Creative Survival with Ken Merfeld (Online Learning – Six Sessions)
- Wednesday
April 1, 2026
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Wednesday
April 8, 2026
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Wednesday
April 15, 2026
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Wednesday
April 22, 2026
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Wednesday
April 29, 2026
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Wednesday
May 6, 2026
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
This class invites photographers to reconnect with creativity by exploring their personal environments, inner expression, and the world around them. Through conceptual assignments, group critique, and discussions on perception and appreciation, participants will expand their visual language and artistic mindset.
Six Sessions
Tuition: $575 (Become a Member today and receive 5% – 20% off!)
Enrollment Limited to 15 Students
© Photo by past "Creative Survival" student
About
Online Learning
The “art of appreciation” of the visual experience
Today’s world continues to test us on many levels and challenge us as artists. How do we maintain our focus to be creative? How do we continue to produce our art, learn and explore during these complex times, and continue to grow with a different mind-set?
This class will explore the challenge of shooting within your personal environment, the possibilities of using yourself as an artistic expression, as well as shooting on the streets and in the outside environment, if you so desire. Energy, the power of the mind, and the “art of appreciation” of the visual experience will be examined and discussed. Conceptual assignments will be given and critiqued, and previous creative work shown.
“Be prepared to open your mind. Anything you can think, you can shoot.” – Ken Merfeld
Ken Merfeld is a Los Angeles-based commercial and fine art photographer. His work has appeared in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Mademoiselle, Angeleno, Zoom, Black & White and Los Angeles Magazine. His commercial accounts include American Express, Nike, Kodak, Apple, Sony, Pacific Bell, Disney, Mattel, McDonald’s and Panavision. During his 25 years of commercial and fine art photography, he has explored the worlds of autistic children, people with their pets, parent and child, tattooed people, bikers, identical twins, transvestites, “little people,” erotica and more. His current body of collodion work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, Santa Fe and Mexico City. Ken teaches photography part-time at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Details
- Six Sessions
- Dates: Wednesdays, April 1 – May 6, 6 pm – 9 pm PST
- Enrollment Limit: 15 students
- Skill/Experience Level: Open to all levels.
- Tuition: $575 (Become a Member today and receive 5% – 20% off!)
- Location: Online
A link for the Zoom class meeting will be emailed to the attendees prior to the start date. Please read the instructions included in the email. If you have additional questions please email info@lacphoto.org.