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Don’t miss this two-day, hands-on workshop
for photographers who want to begin an exploration into the concepts and
techniques of alternative process photography led by one of the most
renowned artists in the field! Last season’s participants buzzed with
energy and rave reviews: James gives 200% information and enthusiasm...EXCITING...
the best of all workshops I’ve attended here and elsewhere! In class you will learn how to make
enlarged negatives with Polaroid for printing processes and make prints
using Sir John Herschel’s original Cyanotype and Kallitype and/or Van
Dyke techniques from the 1840’s. You will also learn how to prepare
modern formulas for post-development toning so that the colors and
tonalities of your images are adaptable to your aesthetic intentions. By
the conclusion of the workshop you will begin to see how alternative
process concepts, experiments, and techniques can result in new directions
for your own unique vision. Christopher’s alternative process workshops
are always a lot of fun. Bring along a sense of humor!
CHRISTOPHER JAMES is an
internationally known artist and photographer whose paintings and
alternative process images have been exhibited in galleries and museums in
this country and abroad. His work has been shown at venues including the
* Please include an e-mail address
with your registration so that Christopher can write to you before the
class with specific info. It would be a very good idea to get a copy of
his new book The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes
(Delmar, 2001), as it will be used as a text for this class.
Class limit: 15
Tuition: CPW members $275 / non-members $295
Lab fee: $60
PUBLIC LECTURE SATURDAY,
This
two-day hands on workshop, led by one of the most acclaimed documentary
photographers of our time, is for photographers - freelance and staff
photojournalists, serious amateurs, and students - seeking to expand their
personal vision, become more proficient- in photographing people - from
strangers on the street to social events to society - and further their
ability to tell stories with- photographs.-- -Richards will- show the work of the
world’s major photographers who work with sequencing pictures and words
- from books, magazines, and newspaper essays. Eugene discusses and
critiques your photographs, visual arrangements, and the content of your
images. Assignments in class will provide time for shooting and time to
learn techniques to overcome some of the hesitations one may experience
when confronting people with a camera. You'll learn how to feel more
comfortable entering various social situations and how to remain there so
that you may create meaningful images. We will also examine the ethics,
rights, and restraints of working as a photographer, and you'll learn how
to better edit the work you produce, ways to better direct your energies,
how to do research, how to approach people, how to prepare your work for
exhibition and publication opportunities, and how to develop and express
your own point of view.
EUGENE RICHARDS is an editorial
photographer, author, teacher, filmmaker, and publisher who works in the
photojournalistic and documentary tradition. His years serving as an
activist and social worker informed his work as a photojournalist, and he
is today regarded as one of the most important photographers working in
the documentary tradition worldwide. His work has been published in
thirteen books to date including Few Comforts or Surprises: The Arkansas
Delta, Dorchester Days, 50 Hours, Exploding Into Life, Below the Line:
Living Poor In America, The Knife & Gun Club: Scenes From An Emergency
Room, Eugene Richards: 55, Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue, (which received the
Kraszna-Krausz Award for photographic innovation in 1994), and Stepping
Through The Ashes, co-authored by Janine Altongy. Most recently, The Fat
Baby, a book of his essays and images spanning the last ten years was
published by Phaidon Press. Richards has done assignments for Life,
the
New York Times Magazine, Time, and other prominent magazines and has
garnered some of the most prestigious awards of our time including several
National Endowment for the Arts Awards, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the W.
Eugene Smith Award, the Kodak Crystal Eagle Award, and the Canon Photo
Essay Award. Gene has lead workshops since 1978.
Participants should bring: a
portfolio of 10-20 images to share, camera, film
Class limit: 15
Tuition: CPW members $335 / non-members $355
PUBLIC LECTURE SATURDAY, 8 PM
Getting Known/Being Shown
Do
you feel that if only you had the correct portfolio you would be a
success? Do you wonder what it takes to bring your photographs to a
commercial gallery, not-for-profit artists space, and/or museum? Do you
know what grants, fellowships, and artist’s residencies are available to
you? Are you unsure of how to utilize the Internet to advance your career?
