Bob Sacha

Teaches at Los Angeles Center of Photography

Bob Sacha (https://www.bobsacha.com/) is a director, cinematographer, editor, teacher, photographer and a collaborator on visual journalism projects.

In his past lives, Bob was a staff photographer at the Philadelphia Inquirer, a contributing photographer at both Life and National Geographic Magazine and a freelance photojournalist and travel photographer for more magazines than remain on newsstands. 

A decade ago he made the switch to video and has worked on projects that have won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, a National Emmy for New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming, a Webby and the first gold medal ever given by the Society for News Design. He teamed up with Blue Chalk as the the director of photography for the New York Times series, Living City, about New York’s infrastructure. BlindSight, a documentary short about a group of blind photographers that he directed, shot & produced had its world premiere at DOCNYC, the country’s largest documentary festival.

Bob is also a prolific and passionate teacher, working for many years with students of all ages including workshops in Maine, SantaFe, Italy, Norway and many other places worldwide. He’s fascinated with how visual storytelling changes across platforms.