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We are honored to offer you the opportunity to spend two days with Robert Glenn Ketchum, the foremost environmental photographer, to photograph the crisp light and majesty of the Catskill Mountains . This class focuses on learning to see and will provide you with a more complete understanding of light. Participants will begin to appreciate the way their film and/or camera "sees" and records a subject, and how that is very different from what they see with their eyes. Mastery of color or tone and composition are impossible without fully grasping the effect of light on a given subject.

This class will combine lectures, discussions, work critiques, and field trips in the mountains and surrounding areas to provide practical applications of ideas with emphasis on precise exposure control and adjusting to diverse available conditions. A recurring theme in the lectures will be simple exercises to overcome the technology of the camera as an obstacle to the creative process, and Robert will spend some time discussing field preparedness so you will feel more comfortable with your equipment. All levels of students are welcome, as are all camera formats, and processes - from color and black-and-white to digital to non-traditional image making.  

ROBERT GLENN KETCHUM’s work is collected by major museums and since 1968 has been featured in more than 500 shows worldwide. This spring, Aperture released a spectacular, large format, 2-book set of Ketchum’s newest work, Rivers of Life: Southwest Alaska, The Last Great Salmon Fishery and Wood Tikchik: Alaska ’s Largest State Park. These companion publications address fisheries' management and habitat fragmentation in a relatively pristine Alaskan environment now threatened with oil development. In 2003, Ketchum was given the Lifetime Achievement Award in Photography and Conservation by Aperture Foundation, and in 2001 he was named Outstanding Photographer of the Year by the North American Nature Photographers Association. These recognitions, and many others, are acknowledgement that Ketchum is one of the most successful artists/conservation activists in American history, but nothing makes that more clear than being named by Audubon magazine as one of the 100 people "who shaped the environmental movement in the 20th century." Others on that list include such legendary individuals as John Muir, Rachael Carson, and David Brower. Pertinent to this workshop, in Outside magazine’s recent national survey of workshops and instructors, they found that Robert was widely considered one of the two finest photography teachers in the country!

Participants should bring: ten prints or slides (digital format users should bring their laptops),  camera, and plenty of your favorite film. 
Class limit: 15 
Tuition: CPW members $275/ non-members $295

PUBLIC LECTURE SATURDAY, 8 PM

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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, Sarah Morthland of Sarah Morthland Gallery, Daniel Cooney of Daniel Cooney Fine Art, Natasha Lunn of the New Yorker, 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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Ready to explore the digital realm? This two-day workshop will introduce you to the process of making digital prints and setting up a digital darkroom. The purpose is to help you strengthen your personal vision via new, electronic printmaking techniques. Held at Edelman’s digital darkroom at the Woodstock Graphics Studio, you will discuss and work with several processes designed to create archival fine art prints in black-and-white and color, utilizing only cost efficient digital processes.

Explore how the digital darkroom allows you to print in a manner that goes beyond the conventional darkroom! You will discover a refined level of control over contrast, tonality, burning, and dodging. You will work with an Epson printer, Imacon 848 scanner, and Apple computers. We begin with high end negative scanning, followed by a brief overview of Adobe Photoshop and digital refinement of your images, and the creation of an archival black-and-white or color print, using the newest printing technology; Epson 7-color pigmented Ultachrome-inks and archival papers. Adobe experience is helpful but not necessary.

RICHARD EDELMAN, a photographer and graphic artist, has work in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Polaroid International Collection, Bibliothéque Nationale, and Everson Museum of Art. He holds an MFA in photography from Pratt Institute and a BFA in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology. The photographer has received fellowships from the Creative Artists Public Service Program (CAPS), and CPW Photographer’s Fund Fellowship in 1985 and 2002. He has been a member of the faculty at the New School, the School of Visual Arts, and the International Center for Photography, all in NYC.

