Suda House
Tuesdays, 6:30–8 PM
October 8–November 12
(6 weeks, 9 total hours of instruction)
Zoom
$145/165
Ultimately, your photographs are about you. It’s called your personal work because you see and create with a camera—you experience mindful moments, capturing and preserving these unique images. Now what . . . share them on a phone screen, create a social media or website, make prints that end up stored under your bed? Or, really step back and take a look with fresh eyes at your photographs?
If you are an emerging photographer, a seasoned image-maker, or just want to embrace a new viewpoint within the creative realm of photography, this class will demystify current trends and point you to tried-and-true methods for understanding your work. It is a short course to either jumpstart you with new ideas or solidify your current projects with a critical eye and valuable testing of your work with feedback from peers.
We will tackle the following questions: Where do images and ideas come from within you and how do you put these into practice? How do you work/play, and how you make choices within your editing process. You will be challenged to consider how the visual and conceptual pathways of content, intent, place, and genre apply to your current work and drive future work, while embracing creativity in newfound ways.
The final class will be a virtual presentation of your portfolio to help to bring full circle a personal definition of your work and process.
At the conclusion of this class, a publication of each photographer’s images will be compiled in an anthology for our First-Person series; a copy will be added to the Athenaeum’s library.
Materials: Required for the first class: one JPEG image or a recent set of JPEG images that represent your vision and define you that you can share via Zoom.
Required textbook: The Mindful Photographer, by Sophie Howarth, ISBN 13:978-0500545539, which will anchor the class and help to reflect upon your work.
Recommended: a journal (such as a Moleskine bound book) for taking notes from our discussions to refer to during the course and to record your thoughts and ideas.
Max students: 12
Immediately after you register, look for a confirmation email and receipt. In the week preceding the class start date, you will receive another email with more details.
About Online Classes via Zoom:
The technology to take one of our online classes is surprisingly simple. You need only a computer or tablet with a camera, microphone, and internet connection, and we are here to help, should you experience any technical difficulties.