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In this two-day workshop you’ll find the time and Andrea’s encouragement to concentrate on using photography to tell visual stories about people, events, and lives - in both literal and emotional journeys - for posterity, fantasy, and fiction. Learn how to feel comfortable while making the images of people you want to make - be it of family members, the life of an unknown (to you) community resident, or models. Photographing people can help reveal your own stories and open you up (to fears / differences / personalities), while forging new common grounds with your subject.

Making new work in the colorful environs of Woodstock, we’ll work with a multi-aged creative family and explore both traditional and non-traditional photographic approaches to portraiture. Andrea will engage you in meaningful reviews of your work and goals with discussions investigating fine art and editorial work, interpretation and style, and address ethical and legal issues pertaining to the use of portraits in publications and exhibitions. This workshop is open to students at all levels. 

ANDREA MODICA works with an 8x10" camera to slow down the process of picture making and to create intimate dramas. One of her images taught her that, until that moment, she had been photographing like a tourist. Learning to contemplate the fictitious town of Treadwell in upstate NY, she made pictures that were mysterious and portrayed the anguish of adolescence and the idea of growing up. The photographer balances sadness with empathy and brings a spiritual dimension to her work. Modica’s images include photographs of a halfway house, a Catholic girls school, and a minor league baseball team. Andrea’s photographs have been compared to those of Diane Arbus, Julia Margaret Cameron, and her friend, Sally Mann. A graduate of Yale University, her work has been shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and International Center of Photography, among many prestigious venues. New York Times, Elle, New Yorker, American Photo, and Vanity Fair have featured her work and she has three monographs, Treadwell, Minor League, and Human Being. The Edwynn Houk Gallery in NYC represents her work.

Participants should bring: 10 examples of recent personal work, camera, and lots of film.
Class limit: 15 
Tuition: CPW members $275 / non-members $295 
Model fee: $40

PUBLIC LECTURE SATURDAY, 8 PM

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Prague is a city of castles and spires, medieval lanes and hidden passages, wooded parks and Gothic architecture, and photographers Josef Sudek and Vaclav Havel. Undamaged by the ravages of World War II, Prague remains one of the most beautiful and extraordinary cities in Europe . It is a photographer’s dream with a treasure trove of opportunities. Join the Center for Photography at Woodstock and Craig J. Barber for this very special ten-day travel workshop limited to only 10 participants.  

During the workshop, Craig shares his unique approach to photography and travel as he leads us through Prague to wander, explore, and photograph on daily field trips through the city. We’ll have time to visit some museums and galleries in this photography rich city and make some overnight excursions into picturesque Bohemia, a landscape of small towns, villages, and castles. While the emphasis of the workshop is work with daily shooting sessions, group discussions and critiques (color processing will be available in Prague), there will also be time for sampling the local culture, rest, and personal reflection. All formats are welcome; participants are expected to be familiar with their own equipment.  

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 his students, it is an honor to journey to Prague with this extraordinary teacher and gifted artist! His work has been exhibited 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 Museum of Fine Art in Houston, the Brooklyn Museum, the New York Public Library, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. His talent has garnered grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Seattle Arts Commission, and the Polaroid Corporation in addition to artist residencies at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire, Lightwork in Syracuse, and Yosemite National Park. Mr. Barber has lead workshops internationally for over a decade ranging from landscape, 19th century printing processes, personal vision, pinhole camera, and darkroom techniques. His website is www.craigbarber.com.

Class limit: 10 
Package price: $2550 
Includes tuition, 9 nights accommodations (double occupancy / for single room add $650 supplement), transfers to & from Prague airport, I day Grand City Tour, Jewish Quarter tour, first night River Cruise & dinner, round trip transportation for overnight trips, tips & gratuities to driver and guides.
Airfare, food, & film processing  are not included.

Non-refundable deposit of $550 must accompany your registration.  Payment in full due by August 16, 2004 .

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Judi Esmond - Intro to Photography Level II                 

We are pleased to offer an INTRODUCTION LEVEL II class with Judi Esmond. 

This workshop is 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.

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 
Lab fee: $30                                                   

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As part of the 2004 series, the Center for Photography at Woodstock is pleased to present two days of professional portfolio reviews. In this very special event you’ll have the opportunity to show your work to some of the most distinguished and important professionals in photography today.

Held in NYC, in a supportive setting, one-on-one reviews with a selection of five noted luminaries will provide you with vital feedback, new directions, and perhaps that jolt of inspiration to take the next step. Last year’s participants told us this event helped them "gain new perspectives", "re-energize their vision", "empowered them to move forward", and "changed their lives".

Past reviewers have included Sarah Hermanson Miester of the Museum of Modern Art, Kathy Ryan of the New York Times Magazine, Barbara Milstein of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and more. 

Reviewers in 2004 will include Melissa Harris of Aperture, Brian Paul Clamp of ClampArt Gallery in NYC, Sue Brisk of Magnum Photos, Jody Quon of New York Times Magazine, and more.

Participants should bring: 10 - 20 prints for review, resume, and optional statement. 
Class limit: 12 
Tuition: CPW members $175 / non-members $195

NYC location directions and the list of reviewers you will meet will be sent upon registration confirmation.

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