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Summer Camp for Teens: Candid Portraiture (ages 15-18) with Elisa Haber (In-Person Learning – One Week)

Monday
July 7, 2025
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Tuesday
July 8, 2025
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Wednesday
July 9, 2025
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Thursday
July 10, 2025
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Friday
July 11, 2025
10:00 am – 1:00 pm

In this week-long course for teens (ages 15-18), students will discover the tools and techniques used to create a unique, compelling, and technically proficient candid portrait of people in their natural environment(s).

Summer Camp for Teens: Picture Perfect – Photography and Expression (ages 12-14) with Ford Lowcock (In-Person Learning – One Week)

Monday
July 7, 2025
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Tuesday
July 8, 2025
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Wednesday
July 9, 2025
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Thursday
July 10, 2025
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Friday
July 11, 2025
10:00 am – 1:00 pm

In this fun and engaging weeklong class, teens will unleash their creativity and discover the power of photography as a storytelling tool. Through hands-on projects, students will explore different themes and techniques, including light painting, forced perspective, and photo manipulation, while developing their own unique visual voice.

The Poetic Image: Borrowing Devices from Poetry to Make Lyrical Photographs with Montserrat Andrée Carty (Online Learning – Six Sessions)

Tuesday
July 8, 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Tuesday
July 15, 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Tuesday
July 22, 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Tuesday
July 29, 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Tuesday
August 5, 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Tuesday
August 12, 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Photography and Poetry have long been linked. While they are quite distinct art forms, there is a lot to be learned from the traditions of poetry that can help us in our photographic work.  In this workshop, we will look at how we can borrow poetic devices such as metaphor, parallelism and symbolism to create a visual language.