The Allure of Photography with Laura Letinsky (In-Person Learning – Three Sessions) – June 3
- June 3, 2022
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - June 4, 2022
10:00 am - 6:00 pm - June 5, 2022
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
In this workshop, you will explore strategies to understand and experiment with the authority of the photograph, considering how elements of a photograph other than its subject determine its meaning, and then investigating possibilities for developing a meaning that embraces a complexity that goes beyond the mainstream.
Eyes Wide Open with Eddie Soloway (In-Person Learning – Three Sessions) – June 3
- June 3, 2022
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - June 4, 2022
10:00 am - 6:00 pm - June 5, 2022
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Join Eddie Soloway in a unique workshop experience designed to push your seeing from what is in front of your eyes into the world of abstractions, reflections, layers, movement, and then deeper into the realm of concepts and imagination.
Artist as Subject: Strategies of Self-Portraiture with Jennifer McClure (Online Learning – Six Sessions)
- June 6, 2022
9:00 am - 11:00 am - June 13, 2022
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Designed for those who are new to self-portraiture, as well as those who might need a push with current self portrait projects, this class studies the history and techniques of self-portraiture, shooting at home, and reviewing photos as a class.
Pixels, Paint, Pastel and Pencil: Altering Images with Kate Breakey (Webinar)
- June 18, 2022
10:00 am - 11:30 am
In this webinar, Kate Breakey will show you how to extend your vision further and make your images total unique using a variety of art media to hand-color inkjet prints.
Creating the Digital Montage with Fran Forman (In-Person Learning – Three Sessions)
- June 24, 2022
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - June 25, 2022
10:00 am - 6:00 pm - June 26, 2022
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Students will explore altering and enhancing existing images as well as incorporating visual materials into existing images to create dream-like montages using Photoshop.
Pushing Your Work Forward with Jonathan Blaustein (Webinar)
- June 25, 2022
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Join Jonathan Blaustein in a webinar designed to push your work forward. Jonathan will discuss important technical elements of your photography, while also delving into subject matter and personal style.
An Alternative Vision: Reimagining the Photo with Gerald Slota (Online-Person Learning – Six Sessions)
- July 9, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - July 16, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - July 23, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - July 30, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - August 6, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - August 13, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
This class is about experimenting with a hands-on approach and pushing the boundaries of what a “typical” photograph is supposed to be. We explore different techniques in creating original imagery (this includes experimenting with different cameras and other visual sources and using multiple images of various sizes), work spontaneously with chance, and turn mistakes into advantages.
Contemporary Fine Art Photography: Discovering Your Voice with Susan Burnstine (Online Learning – Five Sessions)
- July 12, 2022
9:45 am - 12:15 pm - July 19, 2022
9:45 am - 12:15 pm - August 2, 2022
9:45 am - 12:15 pm - August 9, 2022
9:45 am - 12:15 pm - August 16, 2022
9:45 am - 12:15 pm
Contemporary fine art photography transforms ideas into images, and images into a voice. The photographer acts as a channel to which this progression can evolve. This course will investigate this process and use of photography as a tool for individual expression.
Writing Pictures: An Exploration of Text and Image – Part 1 with Joanne Dugan (Online Learning – Five Sessions)
- July 26, 2022
9:00 am - 11:30 am - August 2, 2022
9:00 am - 11:30 am - August 9, 2022
9:00 am - 11:30 am - August 16, 2022
9:00 am - 11:30 am - August 23, 2022
9:00 am - 11:30 am
This highly collaborative workshop will encourage and inspire students to combine text and image to tell their stories in a visual way.
Navigating the Professional Landscape with Rachel Boillot (Webinar)
- July 30, 2022
10:00 am - 11:30 am
This webinar will discuss the logistics of maintaining a professional practice. Topics include cultivating audience and community, funding your work, navigating opportunities that require artist investment, the role of collaboration, finding a structure that works for you as a creative, and setting attainable goals for your art practice as a photographer.
What We Don’t See with Mari Howells (Webinar)
- August 6, 2022
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Often photographers view what to include as the primary problem in taking a picture; however, an important and less-considered aspect of a photograph’s meaning resides in what we don’t see. In this webinar, Mari Howells will discuss incompleteness in photography and its relationship to the imagination.
The Why of Story with Celeste Lecesne (Online Learning – Six Sessions)
- September 9, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - September 23, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - October 7, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - October 21, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - November 4, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - November 18, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Every story we tell is the myth of our lives struggling to be heard. This workshop is designed to explore your individual myth, give voice to emotional, political, and personal truth, and create a structure that will carry your story into the world.
