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We are honored to present a very special two-day workshop with Mary Ellen Mark, one of the most renowned women in the international field, a gifted photographer and an amazing and captivating teacher. With Mary Ellen, you will explore contemporary trends in personal documentary photography and photojournalism. You will investigate human relationships, people’s desires, aspirations, and learn how to interpret social situations in many aspects of urban and rural cultures through photography.

You will explore the work of Mary Ellen Mark and fellow students from around the world. Following an in-depth portfolio review you will be given a specific assignment. Topics come from your own interests and curiosity, with direction and encouragement from Mary Ellen. Working together, you will have the opportunity to grow and take risks within an understanding and supportive peer group. Throughout the two days Mark will review your progress, discuss your career, techniques, approaches, and the themes within your work. You will work with 35mm cameras - plan to shoot 10-15 rolls of film!  

MARY ELLEN MARK is one of the most respected and loved documentary photographers in the world. Her photographs of world cultures, subcultures, and personalities are landmarks in the field. Mark has achieved worldwide visibility through her numerous photo-essays and portraits in such magazines as the New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Stern, Details, Allure, Rolling Stone, Vogue, US, Life, and the London Sunday Times Magazine. For almost three decades she has traveled extensively to make pictures that reflect a high degree of humanism. Mark, a socially committed photographer, who continues to make images of passion and integrity, has been the recipient of the Cornell Capa Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, ICP’s Infinity Award for Journalism, and three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Mary Ellen Mark: AMERICAN ODYSSEY, a book and traveling exhibition (which debuted at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in spring 2000), features her photographs from the United States taken over the past 35 years. Additionally Mark has published thirteen books including Falkland Road, Mother Teresa’s Mission of Charity in Calcutta, A Cry for Help, Indian Circus, Mary Ellen Mark: 25 Years, American Odyssey, and most recently Twins, published by Aperture in 2003. Her website is www.maryellenmark.com.

Participants should bring: portfolio of 10-20 prints, camera, and 10-20 rolls of film.
Class limit: 15 
Tuition: CPW members $395 / non-members $425

PUBLIC LECTURE SATURDAY, 8PM                     

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This is a two-day hands-on intensive creative session for people who are dedicated to photography and have a developed body of work in portraiture but are ready to take their work to the next level!- Whether you are a professional or just beginning to break into the professional arena, Platon, who received outstanding reviews from his students in 2003, will nurture your own creative instincts and awaken you to fresh and new perspectives. Blending both technical and creative exercises, you will learn first hand about different types of lighting, studio shoots, how to work on location, how to listen to your own creative impulses, and strengthen your personal style. 

In this class for serious portrait photographers, we will share portfolios and Platon will present a slide talk to inspire and energize. Platon, who moves gracefully between fine art and commercial photography, will lead discussions on some of the important issues pertaining to people pictures, with focus on creative ins-and-outs, problem solving, awakening the senses, staying positive, pressures of the job, and how to succeed. Platon will take you through a professional shoot and demonstrate his lighting setup. In turn, each student will have the opportunity to shoot one another using Platon’s custom studio set-up. Working from both ends of the lens, you’ll learn how to better empathize with your sitter, have time for application of new techniques, and bring new vision to life.

PLATON is a NYC-based photographer born in London. He attended the esteemed St. Martin’s School of Art and went on to study at the Royal College of Art, where he earned his BA and MA. He received British Vogue’s "Best Up-and-Coming Photographer" award in 1992 along with the opportunity to contribute images to the magazine. Since then, Platon has continued to shoot for an impressive range of publications including The Face, Arena, George, The New York Times Magazine, and Vanity Fair. And no one will forget his December 2000 cover for Esquire Magazine of President Clinton! His advertising credits include memorable campaigns for Issey Miyake, Nike, Levi’s, Moschino, IBM, and Motorola. Platon has exhibited at the prestigious Hamilton’s Gallery in London, Spiral Hall in Tokyo, and the Carla Sozzani Gallery in Milan. Platon’s work is represented by the Art Department in NYC. His latest book, Platon’s Republic, published by Phaidon, will be out as of April 2004!

