Eric Maierson

A Few Things I Know To Be True

Three weeks ago I celebrated my 44th birthday. It’s been more than half-a-lifetime since that afternoon in high school when I realized with the clarity of a bell that I wanted a life filled with books and music and movies; (…)

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Four Great Books on Creativity

Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles and Ted Orland The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp Do the Work by Steven Pressfield The War of Art:Break (…)

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Undesired Wins Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award

Undesired by Walter Astrada, a project I produced at MediaStorm for the Alexia Foundation was honored with a 2012 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and I couldn’t be more proud. From the MediaStorm blog: The duPont Awards, administered since 1968 (…)

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MediaStorm Workshop: Broken Lines

I’m excited to share my latest production from the MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Workshop. The talented team consisted of Martine Fougeron, Richard Kendall, Frank de Ruiter and Simon Schorno. From the description: Joe Soll never met his birth parents. Raised by (…)

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Thoughts on Errol Morris’ Tabloid

The most striking thing about Errol Morris’ new documentary Tabloid, besides the literally unbelievable story, is the director’s decision to leave whole sections of interview footage uncovered. Minutes go by without b-roll. Instead, we see the exposed footage, jump cuts (…)

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Verve Photo Interviews Seamus Murphy

Verve Photo has posted a nice piece on A Darkness Visible, along with an interview with Seamus Murphy. Read the article here .

Fear & Art

I’m hardly a stranger to uncertainty and self-doubt. So picking up a copy of David Bayles and Ted Orland’s slim volume Art & Fear wasn’t a difficult choice. I’ve just started but already the author’s have begun to catalogue many (…)

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A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan by Seamus Murphy

This one was a beast. Some numbers: 30-plus hours of interviews 26,000 images 9 months of production It was the most complex project I’ve ever undertaken. But now it’s done, and I am so very proud. From the description: Outsiders (…)

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Mountain Workshop

I just returned from the Mountain Workshop in Somerset, Kentucky and, man, were the multimedia students talented. For five days, I had the good fortune to coach Ligaiya Romero, Terri Flagg, and Catherine Spangler. They produced three terrific stories.

MediaStorm Workshop: A Thousand More

For the tenth MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshop, I was joined by Kristina Budelis, Piotr Malecki, and Jeff Rhode. Rick Gershon served as Director of Photography and our intern Leandro Badalotti did just about everything else. About the project: As (…)

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