Photo As Object (In-person)
Instructor: Tamsen Wojtanowski
Dates: September 25 - 26th, 2021
Times: 10am – 5pm
Location: Unique Photo
Cost: $395
*** Registration for this workshop has closed.
In this two-day workshop, participants will consider what a photograph is and how it is made. Photo As Object will ask artists to challenge their traditional understanding of the image-making process and to question (instead of assume) the nature of the image-making device, the image matrix, and image support.
Beyond examining the technical variables in the process of photography, this workshop will also ask participants to contemplate the variety of ways that the photographic image communicates, whether employed as a cold observer reporting to us the “truth” or as an extension of the subjective, a vehicle for reflection, for personal and creative pursuits. When process and concept combine, how do they affect one another and affect the overall take-away, message, or experience for the viewer?
In a world just waking up from pandemic hibernation, one spent living at an arm’s length and experiencing much of the day-to-day through a screen, how much more precious is the photographic object and the physical agency of the photographer to produce the image?
Participants will be asked to contemplate their answers to these questions through a series of short lectures and group discussions. Those attending the workshop will also be given time during the workshop to begin production of their own photographic objects. Time will be spent discussing and critiquing works in progress through individual conversations between participant and instructor as a group.
Participants will receive a materials list in advance.
Cap at ten.
