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Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY
In 1974 Daido Moriyama famously produced a photo-book interactively in a gallery – asking visitors to select images, sequence them, and staple them together, into what would become the now highly collectible volume Another Country in New York. Image Threads is excited to offer a new generative photobook workshop, loosely inspired by the spirit of this now classic bookmaking performance, but at the same time expanding further upon its process....
Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY
"The world is blue at its edges and in its depths. This blue is the light that got lost. Light at the blue end of the spectrum does not travel the whole distance from the sun to us. It disperses among the molecules of the air, it scatters in water. Water is colorless, shallow water appears to be the color of whatever lies underneath it, but deep water is full of this scattered light, the purer the water the deeper the blue. The sky is blue for the...
Art of Intuitive Photography @ 4 Times Square, New York, NY
The class is open to all levels and digital cameras (including smartphones). This is an exciting opportunity to learn how to capture NYC as we've never seen it before. We will spend time discussing how to capture stories and then explore and photograph. Locations we will explore: Times Square Bryant Park Grand Central and 5th Ave Maximum students: 4 to allow for social distancing. Masks required.
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Explore Art Private Group EventsArt of Intuitive Photography @ The Mall, Central Park, New York, NY
The class is open to all levels and digital cameras (including smartphones). This is an exciting opportunity to learn how to capture NYC as we've never seen it before. We will spend time discussing how to capture stories and then explore and photograph. Locations we will explore: Bethesda Fountain Bow Bridge The Mall Sheep's Meadow Masks required.
Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY
Still life, a venerable genre, activates the meaning of objects in order to reflect - or to comment on - our shared world. This class guides beginning and advanced students through the foundations of this fascinating practice. Through demonstrations, critique and hands-on practice, students will explore still life methodologies - both historical and contemporary - that they can use to apply to their own future experiments. By the end of the workshop,...
Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY
Invented by photographic pioneer Henry Fox Talbot, the calotype was the first negative-to-positive photographic process. In this hands-on workshop, students will be guided from start to finish in the production of calotype negatives with accompanying salt prints. This workshop covers everything from the historical and political importance of the process to practical applications like paper selections and process variations. Students will be...
Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY
In 1967, the Museum of Modern Art mounted the influential exhibition New Documents, featuring the work of Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, and Garry Winogrand. Curator John Szarkowski described the group as “a new generation of photographers” who “directed the documentary approach toward more personal ends. Their aim has not been to reform life, but to know it.” Using the exhibition as a starting point, this course will examine a diverse...
Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY
Discover the hidden corners of contemporary life and learn how to capture them through the lens of documentary photography. Join this workshop led by an established artist and gain inspiration from your peers as you develop your own body of work. Unleash the power of visual storytelling and become part of the historical record.
Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY
Discover the fascinating world of cyanotype photography and elevate your skills beyond the basics. Unleash your creativity as you learn to mix chemistry, apply it to various materials, and print unique cyanotypes using inkjet negatives and a UV Exposure unit. Immerse yourself in a detail-oriented approach that goes beyond the fundamentals, and create stunning prints of your own.
Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY
Immerse yourself in the fascinating realm of stereoscopy and bring your images to life in 3D with this two-day workshop. Explore the principles of stereoscopic imaging and learn how to create stunning stereo images using the wet plate collodion process. Discover the magic of depth and dimension in photography at Penumbra Foundation.
Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY
Uniquely experience the art of cyanotype as you delve into the intricate process of bonding chemistry with pigments. Unleash your creativity and explore the possibilities of layered light sensitivity with organic materials in this hands-on workshop. Discover a personal style while mastering the control of results.
Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY
Experience the art and history of a centuries-old photographic process in this hands-on workshop at SUNY New Paltz. Explore the captivating world of salt printing and learn how to create unique prints from digital negatives. Unleash your creativity and discover the beauty of this timeless technique.
Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY
Discover the blend of traditional and digital printing techniques in this workshop, where you'll learn how to layer colors from digital images using the platinum palladium and cyanotype processes. Unleash your creativity and master the art of combining monochrome tones with vibrant digital colors. Join us at the Penumbra Foundation to embark on this immersive journey of self-expression.
Jewelry Arts @ 22 E 49th St., New York, NY
Learn to take professional quality photos of your jewelry without the full professional studio set up. We will teach you how to utilize every object and light source to showcase your jewelry in the best possible way. Required Material: Bring your own DSRL camera equipment.
BKC @ 33 Washington St, Brooklyn, NY
Have you been struggling with your ideas or creative process? Do you feel creatively stuck and unsure of how to get unstuck? Do you simply want to bring more creativity and innovation into your artistic practice or life in general? Then this class is for you! Deeply ingrained in our culture is the belief that creativity is an innate ability allotted only to a gifted few, when the reality is that creativity can be learned, practiced and honed. Like...
Come and join us on this wonderful one-day getaway to the beautiful Storm King Art Center! Storm king art center is home to one of the most prestigious sculpture parks in the world! It is a great place to get away from the city, enjoy the beautiful autumn colors and best of all take some great photographs! During the visit we will work on elements of photography such as composition, exposure, light modification and portraits. We will use everything...
UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Combining flameworking with alternative photo processes, this experimental workshop aims to explore the relationship between object and image to achieve unexpected outcomes. We will explore optics and distortion while creating unique images, projections, videos, and objects by utilizing handmade, flame-worked lenses together with digital photography and photographic processes such as cyanotypes. Working in the flame studio and cold shop, we...
New York School of the Arts @ 315 E 62nd St, New York, NY
This class will explore the use of photography as a way of expression in contemporary art. A series of weekly assignments will encourage students to explore and expand their creative vision. The class will cover technical issues such as how to use a camera, exposure, light sources, managing color, and the use of the computer programs Photoshop and Lightroom to manage and adjust your images. Through weekly presentations, students will become familiar...
New York School of the Arts @ 315 E 62nd St, New York, NY
Create images rather than capture them. Expressive possibilities in historic photographic processes offer a compelling alternative to modern digital prints. Fine art papers, hand applied archival emulsions, and the mercurial effects of chemistry and changing light provide surprises and opportunities for the adventurous image maker. Topics will include cyanotypes, Van Dyke brown, bleaching, toning, paper selection, photograms, and the history of...
BKC @ 53-83 Water St, New York, NY
To capture and document this city is to become part of New York’s rich narrative preserved and remembered for generations. Classic street shooters like Robert Frank, Reinhart Wolf and William Klein loved to train their lens on Liberty City’s rolling architecture, its vitality and grit. In this Crash Course we’ll examine some work by a few noteworthy photographers of the Urban Landscape, and discuss how they sought and achieved...
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