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APR 29 - JUNE 10 | In the Gallery: Inside Out: a group exhibition by the push/pull artist collective
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Inside Out: a group exhibition by the push/pull artist collective On view April
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Inside Out: a group exhibition by the push/pull artist collective On view April 29 – June 10, 2021 push/pull curatorial statement There is a growing sense that opposing movements—one toward ideals of freedom, the other toward increasing restrictions一are approaching an inflection point. Social and economic classes are polarizing, public rhetoric doesn’t reflect lived reality, and rapid technological change eases as much as it restrains. The collective feeling is that things have turned inside out. In this exhibition, works from the push/pull collective explore where ideals of nature and community persist against the realities of decay and enclosure. Traditional landscapes and interiors give way to tensions between nature and built environments, in whose margins communities adapt and survive.
Featuring work by Tara Champion, Michael Clements, Andrej Gregov, Elisa Huerta-Enochian, Chris Letcher, Jon MacLaren, Susan MacLaren, Helen Miller, Anna Ream, Jenny Riffle, and Seth Thompson. Curatorial note, 2021—Our exhibition was postponed from its original date in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reflecting on the theme now, it seems eerily prescient—and still relevant. The pandemic continues, we are learning how deeply fractured our political environment has become (aided by increasing technocratization), as we reckon with its inequitable fallout.
push/pull
Formed in 2016, push/pull is a collective of Seattle artists working with the formal process of creating photographs. The name refers to traditional film development techniques and to the discourse and exchange of ideas between group members that is the group’s purpose. Activities include monthly meetings to engage in critical dialogue about works-in-progress and planning and realizing ensemble projects and exhibitions. A primary concern is the challenge of producing meaningful photographic artworks as the medium undergoes a radical shift from material to digital production—where the production and distribution of imagery occurs almost simultaneously, and the proliferation of digital image-making risks overwhelming the salience of photographic imagery broadly. Formal questions inherent to artistic production and questions about the ways that printed photographs continue to engage viewers inform the development of individual and group work. Although the artists in push/pull work in a wide variety of methods and subject matter, the collective work tends toward the exploration of landscapes and place, where perceived absence and stillness are charged with a presence that invites lingering.
Bios
Tara Champion is a Seattle-based photographer working within the themes of environmental conservation and biological visualization. She holds a M.S. in Biological Photography and Imaging from the University of Nottingham, and a B.A. in photography as well as a B.S. in Biology from Seattle University. With her unique cross-disciplinary background she responds to scientific findings in a visual manner with particular interest in birds and climate change. Her work has been published and written about in the U.S. and abroad and viewed in exhibit spaces in the Northwest.
Michael Clements is a photographer existing in Seattle Washington.
Andrej Gregov is a photographer based in Seattle, Washington. His primary focuses are exploring the built and natural environments. Contemporary architecture is a special long-term focus and interest area. His work is produced using traditional analog capture and printing techniques including silver, c-print and alternative processes. Andrej is a contributor to A Minimal Event, a podcast about art photography. He is also a member of the push/pull photography group, a collective of Seattle artists working with the formal process of creating Photographs.
Elisa Huerta-Enochian is an artist and photographer born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She explores identity and memories through her images.
Chris Letcher is an intermedia artist who grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He has a degree in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This led to a Certificate in Photography from Photographic Center Northwest. Letcher’s formal concerns are minimalist, his thematic concerns eschatological. For many years he has been surveying the economic devastation in Detroit and his hometown of Tucumcari, New Mexico. He has exhibited most recently at Pottery Northwest, Northwest Film Forum and Photographic Center Northwest. Apparently, he’s based in the Northwest.
Jon MacLaren is a photographer based in south Seattle, Washington. Jon moved to Seattle ten years ago from the UK. He graduated from the PCNW certificate program in 2014. Currently, he is working on two projects: one using images taken in the dark, damp forests of the Pacific Northwest; the other using shots taken out of the car window while traveling.
Susan MacLaren is a photographer and Small Business Communication Consultant based in Seattle, WA. She holds a BA in Photography and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Communication at the University of Washington. She is a member of the push/pull Photography Collective and uses her work to focus on the interplay of environment, light, and memory.