Owning Your Truth: Experiments in Creativity with Joanne Dugan (In-Person Learning – Three Sessions)
- September 9, 2022
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - September 10, 2022
10:00 am - 6:00 pm - September 11, 2022
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
This highly-experimental class encourages participants to use images and text to spontaneously channel a unique, authentic voice.
The Provocative Photograph: Crafting Compelling Visual Narratives with Holly Lynton (Online Learning – Six Sessions)
- September 12, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - September 15, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - September 19, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - September 22, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - September 29, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - October 3, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
This workshop will provide participants with innovative strategies to produce images that are provocative, enigmatic, and lyrical. Students will learn how to depict people, places, and histories in unprecedented ways.
Photographing in the Social Landscape with Thomas Alleman (Online Learning – Eight Sessions)
- September 29, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - October 6, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - October 13, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - October 20, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - October 27, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - November 3, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - November 10, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - November 17, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Through lectures and discussions, exercises and assignments, this class will explore the Social Landscape as other photographers have seen it over that last hundred years.
Creative Still Life with Kimberly Witham (Online Learning – Four Sessions)
- October 8, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - October 9, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - October 15, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - October 16, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join photographer Kimberly Witham for a two weekend-intensive workshop focused on developing and refining your still life photography skills.
The Art of Photography: Your Creative Approach with Ken Merfeld (Online Learning)
- October 12, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - October 19, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - October 26, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - November 2, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - November 9, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - November 16, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
This class is designed to help you expand your approach to photography, to question the “how” and “why” of your technique, and to challenge and understand your creative process.
Going the Distance with Arno Rafael Minkkinen (In-Person Learning – Three Sessions)
- October 21, 2022
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - October 22, 2022
10:00 am - 6:00 pm - October 23, 2022
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
In this workshop we will build a framework for a cohesive vision capable of handling variance and freshness, a vision that can continue for months, years, even decades ahead.
The Grammar of Photography with Mari Howells (Online Learning – Six Sessions)
- October 26, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - November 2, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - November 9, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - November 16, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - November 30, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - December 7, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Through class lectures, weekly shooting assignments, and in-class exercises based on the ideas in Szarkowski’s book “The Photographer’s Eye”, students will dissect the elements of photographic grammar.
From Memory to Story with Molly Wizenberg (Online Learning – Six Sessions)
- November 1, 2022
9:00 am - 11:00 am - November 4, 2022
9:00 am - 11:00 am - November 8, 2022
9:00 am - 11:00 am - November 11, 2022
9:00 am - 11:00 am - November 15, 2022
9:00 am - 11:00 am - November 18, 2022
9:00 am - 11:00 am
In this class for creative nonfiction writers, we will practice tapping into our memories, rebuilding scenes from the past, and writing vividly from within them.
Artist as Subject: Strategies of Self-Portraiture with Jennifer McClure (Online Learning – Six Sessions)
- November 3, 2022
9:00 am - 11:00 am - November 10, 2022
9:00 am - 11:00 am - November 17, 2022
9:00 am - 11:00 am - December 1, 2022
9:00 am - 11:00 am - December 8, 2022
9:00 am - 11:00 am - December 15, 2022
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Designed for those who are new to self-portraiture, as well as those who might need a push with current self portrait projects, this class studies the history and techniques of self-portraiture, shooting at home, and reviewing photos as a class.
Reimagining Your Creative Self with Joyce Tenneson (In-Person Learning – Three Sessions)
- November 4, 2022
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - November 5, 2022
10:00 am - 6:00 pm - November 6, 2022
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Joyce Tenneson returns to the Los Angeles Center of Photography to deliver a new and exciting workshop experience. Designed for photographers of all levels, this workshop will inspire participants to connect with their deeper dreams, reimagining their creative self.
Sharpening Your Photographic Vision with Sam Abell (Three Sessions – In-Person Learning)
- December 2, 2022
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - December 3, 2022
10:00 am - 6:00 pm - December 4, 2022
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
In this weekend-intensive workshop, Sam Abell will discuss his technique of seeing in layers, the importance of seeing well, and how to see with more discriminating power. The goal of this workshop is to help each participant discover where they are now and where their work can take them.
Social Media Storytelling with Bob Sacha (Online Learning – Four Sessions)
- December 3, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - December 4, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - December 10, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - December 11, 2022
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
We all live on social media these days so it’s important to understand how to create stories that can communicate with our audience, be those customers, subscribers, NGO’s, clients or even our children & grandchildren. If you’re a journalist, business owner, advocate, social media influencer or parent, this class will help you learn how to make video stories that will stand out from the herd on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and even TikTok.