Participants should bring: 15-20 examples of your work, camera, plenty of your favorite film, and optional tri-pod. 
Class limit: 15 
Tuition: CPW members $275 /  non-members $295 
Lab fee: $30

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Where do you stand? When do you press the shutter? Of these two questions, which permeate photography, the second is easier. You either pressed at the right moment or not, you know as soon as you see the image! The first question - where do you stand - is far more complex. Do you stand six inches from the subject or six feet? Do you stand, bend, or kneel? Where do you stand politically, psychologically, and spiritually? What role do you want photography to play in your life? Which pictures are truly yours and how do you learn to recognize them in the editing process?

In this two-day hands on class for creative documentary photographers, we will encourage one another to answer these and other questions through a combination of shooting assignments, portfolio review, editing critiques, and class discussions. In short our focus this weekend will be on refining your own photographic process and goals. This class is for serious photographers who are currently working on or are between projects!

JEFF JACOBSON holds degrees from the University of Oklahoma and Georgetown University Law Center . While working as a civil rights lawyer in the American South in the early 1970s Jacobson began photographing in southern jails and rural areas. After completing a workshop at Apeiron with Charles Harbutt, Jacobson left his law practice to devote his full energies to photography. A former Magnum photographer and founder of Archive Pictures, Jacobson regularly photographs for New York Times Magazine, Fortune, Geo, Life, and many others. His work has been exhibited and/or collected by the Whitney Museum of Art in NYC, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the George Eastman House in Rochester, and the Museo Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City. A monograph of his work, My Fellow Americans, was printed in 1990 and his upcoming monograph, You Are Here, explores worldwide urban landscapes and questions the intersections of traditional documentary photography to that of the digital. A National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, Jeff has been leading workshops nationwide for the last fifteen years.

Please bring: a portfolio of 10-20 of your favorite images, along with a group of those that didn’t make the edit,  your camera, and plenty of film. 
Class limit: 15 
Tuition: CPW members $275 / non-members $295

PUBLIC LECTURE FRIDAY, 8 PM  

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In this two-day hands on workshop, Mark Citret will lead you on a journey of discovery. This class is for photographers who wish to create expressive images using light and structure and mine a rich and inexhaustible vein - the world around us. For every photographer there are images lurking out in the world that only they would make. This statement is based on the belief that each of us does indeed have our own take on the universe we inhabit.  

In class you’ll learn to make pictures of spaces and places that no one else would make and learn to identify and trust your own vision. Field trips - to make new pictures - will offer sites of structural richness and visual intrigue. You’ll have the opportunity to view Citret’s work, share your images, and gain meaningful insight on the craft necessary to express your ideas. In a world of countless images it is tricky to distill out seductive distractions and get into one’s own essential way of seeing. Mark will give you a map to begin your journey and provide the guidebook so you will feel confident about trusting your eye. Participants should have a good working knowledge of their cameras and understand basic exposure.  

MARK CITRET is a San Francisco based photographer who studied under the visionary Ruth Bernhard. He has spent more than 30 years working as an architectural and fine art photographer and teacher at the Universities of California at Berkley and Santa Cruz. Citret had the good fortune to have worked with Ansel Adams, both in the field and in the darkroom. He has photographed extensively in New York’s Catskill Mountains, California, the National Parks, Italy, France, and the Czech Republic. His work is represented and shown by Howard Greenberg Gallery in NYC, Paul Kopeikin Gallery in LA, Weston Gallery in CA, and Halsted Gallery in Birmingham, MI. Additionally his images are in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, and University of Arizona’s Center for Creative Photography. An exquisite monograph of his photographs, Along the Way, was published in 1999 by Custom and Limited Editions in San Francisco, CA. His website is www.mcitret.com.

Participants should bring: a portfolio of 8-12 prints, camera, plenty of you favorite film. 
Suggested reading prior: Art & Fear by David Bayles & Ted Orland, Capra Press. 
Class limit: 15 
Tuition: CPW members $275 / non-members $295

PUBLIC LECTURE SATURDAY, 8 PM

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At your request and luminous reviews "invigorating...open...enthusiastic...expressive... focused... wonderful" it is an honor to welcome Ernestine Ruben for her sixth season! This is an intensive creative retreat for artistic image-makers looking to photograph the figure with innovation! In this hands-on class you will learn about how the body has been represented in photography throughout history and explore the tools to take your work beyond!

