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Online Class Presented by International Center of Photography (ICP)
Visual Diary: Telling Stories About (a Different) Summer
This class is presented by the International Center of Photography (ICP). How do you perceive your summer surroundings, after months of lockdown and social distancing? This class explores creative ways to capture your immediate surroundings — no matter where you are — with images that express the feeling of summer, keeping in mind how life is different now. We discuss what is important when telling a story and analyze storytelling techniques used by other photographers. By the end of the class, students will have created a visual diary of their summer and deepened their creative process and artistic practice.

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 at organizations in New York, Europe, China, and Taiwan, including C/O Berlin, Three Shadows (Beijing), and FJUM (Forum for Journalism and Media – Vienna). Originally from Salzburg, Austria, she divides her time between New York and Vienna.