Classes

By popular demand, we’re presenting an all-new Part 3 of this favorite class! Examining the work of filmmakers can be eye-opening for photographers. This class will help you improve your compositional skills, deepen your… [read more]

Hand‑altering film negatives can be an exciting way to create new work — let’s explore together experimental ways of intervening and working with analog film negatives, either from your own archive or that others have… [read more]

Johannes Itten, a teacher at Bauhaus in the 1930s, asked his students to draw two lemons sitting atop a bright green book. The students whipped off their drawings in a few minutes of what they saw as a simple prompt and sat… [read more]

This course will help students step back from their own unfolding stories and create work about their life, whether based on memories or the current situation. Memory exercises will unlock personal material — interests,… [read more]

In this course, you’ll examine the role of walking as a personal practice and a means for generating photographic artwork. With the idea of remaining close to home, this class aims to investigate our relationship to our… [read more]

Photography can be a very intimate and vulnerable medium to visualize your inner monologue and who you are as a person, especially when working with themes of family, (self-)portraiture, and personal… [read more]

If you’re thinking about creating a photobook, making the physical book by hand can be super-satisfying and can add another level of creativity to your project. In this class, you’ll learn how to make three types of hardcover… [read more]

This class invites you to consider what constitutes an archive — from official documentation to whatever is in your pocket — and explore how these materials can inform your photographic practice. Together, we will look at… [read more]

This course invites you to engage in “slow looking” — a mindful practice that encourages you to pause, engage all of your senses, and connect more deeply with your subject before making any photographic decisions. The goal… [read more]

It can be difficult to photograph people we don’t know and to overcome the fear and uncertainty that comes with approaching and photographing strangers. Yet when we’re given a chance to spend a little bit of time with… [read more]

This course — part book club, part lecture seminar, and part critique space — is about photography and the ways in which it informs and influences every aspect of our lives, from how we connect with others, to how we… [read more]

Zines are small books that are made quickly and cheaply (usually), and are often given away or sold for an affordable price. This 3-hour Mini-workshop is perfect for artists interested in exploring how making zines by hand… [read more]

This course will help students step back from their own unfolding stories and create work about their life, whether based on memories or the current situation. Memory exercises will unlock personal material — interests,… [read more]

Master the art of creating vibrant, dynamic color images in this prompt-driven class. We’ll start with an introduction to the fundamentals of color theory, including the color wheel, complementary colors, and the… [read more]

In this 90-minute Mini-workshop you’ll approach the photobook as a site of experimentation — where form is not a container but an active agent in producing meaning. Stimulate your thinking about the possibilities of the… [read more]

Some stories are best told using a variety of components in addition to photographs — like video, audio, and text — to add a deeper dimension. In this course you’ll learn the basics of video/multimedia creation and its… [read more]

Juice up your summer photography with Kai McBride and his all new series of prompts that will get you thinking in a fresh way about how you photograph. Whether you are still trying to find your photographic voice or are… [read more]

If you want to take your pictures to the next level, establishing a good post-production workflow is essential. In this comprehensive Adobe Lightroom Classic course — for both beginners and people with some experience who… [read more]

In this 90-minute Mini-workshop, explore new ways of seeing and creating portraits, instead of relying on traditional, established ideas. Anita will present examples and references, as well as different approaches to… [read more]