ONLINE COURSE
Image / Word / Object: Photography + Writing
This 6-session class invites participants to explore the interplay between photography and writing as intertwined forms of creative and critical expression. We’ll take the postcard — a legacy object that inherently balances image and text — as our foundation. In each session we’ll deconstruct its (not always obvious) core elements — relationships, place, date/time, intention, and subtext — to inspire and shape our own creative work. Through weekly themes, hands-on exercises, group feedback, and assignments, students will be guided in developing a personal practice that engages both visual and written storytelling. The class will serve as a space to ruminate, discuss, and delve into personal and collective memory. Drawing from artists and writers including Moyra Davey and Teju Cole, we will experiment with free-writing, captioning, and archival material to expand our creative practice and refine how we document our daily lives.
Emile Kees is a photographer, darkroom printer, educator, and writer living in Edinburgh, Scotland. He graduated from the International Center of Photography in 2023 and has since exhibited across the United States, Europe, and the UK. While operating mainly from his home-built studio darkroom, he continues to host workshops and classes both online and in-person.
He has taught and assisted at the Cyprus College of Art; the University of Cambridge and Yale through the International Summer Schools of Scotland; International Center of Photography (ICP); the European Capital of Culture; and now StrudelmediaLive. Kees is a member of Small Table, an international collective, and Peer Matters, an artist development group initiated by Photoworks.
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