Participants should bring: two negatives or transparencies (must be 35mm, 4x5", 6x6 cm, or 6x7 cm), in either b&w or color (expect to work on only one), any existing prints - digital or conventional of these negatives will also be helpful. 
Class limit: 8 
Tuition: CPW members $250 / non-members $275 

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Welcoming photographers at every level, this four-day, hands-on workshop will provide photographers with a basic working knowledge of the encaustic medium and explore the many exciting possibilities of combining encaustics with photography. Encaustics, an ancient Greek wax-based medium, can be used to give unusual dimension to your work, provide new substance and body to a photograph, alter the -illusion of space, and transform your imagery!

Co-hosted with R&F Handmade Paints, this interdisciplinary workshop will combine portfolio review, presentations, step-by-step instruction, and time to make new work. You’ll explore creative ways to work with the process and see inspiring examples including the work of Joel Peter Witkin and Doug and Mike Starn. Then it’s hands on play as we roll up our sleeves and prepare our imagery, creatively experimenting with various processes including toning, coloring, blue printing, Xeroxes, digital prints, and fabric transfers. In the encaustic studio each participant will work from their own personal work station, while Cynthia and Fawn lead you step by step through the encaustic process and reveals the many different effects you can create including layering, optical effects, intensification of light and depth in your image, and how to make imagery translucent. We’ll also cover archival techniques, methods of presentation, and basic safety. Each participant will have a generous supply of materials and plenty of time to -experiment!

FAWN POTASH is a photographic artist, educator, and curator whose work has been exhibited and collected internationally. Potash’s imagery has been published in Harper’s, New Yorker, Mirabella and Art News, and a monograph of her work is slated for release in 2004. Fawn teaches at the School of Visual Arts in  NYC and has spent the last ten summers as the on-site director of the Woodstock Photography -Workshops!

CYNTHIA WINIKA, the Encaustic Director and primary teacher at R&F Handmade Paints, is a multimedia artist who has shown her work in museums and galleries in the US and abroad. She has been a visiting artist/lecturer at Yale University, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco Art Institute, and the Montclair Art Museum, and has lead encaustic workshops worldwide.

To learn more about the encaustic process please visit the R&F website www.rfpaints.com.

Participants should bring: 4-20 images (maximum size 11x14") on fiber, RC and/or digital papers (matt finish preferred), 4-20 plywood boards (1/4, 1/2, or 3/4" thick) with dimensions to match your photographs.  
Optional supplies:  4x5" and 8x10" black and white negatives, etching/dental/ceramic tools for mark making in the wax surface. Class limit: 10 
Tuition: CPW members  $575 / non-members: $600 
Lab fee: $30

PUBLIC LECTURE SATURDAY, 8 PM

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Are you ready to take the next photographic step, personally and professionally? Growth is essential to both a well-made career and a well-lived life. At your requests and the rave reviews: encouraging...life changing? heartwarming... an excellent teacher who cares and listens... it is an honor to welcome Sam Abell for another amazing workshop here in Woodstock . One of our most popular events, this is a weekend workshop for photographers who want to move from where they are - professionally and artistically - to the next, advanced phase. Participants in this workshop should have enough of an established path in photography that they can share with others - through their pictures and words - the road they have traveled so far, and their dreams and future destinations.  

Class assignments will be given to sharpen vision and photographic seeing, but emphasis will be placed on existing work. There will be sessions to analyze and critique work and to define personal and professional goals. And then, once defined, you will explore ways and means of reaching your goals. In addition to examining our lives and careers as photographers, the class is aimed at understanding what we are doing (and why), and how to make the next step.  

SAM ABELL is a dedicated and insightful teacher, an expressive artist, and a sensitive photographer. In 1969, he began working as a photographer for National Geographic and has since covered a great variety of editorial assignments ranging from the wilderness to cultural events, Britain ’s Hedgerows to Northwest Australia , and Ireland to Venice . Sam’s images retraced the steps of cowboy artist Charles Russell in the 1987 book titled C.M. Russell’s West.  Additional fascinating projects included those on the Life of Winslow Homer and a book about explorers Lewis and Clark. His most recent story for National Geographic covered the Japanese Imperial Palace and he is currently working on a conservation book on the Amazon! His monographs include the mid-career retrospective, Stay This Moment, and most recently Sam Abell: The Photographic Life. In addition to Sam’s extensive publications, his work has been exhibited worldwide at venues including the International Center for Photography in NYC. A treasured artist and teacher, Abell has lead workshops and lectured nationwide.

