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Sam Abell: The Next Step

Sat-Sun, May 29 - May 30

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. Back by popular demand and described as: 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. 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 (and why) we are doing and how to take the next step.

SAM ABELL is a dedicated and insightful teacher, an expressive artist, and a sensitive photographer. He began working as a photographer for National Geographic in 1969 and has since covered numerous assignments ranging from the wilderness to cultural events. Abell has published nine books with National Geographic, including Seeing Gardens and Australia: Journey Through a Timeless Land. 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 collaborations with historian Stephen Ambrose including Lewis & Clark: Voyage of Discovery. His monographs include the mid-career retrospective, Stay This Moment and a book of his best personal and professional work, 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 throughout the world. 

Please 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: $325 / CPW members $295  
Public Lecture: Saturday May 29, 8pm 

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Phil Mansfield: Intro to Digital Printing

Fridays 11am-2pm
June 4, 11, 18 & 25 

Are you finding it a challenge to produce digital prints that match what you view on your computer screen? Do you want to start creating your own prints for your portfolio or exhibitions? Making exquisite fine-art quality archival digital prints takes time and expertise. This class offers you the opportunity to work with CPW’s digital lab manager, Phil Mansfield, who has produced exhibition quality prints for a range of artists in the Digital Kitchen. Over the course of these four sessions, we will examine the tools and methods for making color fine-art prints with Canon’s line of digital inkjet printers with Museo’s top of the line papers. Using Adobe Photoshop CS4 you will learn to modify your images in a manner, which is easy, fun, and based on conventional darkroom experience and techniques.

We will examine a variety of general approaches to printing, utilize basic color management techniques and compare different types of papers. Students may work with images made on film (to be scanned), or digitally captured. We will discuss not only the processes involved in making prints—but we will explore what a fine print is the relationship of tone, hue, contrast—and how these characteristics tend to be affected by materials in the digital domain. 

PHIL MANSFIELD joined the CPW staff as the Digital Lab Manager in the Spring 2008.  His photography has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Psychology Today and Scholastic Magazine.  His photographs were recently featured in Eat Fresh Foods: Awesome Recipes for Teen Chefs, a children’s cookbook published by Bloomsbury.  To learn more about Phil visit www.philmansfield.com or check out his informative blog www.cpwdigitalkitchen.blogspot.com

Prerequisite: Participants should have a basic working knowledge of Photoshop and familiarity with the Mac operating system. Please bring:  a digital storage media device like CD’s, DVD’s, Thumb drives or an external hard drive

Class limit: 7 
Tuition: $325 / CPW members: $295 (lab fee included)

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Wendy Ewald: Collaborating with Communities

Sat-Sun, June 5-6

CPW is honored to welcome renowned artist and educator Wendy Ewald to CPW for the first time! Over the last two decades a growing number of artists have adopted a mode of working that is radically different from the traditional model.  These artists are working as collaborators with people or groups outside the world of art - with children, senior citizens, or residents of a particular neighborhood.  The artists often create work with, not for, a community, and share decision making with people not ordinarily given a place in the world of museums or other art world sites.  The results are artworks that express a variety of social and aesthetic positions.

This workshop is for photographers, educators or students who are seeking to break through barriers. During these two days, Ewald will introduces the approaches of various contemporary artists to creating collaborative work and as well as her own work with children.  The group will critique the work participants will bring with them by evaluating strategies and exploring new artistic possibilities.  Some of the issues examined will be: What is the special attraction for artists of working collaboratively?  What are the roles of the artist, community, and audience?  How does one attribute quality or success to collaborative projects?  What is the relationship between process and product?  The participants will also be given the opportunity to read about and discuss collaboration, social issues, and alternative economies as it relates to the people they are working with.

WENDY EWALD has been collaborating on art-based projects with children, families, women, and teachers for almost 40 years in Labrador, Colombia, India, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Holland, Mexico, and the United States. In her work with children she encourages them to use cameras to record themselves, their families, and their communities, and to articulate their fantasies and dreams. Ewald herself often makes photographs within the communities she works with and has the children mark or write on her negatives, thereby challenging the concept of who actually makes an image, who is the photographer, who the subject, who is the observer and who the observed. She is the recipient of numerous honors, including a MacArthur Fellowship and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andy Warhol Foundation, and the Fulbright Commission. She has had solo exhibitions at the International Center of Photography in New York, the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, the George Eastman House in Ro­chester, and the Corcoran Gallery of American Art among others. Her work was also included in the 1997 Whitney Biennial. To date, she has published ten books. She is currently teaching at Amherst College. She also remains an artist-in-residence at the John Hope Franklin Center and senior research associate at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. You can learn more about Wendy at www.wendyewald.com.