Helen Miller lives and works in Seattle, WA. She has a B.S. in psychology from the University of Washington, a Master’s in philosophy from St. John’s College, and is a Ph.D. candidate in art and philosophy at the European Graduate School. She is a member of the push/pull and Minimal Event photography collectives.
Anna Ream is a conceptual and documentary portrait photographer based in Issaquah. She is a 2014 graduate of the PCNW certificate program and has a BA from Wellesley College. Her work has been exhibited nationally and has been featured on websites internationally including Lenscratch, TODAY.com, The Daily Mail (U.K.), and in print in Germany. In addition to push/pull, she is a member of the Fotofemmes collective.
Jenny Riffle graduated from Bard College in 2001 with a BA in Photography; she received her MFA at the School of Visual Arts in 2011. Riffle works with narrative portraiture and landscapes that explore the psychological essence of a person or place. Her current work explores the power of nature in the Pacific Northwest. Her photographs have been exhibited internationally, and she has been featured in, and has photographed for, numerous publications worldwide. A book of her collaborative self portraits It’s Raining… I Love You was published in 2020 by Minor Matters Books and her monograph Scavenger: Adventures in Treasure Hunting was published by Zatara Press in 2015. Riffle’s awards include Artist Trust’s GAP, FotoFilmic’s BMNF Award, The Pilkington Prize, PDN’s 30, and the Aaron Siskind Foundation Grant.
Seth Thompson taught color at the Photographic Center from 1999 to 2014. He studied English and Film History (MA) and Painting (MFA) at the University of Oregon. He has worked on a series of interior images of rural Mexico and Cuba, as well as a series of night images, mostly of Seattle. He has shown locally and internationally.
Time
April 29 (Thursday) - June 10 (Thursday)
Location
PCNW
900 12th Avenue
01may11:00 am12:00 pmFeaturedMAY 1 | Certificate Program Info Session
Event Details
INFO SESSION | MAY 1, 2021 | 11am (PST) | RSVP
Join Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) staff, current students, alumni, and faculty for this virtual info session to learn more
more
Event Details
INFO SESSION | MAY 1, 2021 | 11am (PST) | RSVP
Join Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) staff, current students, alumni, and faculty for this virtual info session to learn more about our 53-credit Certificate Program in Fine Art Photography and the PCNW experience. From course requirements to community connection, discover what makes education at PCNW unique and how the program can help you reach your photographic goals.
MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Certificate in Fine Art Photography is a 53-credit program in fine art photography. Courses are technically and creatively demanding, and the program provides instruction on par with post-baccalaureate programs in photography. During their studies, students develop their own style of photography and grow in ability to understand, appreciate, produce and critique photographic works.
Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), and licensed in the state of Washington under Chapter 28C.10 RCW.
Time
(Saturday) 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
01may12:00 pmMAY 1 | Inside Out: A Conversation with Members of the Push/Pull Collective
Event Details
Inside Out: A Conversation with Members of the Push/Pull Collective
May 1, 2021 | Saturday 12pm (PST)
Online Event
FREE WITH RSVP
The Power of the Collective
Community and collaboration can
more
Event Details
Inside Out: A Conversation with Members of the Push/Pull Collective
May 1, 2021 | Saturday 12pm (PST)
Online Event
FREE WITH RSVP
The Power of the Collective
Community and collaboration can be critical to artistic development and the creative process; during the last year this has never felt more relevant. Join us on May 1st for a conversation with members of the push/pull collective as they discuss their approach to collaboration, critique, technique, and production. We will explore their photographic processes, the curation of Inside Out, and how the collective has adapted over time and amidst the pandemic. Directly preceding this event is an informational session on our Certificate Program, which many of the panelists are alumni or faculty of.
