demonstrate how she sources images. She will also address how best to make connections with magazine industry people. Other topics Alyssa will address include her work as an archival researcher, portfolio reviews, photo contests, meetings, cold emails, hashtags, and more.

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Free for Members

$25.00 for non-members

5:30 - 6:30 pm (Mountain Time) Wednesday, October 13th Via Zoom

About Alyssa Ortega Coppelman

Alyssa Coppelman is an independent photo editor and photobook consultant based in Austin, Texas. She was Assistant Art Director at Harper’s Magazine before going freelance. Since then, she has worked steadily with Harper’s and the Oxford American magazine as Art Researcher, the latter which won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2016 and has since been nominated twice in the category. Working directly with photographers, Alyssa provides oversight in editing, sequencing, design, and editorial aspects of portfolios and photobook projects. Working regularly on the Emmy-nominated, PBS NewsHour series, Brief But Spectacular, she is an Archival Researcher, finding visual accompaniment for short interviews. Alyssa serves as a guest lecturer to undergraduate and graduate photography students, and has taught photo editing workshops.

Alyssa Coppelman-© Sandy Carson