Please bring: your portfolio of 15-20 prints
Class limit: 15 
Tuition: $325 / CPW members $295 
Public Lecture: Saturday June 5, 8pm

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Fawn Potash & Danielle Correia: Encaustics & Photography

2 dates to choose from: Sat-Tues 
June 5-8 or 
September 11-14

Co-hosted with R&F Handmade Paints, this four-day hands-on workshop will provide you with the basic working knowledge to combine photographic processes with the encaustic medium. Encaustic, an ancient Greek wax-based medium, can be used to give unusual dimension to your work, provide new substance and body to a photograph, add translucent layers, alter the illusion of space, and transform your imagery. This interdisciplinary workshop will combine presentations, step-by-step instruction, and plenty of time to experiment and make new work.

On Days One and Two at the Center for Photography at Woodstock we will explore creative ways to work with photography and encaustic and see inspiring examples including the work of Joel Peter Witkin and Doug & Mike Starn. Then we will roll up our sleeves and prepare our images, experimenting with various photographic processes including toning, coloring, cyanotypes, digital prints, digital negatives, and a variety of transfer techniques. On Days Three and Four at the encaustic studio at R&F Handmade Paints, we will learn about the many ways to incorporate the photographic images with the encaustic process. We will learn about the many different effects including layering, optical effects, intensification of light and depth in an image, and how to make imagery translucent. The class will also cover archival techniques, methods of presentation, and basic safety. This is a class about experimentation: leave your old ideas behind and open the doors to new possibilities and processes! To learn more about the encaustic process please visit the R&F website www.rfpaints.com

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, The New Yorker, Mirabella, and Art News. Fawn teaches at the School of Visual Arts in NYC and spent over a decade leading CPW’s Woodstock Photography Workshops. Her work can be seen at www.fawnpotash.com

Danielle Correia is an interdisciplinary artist who received her BFA in Photography & Sculpture from the University of Montana in 1998. Soon after, she discovered encaustic and has been incorporating it into her work ever since.  She has lectured at The Gay & Lesbian Community Center in New York City, & has taught encaustic classes in private and public studios from Florida to Alaska.  Since 2004, she has co-developed workshops in photography and encaustic technique. Her own work has been featured in group and solo shows regionally and nationally.

Please bring: a complete list will be sent upon registration.
Class limit: 10  
Tuition: $625 / CPW members: $600 
Lab fee: $85  

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Richard Edelman: From Wet to Digital Darkroom

Wednesdays 6-9pm
June 9, 16, 23 & 3025

This class will guide you from the world of film and wet darkrooms into  the exciting digital realm. Richard will take you step by step through the process of transforming your negatives, slides and prints into digital files and will instruct you on basic Photoshop editing techniques, developing an efficient workflow, and making archival ink-jet prints.  

By using CPW’s state-of-the-art flat bed scanners, you will learn how to turn your analog work into high resolution digital files. Take your prints, slides, 35mm, medium format or large format film and digitize them for a multitude of uses!  Once your new files have been created, Richard will walk you through editing techniques in Adobe Photoshop CS4.  
You will learn all the basic wet darkroom tools that exist in the digital format. 

The final lesson will guide you through the process of printing your own photographs on Canon’s professional line of ink-jet printers.  Learn about color management, black and white printing and different paper options.  In these four sessions you will acquire all you need to know to start your own digital darkroom.

