Photo Essay: The Picture-Driven Story with Mark Edward Harris (Online Learning)
- Saturday
September 23, 2023
9:30 am - 12:00 pm - Saturday
October 7, 2023
9:30 am - 12:00 pm - Saturday
November 11, 2023
9:30 am - 12:00 pm - Saturday
December 2, 2023
9:30 am - 12:00 pm - Saturday
December 16, 2023
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
This hands-on course gives participants an in-depth look at both the creative methods and practical aspects for creating a photo essay. Students will develop skills to produce extended photographic narratives, exploring the process of producing sets of imagery that conveys a story or idea having little written narrative support.
Five Session
Tuition: $475 (Become a Member today and received up to 20% off!)
Limited to 15 students.
© Photo by Mark Edward Harris
About
Online Learning Class via Zoom
If a single picture is worth a thousand words, imagine the value of a well planned and executed photo essay. This five-session workshop explores the creation and sequencing of images in the tradition of the great photo essayists from W. Gene Smith and Gordon Parks to Mary Ellen Mark and Sebastiao Salgado.
Designed for professionals and nonprofessionals alike, this?online?course gives participants an in-depth look at both the creative methods and practical aspects for creating a photo essay. Students will develop skills to produce extended photographic narratives, exploring the process of producing sets of imagery that conveys?a story or idea having little written narrative support. Photographs will be analyzed not only for their stand-alone creative content but also for their ability to introduce dynamic sequential transitions?to create?a picture story with maximum visual effect.
Course topics will include story development, defining a point of view, key images in a photo essay, learning how to edit one’s own work,?and?photographic ethics while offering creative and technical support. Marketing photo essays and self-book publishing – completing the project – will also be discussed.
Students will present their photo essays during the final class meeting.
Photo by Mohan Duwal
Mark Edward Harris’ editorial work has appeared in publications such as Vanity Fair, Life, Time, Newsweek, GEO, National Geographic Traveler, Conde Nast Traveler, Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, The London Times Sunday Travel Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine. His award-winning books include Faces of the Twentieth Century: Master Photographers and Their Work, The Way of the Japanese Bath, Wanderlust, North Korea, South Korea, and Inside Iran, The Travel Photo Essay: Describing a Journey Through Images and his latest, The People of the Forest, a book about orangutans.
Details
- 5 Sessions
- Dates: Saturdays, September 23, October 7, November 11, December 2, December 16 9:30 am – 12:00 am PST
- Enrollment Limit: 15 students
- Skill/Experience Level: Open to all levels
- Tuition: $475 (Become a Member today and received up to 20% off!)
- Location: Online
A details email complete with the Zoom link will be sent 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.