How to price your prints? Are you yearning to have your pictures and words
published? Learn how to negotiate the art world from the vantage point of
a successful artist and well-versed curator.
This class is for creative photographers
who have produced a developed body of work they are ready to bring into
the world but aren’t sure where and how to begin. The workshop includes
portfolio review and each student’s images receive our undivided
attention. Our group discussion is dreamed about but rarely heard! We help
build your resume, look at your pictures, talk about how to present a
portfolio, and you’ll create an artist statement. You will leave this
workshop ready to hit the real world, with more confidence and a map for
your personal journey. After attending this workshop past participants
have gone on to win awards, receive solo shows, secure commercial
representation, get published in major publications, and realize their
dreams.
GERALD SLOTA, a dynamic energetic
artist, whose work is represented by Ricco/Maresca Gallery (NYC), has had
shows at the Robert Berman Gallery in Santa Monica, San Francisco
Camerawork, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the Newark Museum,
and the Stephen Bulger Gallery in Toronto.
His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine,
Discover, Blindspot, the New Yorker, and Aperture. Slota
has received a Mid-Atlantic Fellowship Grant from the New Jersey State
Council on the Arts, a Polaroid 20x24" Grant, and a MacDowell Artist
Residency among others.
Class limit: 12
Tuition: CPW members $135 / non-members $155
This
class is for creative photographer's who have a developed body of work.
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).
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
Lab fee: $30
As
globalization alters the landscape daily, that which was unique passes
into memory. The challenge for photographers is documenting not only how
the cultural landscape looks but also how it feels. During this two-day
hands on workshop we will explore how the photographer portrays
culture’s impact upon the environment and the environment’s impact
upon culture. Each inhabited environment reflects economics, local
tradition, religion, and geography and is important to the
photographer’s work. Combining class critique, group discussions, field trips, assignments, and
slide presentations for inspiration, we will focus on finding ways of
working that are both to the reality of the culture observed and the
photographer’s artistic response to it. Additionally we will examine the
cultural and personal factors that make a photographer’s vision and
perception selective. You’ll leave with new ideas, refreshed
perspective, and lots of new work! All formats are welcome - from 35mm to
view camera to plastic or pinhole!
CRAIG J. BARBER is a fine art
photographer who has spent over twenty years photographing the cultural
landscape and its continually changing face. After exceptional reviews
from students last year, we are honored to bring back Craig J. Barber for
this highly creative workshop! His work has been seen in over a hundred
exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe, and Latin America,
including those at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Fogg Art
Museum at Harvard, the International Center of Photography in NYC, the G.
Gibson Gallery in Seattle, Robin Rice Gallery in NYC, the Gallery Palatina
in Buenos Aires, and the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge. His work resides in
collections at the
Participants should bring: your
camera/s of choice, plenty of film, and a portfolio of 10-20 prints to
share.
Class limit: 15
Tuition: CPW members $275 / non-members $295
PUBLIC LECTURE FRIDAY,
In
this hands on workshop with Robert Maxwell, a celebrated photographer
known for his- beautiful moody use of lighting and subtle yet ingenious
use of location, you will learn new techniques to creatively enhance your
work with the figure and further define your own creative voice.
Open to photographers at all levels,
this class will explore the many aspects of photographing the figure with
a focus on personal vision. We’ll begin by discussing one another’s
goals for the weekend and sharing our work. Robert will present
demonstrations covering lighting techniques, shot set up, how to best work
with models, how to create mood, some special effects, and how to stay
spontaneous! We’ll have ample time on location to work with models and
make new work with Robert on hand for guidance. You will leave this class
with some new direction, new techniques, and expanded vision!
Class limit: 15
Tuition: CPW members $275 / non-members $295
Model fee: $50
PUBLIC LECTURE FRIDAY,