RICHARD EDELMAN is the principal of Woodstock Graphics Studio, which specializes in retouching and printing work for artists. He received a Masters in Photography from Pratt Institute and a BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology. Edelman has taught photography at the New School, School of Visual Arts, ICP, and William Paterson University (NJ). His own photographs can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Bibliothèque Nationale, Polaroid International Collection, and the Everson Museum. To learn more about Richard visit www.woodstockgraphicsstudio.com

Please bring: film, slides or prints to scan and a storage device (thumb drive, CDs or external hard drive). 
Class limit: 7  
Tuition: $325 / CPW members: $295 (Lab fee included)

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David Hilliard: The Portrait, 
The Environment

 Sat-Sun, June 12-13

This workshop is designed for photographers who want to examine and explore the photographic portrait and the spaces in which they occur. During this two-day hands-on class, Hilliard will encourage participants to question and challenge the very definition of the portrait and how it is made and functions. Emphasis will be placed on how the figure relates and perhaps changes in direct relation to the space in which it exists, as often times the setting in which a portrait is made tells us more than we might imagine. 

This class will combine portfolio review, on location shooting with a local family, and a presentation of important photographers working within this genre. Throughout the weekend, Hilliard will encourage you to create imagery that is both conceptually sound and formally resolved. You will learn to question old habits and begin to work in a manner that is new and challenging. The element of change and surprise should never be underestimated! We will edit and sequence work in order to create a flow of images which best describes a person and their relationship to their setting.

DAVID HILLIARD creates multi-paneled color photographs, often based on his life or the lives of people around him. His panoramas allow the artist to direct the viewer’s gaze across the image surface letting narrative and time unfold. David received his BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1992 and his MFA from Yale University in 1994. He worked for many years as an assistant professor at Yale University where he alsos directed the undergraduate photography department. Additionally, he has taught at Harvard University, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and was the director of the photography department at Cranbrook Art Academy in Michigan during the 2007/2008 academic year. Currently, he is an assistant professor at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design. Hilliard exhibits his photographs both nationally and internationally and has won numerous awards including a Fulbright Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is represented by Carroll and Sons Gallery in Boston, Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York, Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta and the Mark Moore Gallery in Santa Monica.  In 2005 a collection of his photographs was published in a monograph by Aperture. For more information please visit www.davidhilliard.com

Please bring: portfolio of 20 images, favorite camera, film or digital memory card.

Class limit: 15  
Tuition: $325 / CPW members $295 
Public Lecture: Saturday June 12, 8pm

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Phil Mansfield: Intro to Photoshop for Photographers

 Sat-Sun, June 12-13

This workshop is the essential and exciting first step for anyone interested in jumping the digital divide and learning about the basics digital darkroom techniques. Through demonstrations and hands-on exercises over the course of these two days, you will be lead step-by-step through the basics of Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Lessons will cover a range of topics including selections, layers, image modes, tonal and color correction, paths, filters/special effects and file formats (i.e. JPEG, TIFF). In addition, you will receive an overview on scanning film negatives & prints, ink jet printing, workflow and the importance of color calibration technology.  All students will leave with a sound foundation, ready to move forward in the digital realm.

PHIL MANSFIELD joined the CPW staff as the Digital Lab Manager in the Spring 2008.  His photography has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Psychology Today and Scholastic Magazine.  His photographs were recently featured in Eat Fresh Foods: Awesome Recipes for Teen Chefs, a children’s cookbook published by Bloomsbury.  To learn more about Phil visit www.philmansfield.com or check out his informative blog www.cpwdigitalkitchen.blogspot.com

Please bring:  a digital storage media device like CD’s, DVD’s, thumb drives or an external hard drive
Class limit: 7  
Tuition: $255 / CPW members: $225  

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NYC PORTFOLIO REVIEW

3 dates to choose from:
Monday June 14, Friday September 24 or Friday December 10  

Join CPW for a very special portfolio review event where 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, you will have your work reviewed by five noted luminaries in one-on-one twenty-minute sessions. Reviews can provide you with constructive feedback, new directions, and perhaps that jolt of inspiration to take the next step. Testimonies from last year’s participants included: “great feedback by committed and engaged reviewers”, “informative and inspirational”, “one-of-a-kind, unpretentious, and fun”, “a great place to trade ideas”, “encouraging, helpful, and insightful”, “I got what I was looking for and made connections”, “open minded, honest, and thoughtful”, “it changed me and helps break barriers to the NY art world”.

In the JUNE session you will meet with Michael Foley, founder of Foley Gallery; Jon Feinstein, Curatorial Director, Humble Arts Foundation;  Whitney Johnson Associate Picture Editor, The New Yorker; Kristen Lubben, Curator at International Center for Photography; and Lonnie Schlein, Photography Editor at The New York Times. 