Time
(Saturday) 12:00 pm
02may12:30 pm5:30 pmMAY 2 | IN-PERSON WORKSHOP: Black & White Printing Basics - Spring 2021
Event Details
Black & White Printing Basics
Faculty: Macsen Baumann
May 2, 2021 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm (Pacific Time)
In-person course
$135 | Details /
more
Event Details
Black & White Printing Basics
Faculty: Macsen Baumann
May 2, 2021 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm (Pacific Time)
In-person course
$135 | Details / Register
This is a one-day workshop designed for beginners in the black and white darkroom, but it can also serve as a refresher for anyone who is rekindling a relationship with the darkroom. Bring negatives that you’ve processed (or had processed through a lab) and come explore the fun part: making prints! We’ll cover everything from the basic printing steps, to more advanced printing techniques like dodging, burning, and using filters. Most importantly you’ll have a chance to print in the black and white darkroom alongside a seasoned pro who can lend personalized advice – every print is different, and requires special attention! You can become a better darkroom printer in hours with the assistance and feedback of one of our instructors.
Topics covered include:
- Printing and evaluating a contact sheet
- Creating the best possible print from a negative, with correct exposure, contrast, and tone
- Using different filter techniques, like split filter printing
- Localized exposure control through dodging and burning
- Print evaluation techniques
- Darkroom workflow
- Printing in a community darkroom, and much more!
Take this workshop in tandem with our Black & White Film Photography Basics workshop for a perfect two–day introduction or refresher to the beauty of black and white photography.
NOTES
- Students must bring black and white negatives that are processed and ready for printing, and a box or folder to take home completed prints
- PCNW will provide black and white paper for darkroom printing during the workshop
Time
(Sunday) 12:30 pm - 5:30 pm
03may6:00 pm8:00 pmMAY 3-17 | ONLINE WORKSHOP: The Art of Mobile Photography - Spring 2021
Event Details
The Art of Mobile Photography - Spring 2021
Faculty: Kate Hailey
May 3 - 17, 2021 | Mondays 6-8pm (Pacific Time)
Online Course
$100|
more
Event Details
The Art of Mobile Photography – Spring 2021
Faculty: Kate Hailey
May 3 – 17, 2021 | Mondays 6-8pm (Pacific Time)
Online Course
$100| Details / Register
DESCRIPTION
Unleash the creative power of the camera in your mobile phone. From the iPhone to the Pixel, the cameras in our phones are pretty awesome. Through three weekly sessions, incorporating demonstrations, assignments, and review of student work, we will cover the essentials you need to elevate your skills as a mobile photographer. Topics we will cover include: understanding exposure & light, composition, creating images that tell a story, apps for editing and creative techniques, accessories and gear, and sharing your images.
Time
(Monday) 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
07may6:00 pmMAY 7 | Masterclass Artist Talk with Alejandro Cartagena
Event Details
Masterclass Artist Talk with Alejandro Cartagena
May 7, 2021 | Friday 6pm (PST)
Online Event
FREE WITH RSVP
more
Event Details
Masterclass Artist Talk with Alejandro Cartagena
May 7, 2021 | Friday 6pm (PST)
Online Event
FREE WITH RSVP
Please join us for a Masterclass lecture with photographer, bookmaker, and publisher Alejandro Cartagena where he will discuss his projects that broadly address issues of immigration, suburbia, commerce as well as his photobook and self-publishing practice.
Alejandro Cartagena, Mexican (b. 1977, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) lives and works in Monterrey, Mexico. His projects employ landscape and portraiture as a means to examine social, urban and environmental issues. Cartagena’s work has been exhibited internationally in more than 50 group and individual exhibitions in spaces including the the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris and the CCCB in Barcelona, and his work is in the collections of several museums including the San Francisco MOMA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The MFAH in Houston, the Portland Museum of Art, The West Collection, the Coppel collection, the FEMSA collection, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the George Eastman House and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and among others.
Alejandro is a self publisher and co-editor and has created several award wining titles including Insurrection Nation, Studio Cartagena 2021, Santa Barbara Save US, Skinnerboox, 2020, A Small Guide to Homeownership, The Velvet Cell 2020, We Love Our Employees, Gato Negro 2019, Santa Barbara Shame on US, Skinnerboox, 2017, A Guide to Infrastructure and Corruption, The velvet Cell, 2017, Rivers of Power, Newwer, 2016, Santa Barbara return Jobs to US, Skinnerboox, 2016, Headshots, Self-published, 2015, Before the War, Self-published, 2015, Carpoolers, Self-published with support of FONCA Grant, 2014, Suburbia Mexicana, Daylight/ Photolucida 2010. Some of his books are in the Yale University Library, the Tate Britain, and the 10×10 Photobooks/MFH Houston book collections among others.
