Online class Co-presented by C/O Berlin and StrudelmediaLive
Dynamic Composition for Visual Storytellers
Dates: Wednesdays, Oct 27–Dec 8, 2021
Time: 12–2pm (ET)
Sessions: 6 (No class on Nov 24 for the US Thanksgiving holiday)
Limited enrollment: 8 students
Fee: $380
This class is sold out — but email us to join the wait list and we’ll let you know of any openings.
In this class, you’ll refine your composition skills and improve your photographic seeing, to tell stronger stories with your pictures. Weekly exercises will help you develop a heightened sensitivity to your surroundings, by photographing in urban environments (indoors and outdoors) using a variety of compositional tools. We’ll cover how to best compose space when people are included in the composition, and during group critique we’ll discuss effective editing and analyze what works in an image — and what doesn’t. For inspiration we’ll take a look at historical and contemporary photographers and study their approaches to image composition and storytelling.
A special highlight of the workshop will be a live online tour through the C/O Berlin Lee Friedlander retrospective exhibition, with the museum's chief curator, Felix Hoffmann (date to be announced).
In Zusammenarbeit mit / in collaboration with
What a great class — I learned a lot and found it very inspirational!
—Jessica (New York City)
I wanted to thank you for all of your expertise and advice! You certainly helped move my photography to a much more authentic and insightful level and your endless support and encouragement keep those creative wheels turning and my photographic passions burning.
—Glen (Toronto)
Anja Hitzenberger
Anja Hitzenberger is a photographer, filmmaker, consultant, and educator. She is the founder of StrudelmediaLive, an educational platform that offers live online photography classes and more to people around the world. Anja studied in the Creative Practice full-time program at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City, and has been on the faculty there since 2009. She is dedicated to working with people from different cultures across the globe.
Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows, film festivals, and on theater stages throughout Europe, the United States, South America, and Asia. Her photography has been published internationally and is a part of both private and institutional collections, including the International Center of Photography. She has received numerous artistic grants and has been awarded residencies in Rome, Paris, Warsaw, Beijing, and Tainan (Taiwan). A focus of her activities has been working with live performance, including producing a multimedia piece that toured in New York City, Austria, and Korea.
Anja has been teaching live online photography classes since 2015, as well as in-person workshops in New York, Europe, China, and Taiwan. Originally from Salzburg, Austria, she divides her time between New York and Vienna.
Anja teaches visual storytelling, environmental portraits, critique groups, and how movies can inspire your photography for StrudelmediaLive.
In this class, you’ll refine your composition skills and improve your photographic seeing, to tell stronger stories with your pictures. Weekly exercises will help you develop a heightened sensitivity to your surroundings, by photographing in urban environments (indoors and outdoors) using a variety of compositional tools. We’ll cover how to best compose space when people are included in the composition, and during group critique we’ll discuss effective editing and analyze what works in an image — and what doesn’t. For inspiration we’ll take a look at historical and contemporary photographers and study their approaches to image composition and storytelling.
A special highlight of the workshop will be a live online tour through the C/O Berlin Lee Friedlander retrospective exhibition, with the museum's chief curator, Felix Hoffmann (date to be announced).
In Zusammenarbeit mit / in collaboration with
Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows, film festivals, and on theater stages throughout Europe, the United States, South America, and Asia. Her photography has been published internationally and is a part of both private and institutional collections, including the International Center of Photography. She has received numerous artistic grants and has been awarded residencies in Rome, Paris, Warsaw, Beijing, and Tainan (Taiwan). A focus of her activities has been working with live performance, including producing a multimedia piece that toured in New York City, Austria, and Korea.
Anja has been teaching live online photography classes since 2015, as well as in-person workshops in New York, Europe, China, and Taiwan. Originally from Salzburg, Austria, she divides her time between New York and Vienna.
anjahitzenberger.com