In the SEPTEMBER session you will meet with Sean Corcoran, Curator of Prints and Photographs at The Museum of the City of New York; Lea Golis, Photography Editor at New York Magazine; Joseph Kraeutler, partner at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler Gallery; and two additional reviewers TBA. 

The reviewers in the DECEMBER session will include Debra Klomp Ching, co-owner of the KlompChing Gallery and  Rick Wester, founder of Rick Wester Fine Art; in addition to three more exciting reviewers to be announced.  Additionally a representative from CPW will also be reviewing work at each session.   

Please bring: a portfolio of 10-20 prints for review, resume, and optional artist statement 
Class limit: 12  
Tuition: $255 / CPW members: $225

NYC location directions will be sent upon registration confirmation. The reviews will take place from 10:30am-4:30pm.

*You may only register for 1 of the 3 dates.

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Keith Carter: Re-inventing the World

Sat-Sun, June 19-20

CPW is deeply honored to welcome back our dear friend Keith Carter for a workshop designed to help you discover and strengthen your own original vision and to broaden the way you think about photography. Its purpose is to help serious amateur or professional photographers explore the narrative, aesthetic, and emotional aspects of image making. Our goal will be to develop or refine a sense of personal style and to make work that is more passionate and fulfilling.

Emphasizing simplicity, use of natural light, practical demonstrations, field trips, portfolio reviews, and discussions centering on the work of both historically significant and little known photographers, Carter will help you clarify your views on producing work and balancing the various aspects of a busy life. In addition, he will discuss darkroom technique and expressive printmaking, and how to develop projects, exhibitions, and enter the publishing world. Come with a sense of humor and a sense of purpose. This class is open to all camera formats, black-and-white and/or color.

KEITH CARTER is by far one of the most inspiring and illuminating artists we have ever had the honor of working with! Called a "poet of the ordinary" by the Los Angeles Times, Carter’s enigmatic photographs have been widely exhibited in Europe, the US, and Latin America. An internationally recognized photographer and educator, he holds the endowed Walles Chair of Art at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. Eleven monographs of his photographs have been published including From Uncertain to Blue 1988, The Blue Man 1990, Mojo 1992, Heaven of Animals 1995, Bones 1996, and the mid-career survey Keith Carter Photographs - Twenty Five Years 1997. Holding Venus and Ezekiel’s Horse were both published in 2000 and his new book Fireflies in 2009.  His images are included in numerous collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, George Eastman House, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. and Museum of Fine Arts of Houston. He is the recipient of the 2009 Texas Medal of Arts and the Lange-Taylor prize from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. He is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Regional Survey Grants and was the subject of an arts profile on the CBS program Sunday Morning in 1997.  To learn more about Keith please visit www.keithcarterphotographs.com. 

Please bring: favorite camera, film or digital memory card, and a portfolio of 10-20 images.

Class limit: 15 
Tuition: $375 / CPW members: $345

Please note:  “By Twilight”, an exhibition of images by Keith Carter will be on display at the Galerie BMG in Woodstock May 21 through June 28. There will be an artist reception/gallery talk on Friday, June 18 from 7-8 pm. For more information visit www.galeriebmg.com.

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Chris Jordan:  Digital Compositing & Montage

Sat-Sun, June 19-20

Photoshop provides a powerful way to push the photographic medium beyond the bounds of the real. The sky’s the limit. Photos can be sliced, diced and re-assembled into new meaningful wholes. Whether creating expressive abstractions or photo-realistic composites, this workshop provides essential skills and tools for the photo-digital artist: advanced selection techniques, masking, advanced layer blending, and even specialized shooting approaches designed to minimize time in front of the computer!

We will cover all aspects of workflow from input to output. Working with photos (digital and film sources) and scanned elements we will push beyond the gimmick to create meaningful artworks that have been composited and montaged. We will discuss important considerations of taste and aesthetics in the context of participant’s work.