Combining in depth discussions, portfolio review, demonstrations, lots of shooting, and personal meetings with Ms. Ruben, you will have the time and guidance to re-energize and discover new and informed ways to think about and photograph the body. On location, you’ll bring new ideas to life photographing models at inspiring sites, and Ms. Ruben will teach new techniques, aesthetics, and share her expertise on how to use lighting to your best advantage. You will leave with the historical background and the tools to go beyond and discover how photographing the human body can be an important departure point for many new creative inventions! Come with ENERGY!

ERNESTINE RUBEN, an artist and teacher for 3 decades, is a spirited leader whose emphasis in teaching is to help her students further define their personal creative voices. Her highly acclaimed work has been exhibited worldwide at venues including John Stevenson Gallery in NYC, the International Center for Photography in NYC, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Musee d'Art Moderne in Paris, and Bibliotheque Nationale also in Paris. Her work resides in collections at the Rodin Museum in Paris, Stanford University, Maison Europeene de la Photography, the Museum of Fine Art in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art Paris, and The Detroit Institute of Art. Published in many books including In Human Touch, Ruben on Rodin, The Art of Enhanced Photography, 21st- Journal of Contemporary Photography, Ernestine Ruben: A Book of Photographs, and Ernestine Ruben: Forms and Feelings, you may have also seen her work in magazines Art News, New York Times, European Photography, and Beauxs Arts. Ernestine has taught workshops and master classes in the US and abroad in Austria, Greece, Czech Republic, Germany, and Israel. Her website is www.ernestineruben.com.

Participants should bring: 10-15 examples of their recent work, a camera, and lots of film. 
Class limit: 15 
Tuition: CPW members $275 / non-members $295
Model fee: $50

PUBLIC LECTURE SATURDAY, 8 PM

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Just getting started? Want to begin again after a long time? Unhappy with your pictures? In this two-day, hands-on individualized workshop - limited to just six participants - you will learn the basics of photography and how to make a successful picture in a highly supportive environment.  

Judi Esmond, an energetic and encouraging educator, will begin by helping you understand and feel comfortable with your camera. Judi will present examples of inspiring photographs and discuss the elements that make a good picture including subject matter, composition, light, pattern, texture, and mood. The workshop will set out on a field trip to make pictures and learn first hand how to choose the right film and the basic rules of exposure, composition, depth of field, aperture, shutter speed, and lighting. What begins this weekend may become a new career and/or almost certainly a life passion! No previous photographic experience necessary.

Judi Esmond will also lead an INTRODUCTION LEVEL II class Sat-Sun October 23-24: Open to those who have taken Introduction level I, this customized class will expand upon our basics and further our discussions on composition, aesthetics, and technique. (Class limit of 6, lab fee, and tuition are the same as for Intro I - see below).

JUDI ESMOND works as a museum educator at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art in New Paltz, NY and an artist at the Mill Street Loft in Poughkeepsie, NY. She has served as the Center’s education and outreach coordinator and taught photography in the Hudson Valley with the Children’s Home of Kingston, Rockland County Community College, the Children’s Annex, Onteora High School, Woodstock Day School, and Poughkeepsie Day School. She offers private lessons at the Center for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level photographers. Judi has also taught with Maine Photographic Workshops, Skidmore College, SUNY New Paltz, and Edenwald-Gun Hill Community Center. In addition to her teaching talents, Judi is an independent freelance photographer, custom printer, and has worked as the studio assistant in NYC to photographers Jan Groover and Michael O'Neil. In her personal photography, Esmond pushes limits and employs both experimental and traditional methods. Her wide breadth of knowledge spans a variety a cameras and classic and alternative techniques.

Participants should bring: 35 mm SLR camera (If you don’t have one, please contact the Center and we can arrange to provide one for class use), photos you have taken that you would like to share with class or that you have questions about are welcome, as are images by other photographers that you admire - from books or magazines. 
Class limit: 6 
Tuition: CPW members $175 / non-members $195 
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