Cartagena has received several awards including the international Photolucida Critical Mass Book Award, the Street Photography Award in London Photo Festival, the Lente Latino Award in Chile, the Premio IILA-FotoGrafia Award in Rome and the Salon de la Fotografia of Fototeca de Nuevo Leon in Mexico among others. He has been named an International Discoveries of the FotoFest festival, a FOAM magazine TALENT and an Emerging photographer of PDN magazine. He has also been a finalist for the Aperture Portfolio Award and has been nominated for the Santa Fe Photography Prize, the Prix Pictet Prize, the Photoespaña Descubrimientos Award and the FOAM Paul Huff Award. His work has been published internationally in magazines and newspapers such as Newsweek, Nowness, Domus, the Financial Times, The New York Times, Le Monde, Stern, PDN, The New Yorker, and Wallpaper among others.
Time
(Friday) 6:00 pm
MAY 14 & 21 | HYBRID WORKSHOP: Urban Night Photography: Georgetown Steam Plant & Beyond - Spring 2021
Event Details
Urban Night Photography: Georgetown Steam Plant & Beyond
Faculty: Janet Neuhauser
May 14, 2021 | Friday 7-11pm, On-Location
&
May 21, 2021 | Friday 6-9pm, Online
Hybrid
more
Event Details
Urban Night Photography: Georgetown Steam Plant & Beyond
Faculty: Janet Neuhauser
May 14, 2021 | Friday 7-11pm, On-Location
&
May 21, 2021 | Friday 6-9pm, Online
Hybrid In-person/Online Course
$150| Details / Register
Join us for an after hours adventure and a truly unique opportunity to learn the basics of night photography while exploring the magical Georgetown Steam Plant and surrounding warehouse district. Spend the first evening on-location at the Georgetown Steam Plant for an instructor-led night shooting experience, then reconvene the following week for an online session to share work.
For the first meeting and on-location shoot, the group will have private access to photograph within the interior of the historic Georgetown Steam Plant accompanied by a volunteer docent. Participants will have the opportunity to photograph the spacious window-lined turbine halls and the massive steam engines. It’s an amazing architectural space that exemplifies the term “steam-punk”. In addition, participants can of course photograph the exterior facade. Tripods will be necessary for the long night exposures.
After a couple hours photographing at the steam plant, the group will continue on to South Park to photograph the bridge, the historic storefronts, and the marina.
The following week, the group will convene online to share work from the on-location shoot, as well as any individual night photo outings you may be inspired to take between meetings.
Time
(Friday) 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
19may6:00 pm9:00 pmMAY 19 - Jun 2 | ONLINE WORKSHOP: Creative Still Life Photography - Spring 2021
Event Details
Creative Still Life Photography - Spring 2021
Faculty: Birthe Piontek
May 19 - June 2, 2021 | Wednesday 6-9pm (Pacific Time)
Online Course
$150|
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Event Details
Creative Still Life Photography – Spring 2021
Faculty: Birthe Piontek
May 19 – June 2, 2021 | Wednesday 6-9pm (Pacific Time)
Online Course
$150| Details / Register
DESCRIPTION
Join renowned photographer Birthe Piontek to explore the playful and inventive possibilities of still life photography, along with the tools and techniques for creating them within your everyday space. Learn about the rich tradition of still life work throughout the history of art and its unique relationship with photography. Working with creative prompts as starting points, we will look at how your own objects, items, and home itself can hold metaphoric meaning and inspiration. Over the course of the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to present work and receive feedback.
This is a unique opportunity to experiment with new ideas in the lead up to this year’s Chase The Light event.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
may, 2021
Event Details
Inside Out: a group exhibition by the push/pull artist collective On view April
more
Event Details
Inside Out: a group exhibition by the push/pull artist collective On view April 29 – June 10, 2021 push/pull curatorial statement There is a growing sense that opposing movements—one toward ideals of freedom, the other toward increasing restrictions一are approaching an inflection point. Social and economic classes are polarizing, public rhetoric doesn’t reflect lived reality, and rapid technological change eases as much as it restrains. The collective feeling is that things have turned inside out. In this exhibition, works from the push/pull collective explore where ideals of nature and community persist against the realities of decay and enclosure. Traditional landscapes and interiors give way to tensions between nature and built environments, in whose margins communities adapt and survive.