CHRISTOPHER JORDAN is a photographic artist, fine art printer, and instructor. He earned his MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and holds a faculty teaching position at The University of Alabama, where he teaches photography and digital imaging full-time. Prior to that, he taught at The Sage College of Albany. In addition to teaching, he has an active artistic practice and has exhibited his work nationally. Jordan works with both analog and digital techniques as he sees fit. He is particularly interested in how artistic vision unfolds through various photographic processes. Learn more about Christopher’s work at www.jordanphoto.com

Please bring: digital cameras, digital files, negatives/transparencies, prints, objects, drawings or any other source material (to be scanned). But most importantly, bring your imagination and ideas!

Class limit: 7 
Tuition: $325 / CPW members: $295

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Michael Mazzeo:  Blackening Your Fingertips:  Intro to Wet-Plate Collodion Photography

Fri-Sun, June 25-27

There is no better way to experience the magic of photography than by making a wet-plate Collodion image exactly as it was done 150 years ago, which is precisely what we will be doing in this workshop! Through guided, hands-on instruction, we will remove the shroud of mystery surrounding the Collodion process and alleviate any fears many may have in approaching this intricate and elegant photographic technique. This class is for anyone with an understanding of darkroom techniques, a desire to create unique images, and a willingness to embrace the irregularities and imperfections inherent in handmade works. All will discover there is an excitement that accompanies the making of a wet-plate Collodion image that is unparalleled in photography.

We’ll begin with an historical overview of the process and a discussion of chemistry while the preparation of all the necessary solutions is demonstrated. Over our three days together, you will learn step-by-step, how to cut, prepare, sensitize, position, load, expose, develop, and varnish your glass plate and engage in discussions about various development techniques and chemical safety. Working by daylight, Mazzeo will guide you through the process of shooting wet plate and you’ll have the opportunity to photograph each other, as well as inanimate objects, and outdoor scenes. Throughout the workshop, quality of light and lighting techniques will be stressed and special attention will be placed on choosing subject matter, composing images, and working with the subject. On the first day of the workshop, we will concentrate on making unique wet-plate positives, known as Ambrotypes. On the second day, we will try our hand at making Collodion negatives, which are suitable for printing via hand-coated processes, POP, or silver gelatin paper. While we will be working with traditional wet-plate equipment in class, Mazzeo will also instruct you on how to modify the process and gear to avoid having to invest in new equipment.

MICHAEL MAZZEO is a New York City-based photographer, educator, and gallery owner who is as comfortable working with digital technology as he is with antiquarian photographic processes. Mazzeo has been exhibiting his work nationally for over fifteen years and his work has been featured in a diverse range of publications including New York Magazine, Esquire, GQ, Photo District News, and Surface Magazine. Advertising clients have included Verizon, J&J, Major League Baseball, Guinness, Bass Ale, Amex, and IBM. Michael has taught photography at Parsons School of Design, The New School, and has conducted many workshops in the Wet-Plate process. His gallery, Michael Mazzeo Gallery, specializes in photography and is located in Chelsea.

Please bring: safety goggles, work clothes, apron. Optional: view camera, lens, tripod.
Class limit: 10 
Tuition: $425 / CPW members: $395  
Lab fee: $80

Public Lecture: Saturday June 26, 8pm

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Chris Jordan:  Digital Retouching & Restoration

Sat-Sun, June 26-27

Whether restoring old family photos to their former glory or removing blemishes from a glamour shot, the digital toolbox can really save the day.  In this workshop, we will build an essential skill-set to tackle many common retouching challenges, such as restoring tone and color, dust busting, fixing tears and damage, image reconstruction, portrait enhancement and more. We will cover all pertinent workflow considerations from scanning through printing.

  These core skills are extremely versatile and have surprisingly wide application. Participants will have ample opportunity to apply these new skills to their own projects under the guidance of the instructor. We will also cover some of the ethical considerations with regard to digital restoration; for example, how much is too much?

CHRISTOPHER JORDAN is a photographic artist, fine art printer, and instructor. He earned his MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and holds a faculty teaching position at The University of Alabama, where he teaches photography and digital imaging full-time. Prior to that, he taught at The Sage College of Albany. In addition to teaching, he has an active artistic practice and has exhibited his work nationally. Jordan works with both analog and digital techniques as he sees fit. He is particularly interested in how artistic vision unfolds through various photographic processes. Learn more about Christopher’s work at www.jordanphoto.com

Please bring: old prints, film sources and whatever else might benefit from the digital graces.
Class limit: 7  
Tuition: $325/ CPW members: $295

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