Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2000-2009 | Page 14

2d film and digital photography
August 10 - 14

August 10 - 14

August 24 - 28

Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb   

1929-1939

landscape

Alex Sweetman   

Rebeca Méndez   

Finding Your Vision 

After the Crash: world photography,


Tuition: $1145  ARAC Actual Cost: $1345  Studio Fee: $125
Code: P1127  Enrollment Limit 10

Time & Space: the contemporary

Tuition: $1145  ARAC Actual Cost: $1345  Studio Fee: $125
Code: P1332  Enrollment Limit 10

Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother (detail)

Alex Webb, Havana, Cuba (detail)

Rebecca Norris Webb, Havana, Cuba (detail)

*See page 9 for a full workshop description
Rebeca Méndez, Homeland 3 Peace White (detail)

CONCEPT: The primary focus of this workshop is to teach students how to photographically explore the world in a direct
and spontaneous way. The emphasis will be on the creation
of a unique, personal way of seeing, and the development of
an intuitive way of editing your photographs.

digital workflow

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: 35mm digital SLR

Greg Gorman & R. Mac Holbert   

ACTIVITIES: We will begin with a critique of student portfolios.
By the first afternoon you will start working on your first selfdirected assignment. You may photograph whatever intrigues
you, but it must be something that you’re passionate enough
about to return to photograph everyday. We will work to build
a coherent set of images for each photographer that represents his or her photographic stance or attitude toward the
world. We will view this work as a group at the end of the
workshop. In addition to photographing and editing each day,
there will be print and book demonstrations and editing exercises. Discussions will include how to photograph in a culture
other than one’s own, the relationship between images (such
as the sequencing and juxtaposition of photographs), how to
edit photographs intuitively, the practical realities of the magazine and art worlds, the emotional and psychological implications of working in color vs. black & white, the difference
between images in a book and images on the wall, and how
long-term projects can evolve into books and exhibitions.

Students are asked to bring 30 PRINTS of any size (NOT
digital files), that they feel best represents who they are as
photographers.
SKILL LEVEL: Levels II - III (Minimum Skill Level II) – See page
10 for