Discover new ways of seeing and photographing the extraordinary landscape of Joshua Tree, from its expansive vistas to its subtle textures and shifting desert light. Through fieldwork and critique, develop a more intentional approach to composition, light, and creating expressive photographs of place.
Sunscape – The Creative Portrait: High Desert Edition with Rania Matar (In-Person Learning)
Explore the art of portraiture as a collaborative encounter, using the light, backdrops and distinctive environments of the High Desert as inspiration. Through hands-on shooting, discussion, and critique, discover new ways to create intimate, expressive portraits that reveal both subject and place.
Sunscape – Words & Frames: Writing the High Desert with Montserrat Andrée Carty (In-Person Learning)
Establish a creative dialogue between photography and writing through generative prompts, image-making, and experimentation in the High Desert. Discover how language can expand, complicate, and deepen the stories your photographs have to tell.
This week-long course for teens (ages 12-14) is designed to introduce students to the fundamental operations, techniques, and critical vocabulary of digital photography.
In Street Portraiture for Teens, students (ages 15-18) will learn how to capture intimate, unposed portraits in urban environments, honing their ability to spot unique moments and engage with subjects naturally. Led by photographer Todd Felderstein, this hands-on class will develop your storytelling skills, technical expertise, and confidence in creating impactful street portraits, all while pushing your creative boundaries in real-world settings.
In this course, students will learn how to choose and explore a meaningful topic through photography, whether it's capturing the essence of a person, a place, or an abstract concept. In a fun, collaborative setting, we'll focus on visual storytelling, editing, and developing a cohesive series of images that reflect each student's personal vision and style.
This week-long course for teens (ages 15-18) is designed to introduce students to the fundamental operations, techniques, and critical vocabulary of digital photography.
Los Angeles is a massive, sprawling metropolis housing neighborhoods and communities of all shapes and sizes. In this class, students will take advantage of this melting pot of environments and turn their cameras on their neighborhoods in an effort to document their communities.
Have you ever noticed how two photographers can stand in the same place, photograph the same subject, and create completely different images? That difference comes down to choice. Making a strong photograph means intentionally deciding what to include, what to leave out, and how to guide the viewer’s eye through the frame.
In this workshop, George Nobechi returns to LACP to lead an extended, more in-depth iteration of his photographic course in Japanese Aesthetics (Western Light, Eastern Wind). Set on the beautiful grounds of Balboa Park, San Diego, the location is filled with museums, botanical gardens, and numerous possibilities for participants to observe and make photographs incorporating a quiet, thoughtful approach to image-making.