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Photography Summer 2009 Classes are open to serious students of all levels unless specified in course description; beginners welcome. Session 1 May 24 - June 5  Jim Stone Jim Stone - View Camera Workshop The view camera encourages a contemplative, methodical approach to making photographs and it rewards its users with photographs of the highest quality in both chemical and digital systems. We will learn to use the large format camera, to develop sheet film using a simplified zone system, and to make prints on silver paper. Topics include focus and perspective controls, lenses and accessories, and lighting, and may be adapted for a variety of personal and professional applications. Students must bring their own view camera. Basic camera and darkroom skills required. Code 01p Associate professor at University of New Mexico; author of "A User's Guide to the View Camera," co-author of "Photography"; three published monographs; work in many museum collections. Session 2 June 7 - June 19  Fritz Hoffmann Fritz Hoffmann - The Visual Narrative Students in this class will produce visual narratives through still photography. Basing our approach on the traditional picture story we will develop story lines the way a film director, writer, or poet might. Students will strengthen their stories by recognizing the role of the individual image, sharpening their observer's eye, and defining a point of view. For convenience, the class will be conducted using digital photography; students should be proficient with image capture and processing and must bring their own DSLR and computer. Intermediate/advanced level: for people, experienced amateurs to professionals, in an active pursuit of photography. Code 02p Contract photographer for National Geographic; 13 years working as a photojournalist in China. Session 3 June 21 - July 3  Scott McMahon Scott McMahon - Image Amalgam: 19th Century Techniques with a 21st Century Twist This workshop will focus on the expressive qualities of gum bichromate printing. Students will learn to make multilayered gum prints using sensitized watercolor pigment and various types of light resists: film negatives, pinhole, digital transparencies, etc. We will also combine cyanotype with gum and try the obscure anthotype process. We will explore inventive image generation and alternative cameras (pinhole, plastic, modified) as students find ways to bring together process and concept. All levels. Code 03p Adjunct instructor at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design and Lebanon Valley College (PA); exhibitions: Three Columns Gallery at Harvard (MA), Bridgette Mayer Gallery (Philadelphia), E3 Gallery (NYC). Session 4 July 5 - July 17  David Graham David Graham - Transforming the Landscape The landscape is one of the great subjects for artists. As a result, it has become difficult to see it in a new way. This workshop will help you reinvent the landscape. Slide shows will acquaint you with what has been done in the past and with work made as recently as yesterday. You will see how the landscape can be transformed by the introduction of people, objects, and light. New notions of exposure can turn the landscape into a moving illusion. We will have fun learning how to fool Mother Nature into giving us a whole new subject. Black and white darkroom photography; self-contained digital photographers welcome. All levels. Code 04p Professor at University of the Arts (Philadelphia); collections: Museum of Modern Art (NYC), Art Institute of Chicago, The Brooklyn Museum (NYC); seven monographs. Session 5 July 19 - August 4  Alyssa C. Salomon Alyssa C. Salomon - Contemporary Investigations in Historic Processes Old is the new new. Explore three gorgeous early photographic processes, salted paper, cyanotype, and Van Dyke, to develop a personal, modern vision. We will use a wide array of image sources, including photograms, drawings, and digital output, to make prints on a variety of surfaces.This class is designed to stretch your creativity, spark your curiosity, and enhance your confidence in preparing photographic chemistries, selecting materials, and producing images. All levels. Code 05p Studio artist; teaching: Visual Arts Center (VA), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship; exhibitions: 1708 Gallery (VA), Page Bond Gallery (VA), Soho Myriad (Los Angeles). Session 6 August 9 - August 21  Michelle Bates Michelle Bates - Toying with Creativity Learn the basics of photography by using a super-simple tool: the Holga plastic camera. We will learn how to create fun, interesting, and dramatic images with a camera that has no adjustments. From prepping the Holga to film loading to processing and printing in the darkroom, we will explore the exciting world of plastic cameras. Advanced techniques and camera modifications will be covered as well. All levels. Code 06p Studio artist; author of Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity; teaching: Photographic Center Northwest (WA), Maine Media Workshops, International Center of Photography (NYC), Julia Dean Workshops (CA), f295 Symposium (NYC). Session 7 August 23 - August 29  Deborah Luster Deborah Luster - The Photographic Portrait What is a portrait? How does a portrait create meaning? How do we communicate the complex nature of being human? We will study the history of portraiture and explore the elements involved in making portraits with particular emphasis on the structure and development of a personal project. There will be seeing and reading and thinking. We will shoot and develop film and experiment in the darkroom as we attempt to marry photographic form with our subject. We will also discuss presentation. Basic camera and darkroom skills required. Code 07p Studio artist; Dorthea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize from the Center for Documentary Studies (NC); collections: Whitney Museum (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco), author, with C.D. Wright, of "One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana." |
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