Featuring work by Tara Champion, Michael Clements, Andrej Gregov, Elisa Huerta-Enochian, Chris Letcher, Jon MacLaren, Susan MacLaren, Helen Miller, Anna Ream, Jenny Riffle, and Seth Thompson. Curatorial note, 2021—Our exhibition was postponed from its original date in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reflecting on the theme now, it seems eerily prescient—and still relevant. The pandemic continues, we are learning how deeply fractured our political environment has become (aided by increasing technocratization), as we reckon with its inequitable fallout.
push/pull
Formed in 2016, push/pull is a collective of Seattle artists working with the formal process of creating photographs. The name refers to traditional film development techniques and to the discourse and exchange of ideas between group members that is the group’s purpose. Activities include monthly meetings to engage in critical dialogue about works-in-progress and planning and realizing ensemble projects and exhibitions. A primary concern is the challenge of producing meaningful photographic artworks as the medium undergoes a radical shift from material to digital production—where the production and distribution of imagery occurs almost simultaneously, and the proliferation of digital image-making risks overwhelming the salience of photographic imagery broadly. Formal questions inherent to artistic production and questions about the ways that printed photographs continue to engage viewers inform the development of individual and group work. Although the artists in push/pull work in a wide variety of methods and subject matter, the collective work tends toward the exploration of landscapes and place, where perceived absence and stillness are charged with a presence that invites lingering.
Bios
Tara Champion is a Seattle-based photographer working within the themes of environmental conservation and biological visualization. She holds a M.S. in Biological Photography and Imaging from the University of Nottingham, and a B.A. in photography as well as a B.S. in Biology from Seattle University. With her unique cross-disciplinary background she responds to scientific findings in a visual manner with particular interest in birds and climate change. Her work has been published and written about in the U.S. and abroad and viewed in exhibit spaces in the Northwest.
Michael Clements is a photographer existing in Seattle Washington.
Andrej Gregov is a photographer based in Seattle, Washington. His primary focuses are exploring the built and natural environments. Contemporary architecture is a special long-term focus and interest area. His work is produced using traditional analog capture and printing techniques including silver, c-print and alternative processes. Andrej is a contributor to A Minimal Event, a podcast about art photography. He is also a member of the push/pull photography group, a collective of Seattle artists working with the formal process of creating Photographs.
Elisa Huerta-Enochian is an artist and photographer born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She explores identity and memories through her images.
Chris Letcher is an intermedia artist who grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He has a degree in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This led to a Certificate in Photography from Photographic Center Northwest. Letcher’s formal concerns are minimalist, his thematic concerns eschatological. For many years he has been surveying the economic devastation in Detroit and his hometown of Tucumcari, New Mexico. He has exhibited most recently at Pottery Northwest, Northwest Film Forum and Photographic Center Northwest. Apparently, he’s based in the Northwest.
Jon MacLaren is a photographer based in south Seattle, Washington. Jon moved to Seattle ten years ago from the UK. He graduated from the PCNW certificate program in 2014. Currently, he is working on two projects: one using images taken in the dark, damp forests of the Pacific Northwest; the other using shots taken out of the car window while traveling.
Susan MacLaren is a photographer and Small Business Communication Consultant based in Seattle, WA. She holds a BA in Photography and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Communication at the University of Washington. She is a member of the push/pull Photography Collective and uses her work to focus on the interplay of environment, light, and memory.
Helen Miller lives and works in Seattle, WA. She has a B.S. in psychology from the University of Washington, a Master’s in philosophy from St. John’s College, and is a Ph.D. candidate in art and philosophy at the European Graduate School. She is a member of the push/pull and Minimal Event photography collectives.
Anna Ream is a conceptual and documentary portrait photographer based in Issaquah. She is a 2014 graduate of the PCNW certificate program and has a BA from Wellesley College. Her work has been exhibited nationally and has been featured on websites internationally including Lenscratch, TODAY.com, The Daily Mail (U.K.), and in print in Germany. In addition to push/pull, she is a member of the Fotofemmes collective.
