Writing Pictures: The New Edition with Joanne Dugan (Online Learning – Five Sessions)

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Online Learning

There is a long and storied history of photographers and visual artists using the written word to deepen and expand the meaning and experience of their images. Dorothea Lange said, “All photographs—not only those that are so-called ‘documentary’…can be fortified by words.”

This highly collaborative workshop, open to both new and returning students, provides time and space to explore the dynamic relationship between writing and image making. Through a series of weekly creative prompts, students will spontaneously generate new and innovative work in a collaborative, supportive setting that encourages risk taking both in writing and image making. Workshop participants will also review books and fine art projects of master visual artists, photographers and writers working in a variety of text/image forms.

Students will leave the course with a deeper understanding of how to use writing to enrich their image-making process and to fully amplify their unique voice—whether beginning or revisiting this hybrid form—with fresh perspective. Feedback is highly individualized and all levels of visual artists, photographers and writers are encouraged to attend.

Joanne Dugan is a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow in Photography and an interdisciplinary artist, photographer and author who explores the intersections between photography, painting, sculpture and mindfulness. Her experimental abstract photographic works use hand-cutting techniques, chemical alterations, vintage materials and repetition to explore and pay homage to the physical limitations and opportunities found in historic analog methods. Her work was recently acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for their permanent collections and has been exhibited in the US, UK, Europe and Asia. Publications include the New York Times T Magazine, The Harvard Review, Unseen and Photograph magazines, among others. As an author she has published seven books combining image and text and her work is in the library collections of the J. Getty Museum, LACMA, ICP and the George Eastman House.  She lives and works in New York City and has taught and lectured around the world about the intersections of photography, writing, visual art and mindfulness practices.

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Details

• Five Sessions
• Dates: Tuesdays, October 7 – November 4, 9 am – 11:30 am PST
• Enrollment Limit: 10 students
• Skill/Experience Level: Open to all levels
• Tuition: $675 (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. If you have additional questions please email info@lacphoto.org.

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