Participants should bring: a portfolio of 10-20 images, proofs, slides, work prints, and/or work-in-progress that you would like to discuss.
Class limit: 15
Tuition: CPW members $275 / non-members $295

PUBLIC LECTURE SATURDAY 8PM

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The human figure has been a celebrated subject matter since the pre-historic Willendorf Venus. To this end, eyes of the artist will forever consider the nude as a study that will eternally be explored. I believe that the photographer who understands how to photograph both the human form and architecture is fully equipped to photograph all other subject matter.  

This two-day hands on workshop will deal with posing, lighting, and composing the figure. The use of focal lengths will be covered as a means of understanding perspective and proportion. The point of this workshop is to create an effective working method for photographing the figure. There will be a full critique of participants? portfolios as well as an evaluation of some of the work made during the weekend.  

RALPH GIBSON is considered by some to be one of the most important artists in our century to photograph the nude. A NYC resident, he was born in Los Angeles, California and began his study of photography with the US Navy in the 1950s. He undertook formal training at the San Francisco Art Institute and worked as an assistant to Robert Frank and Dorothea Lange. Today, Gibson has had more than 150 one-person exhibitions worldwide - a partial list includes those in NYC at the Whitney Museum of American Art, International Center for Photography, Howard Greenberg Gallery, the Photographers Gallery in London, the Weston Gallery in Carmel, and the Centre George’s Pompidou in Paris. Ralph is a two time National Endowment for Arts Fellow, has been awarded the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, an Eastman Kodak Grant, The Leica Medal of Excellence, and two honorary doctorates in Fine Art from Ohio Wesleyan University and University of Maryland. He has published over two dozen books, including Overtones, The Spirit of Burgundy, Tropical Drift, and Women.

Participants should bring: a portfolio of 10 - 20 prints, camera, and plenty of your favorite film. 
Class limit: 15 
Tuition: CPW members $335 / non-members $355 
Model fee: $50

PUBLIC LECTURE SATURDAY, 8 PM

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In this two day hands-on seminar, a Dyna-Lite lighting pro with over 25 years experience, will help you discover the ins and outs of both location and studio lighting - for both professional assignment and personal creative work. Open to those working in either film or digital, this class is for both advanced amateurs and working pros.  You’ll learn ?Lighting is Looking? and that ?nothing is either right or wrong - only thinking makes it so? - to teach you how to apply basic thinking and theory to solve all your lighting situations.

Combining portfolio review, presentations, demonstrations, and time for hands-on practical application, you’ll learn how to see the end result before you start and how to apply lighting techniques to achieve the mood that conveys your intended message while depicting your subject in its best light. Monahan will cover exposures, light sources and film types, how to light by ?regions?, and metering methods including basic concepts of the zone system as it applies to light balancing. From location work, products, to specific portrait lighting, you’ll learn some important tips and tricks first hand!  Monahan will also demystify equipment and gadgets to help make your day-to-day assignments progress with ease and innovation! You’ll leave this workshop with the techniques and ability to think through all of your lighting situations. 

TERRY MONAHAN, a photographer for over 25 years, has experienced all kinds of assignments and lighting situations - from advertising and industry with technical and special effects lighting, people photography in weddings and portraits, to working with artists. Terry has run a commercial photography studio, been a staff photographer for Lockheed, and has run his own business. He is the current sales manager for Dyna-Lite, Inc., a manufacturer of quality lightweight lighting equipment. Giving back to the industry is important to Terry, an educator, and member and director of ASMP-NJ, where he works with programs and educational issues for technique and business practices.

Participants should bring: camera, film, 10 images to share, and examples of any lighting technique you are curious about.  
Class limit: 15 
Tuition: CPW members $175 / non-members $195  

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