Jenny Riffle graduated from Bard College in 2001 with a BA in Photography; she received her MFA at the School of Visual Arts in 2011. Riffle works with narrative portraiture and landscapes that explore the psychological essence of a person or place. Her current work explores the power of nature in the Pacific Northwest. Her photographs have been exhibited internationally, and she has been featured in, and has photographed for, numerous publications worldwide. A book of her collaborative self portraits It’s Raining… I Love You was published in 2020 by Minor Matters Books and her monograph Scavenger: Adventures in Treasure Hunting was published by Zatara Press in 2015. Riffle’s awards include Artist Trust’s GAP, FotoFilmic’s BMNF Award, The Pilkington Prize, PDN’s 30, and the Aaron Siskind Foundation Grant.
Seth Thompson taught color at the Photographic Center from 1999 to 2014. He studied English and Film History (MA) and Painting (MFA) at the University of Oregon. He has worked on a series of interior images of rural Mexico and Cuba, as well as a series of night images, mostly of Seattle. He has shown locally and internationally.
Time
April 29 (Thursday) - June 10 (Thursday)
Location
PCNW
900 12th Avenue
01may11:00 am12:00 pmFeaturedMAY 1 | Certificate Program Info Session
Event Details
INFO SESSION | MAY 1, 2021 | 11am (PST) | RSVP Join Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) staff, current students, alumni, and faculty for this virtual info session to learn more
more
Event Details
INFO SESSION | MAY 1, 2021 | 11am (PST) | RSVP
Join Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) staff, current students, alumni, and faculty for this virtual info session to learn more about our 53-credit Certificate Program in Fine Art Photography and the PCNW experience. From course requirements to community connection, discover what makes education at PCNW unique and how the program can help you reach your photographic goals.
MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Certificate in Fine Art Photography is a 53-credit program in fine art photography. Courses are technically and creatively demanding, and the program provides instruction on par with post-baccalaureate programs in photography. During their studies, students develop their own style of photography and grow in ability to understand, appreciate, produce and critique photographic works.
Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), and licensed in the state of Washington under Chapter 28C.10 RCW.
Time
(Saturday) 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
01may12:00 pmMAY 1 | Inside Out: A Conversation with Members of the Push/Pull Collective
Event Details
Inside Out: A Conversation with Members of the Push/Pull Collective May 1, 2021 | Saturday 12pm (PST) Online Event FREE WITH RSVP The Power of the Collective Community and collaboration can
more
Event Details
Inside Out: A Conversation with Members of the Push/Pull Collective
May 1, 2021 | Saturday 12pm (PST)
Online Event
FREE WITH RSVP
The Power of the Collective
Community and collaboration can be critical to artistic development and the creative process; during the last year this has never felt more relevant. Join us on May 1st for a conversation with members of the push/pull collective as they discuss their approach to collaboration, critique, technique, and production. We will explore their photographic processes, the curation of Inside Out, and how the collective has adapted over time and amidst the pandemic. Directly preceding this event is an informational session on our Certificate Program, which many of the panelists are alumni or faculty of.
Time
(Saturday) 12:00 pm
02may12:30 pm5:30 pmMAY 2 | IN-PERSON WORKSHOP: Black & White Printing Basics - Spring 2021
Event Details
Black & White Printing Basics Faculty: Macsen Baumann May 2, 2021 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm (Pacific Time) In-person course $135 | Details /
more
Event Details
Black & White Printing Basics
Faculty: Macsen Baumann
May 2, 2021 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm (Pacific Time)
In-person course
$135 | Details / Register
This is a one-day workshop designed for beginners in the black and white darkroom, but it can also serve as a refresher for anyone who is rekindling a relationship with the darkroom. Bring negatives that you’ve processed (or had processed through a lab) and come explore the fun part: making prints! We’ll cover everything from the basic printing steps, to more advanced printing techniques like dodging, burning, and using filters. Most importantly you’ll have a chance to print in the black and white darkroom alongside a seasoned pro who can lend personalized advice – every print is different, and requires special attention! You can become a better darkroom printer in hours with the assistance and feedback of one of our instructors.
Topics covered include:
- Printing and evaluating a contact sheet
- Creating the best possible print from a negative, with correct exposure, contrast, and tone
- Using different filter techniques, like split filter printing
- Localized exposure control through dodging and burning
- Print evaluation techniques
- Darkroom workflow
- Printing in a community darkroom, and much more!
Take this workshop in tandem with our Black & White Film Photography Basics workshop for a perfect two–day introduction or refresher to the beauty of black and white photography.
NOTES
- Students must bring black and white negatives that are processed and ready for printing, and a box or folder to take home completed prints
- PCNW will provide black and white paper for darkroom printing during the workshop
Time
(Sunday) 12:30 pm - 5:30 pm
03may6:00 pm8:00 pmMAY 3-17 | ONLINE WORKSHOP: The Art of Mobile Photography - Spring 2021
Event Details
The Art of Mobile Photography - Spring 2021 Faculty: Kate Hailey May 3 - 17, 2021 | Mondays 6-8pm (Pacific Time) Online Course $100|
more
Event Details
The Art of Mobile Photography – Spring 2021
Faculty: Kate Hailey
May 3 – 17, 2021 | Mondays 6-8pm (Pacific Time)
Online Course
$100| Details / Register
DESCRIPTION
Unleash the creative power of the camera in your mobile phone. From the iPhone to the Pixel, the cameras in our phones are pretty awesome. Through three weekly sessions, incorporating demonstrations, assignments, and review of student work, we will cover the essentials you need to elevate your skills as a mobile photographer. Topics we will cover include: understanding exposure & light, composition, creating images that tell a story, apps for editing and creative techniques, accessories and gear, and sharing your images.
Time
(Monday) 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
07may6:00 pmMAY 7 | Masterclass Artist Talk with Alejandro Cartagena
Event Details
Masterclass Artist Talk with Alejandro Cartagena May 7, 2021 | Friday 6pm (PST) Online Event FREE WITH RSVP
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Event Details
Masterclass Artist Talk with Alejandro Cartagena
May 7, 2021 | Friday 6pm (PST)
Online Event
FREE WITH RSVP
Please join us for a Masterclass lecture with photographer, bookmaker, and publisher Alejandro Cartagena where he will discuss his projects that broadly address issues of immigration, suburbia, commerce as well as his photobook and self-publishing practice.
Alejandro Cartagena, Mexican (b. 1977, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) lives and works in Monterrey, Mexico. His projects employ landscape and portraiture as a means to examine social, urban and environmental issues. Cartagena’s work has been exhibited internationally in more than 50 group and individual exhibitions in spaces including the the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris and the CCCB in Barcelona, and his work is in the collections of several museums including the San Francisco MOMA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The MFAH in Houston, the Portland Museum of Art, The West Collection, the Coppel collection, the FEMSA collection, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the George Eastman House and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and among others.
Alejandro is a self publisher and co-editor and has created several award wining titles including Insurrection Nation, Studio Cartagena 2021, Santa Barbara Save US, Skinnerboox, 2020, A Small Guide to Homeownership, The Velvet Cell 2020, We Love Our Employees, Gato Negro 2019, Santa Barbara Shame on US, Skinnerboox, 2017, A Guide to Infrastructure and Corruption, The velvet Cell, 2017, Rivers of Power, Newwer, 2016, Santa Barbara return Jobs to US, Skinnerboox, 2016, Headshots, Self-published, 2015, Before the War, Self-published, 2015, Carpoolers, Self-published with support of FONCA Grant, 2014, Suburbia Mexicana, Daylight/ Photolucida 2010. Some of his books are in the Yale University Library, the Tate Britain, and the 10×10 Photobooks/MFH Houston book collections among others.
Cartagena has received several awards including the international Photolucida Critical Mass Book Award, the Street Photography Award in London Photo Festival, the Lente Latino Award in Chile, the Premio IILA-FotoGrafia Award in Rome and the Salon de la Fotografia of Fototeca de Nuevo Leon in Mexico among others. He has been named an International Discoveries of the FotoFest festival, a FOAM magazine TALENT and an Emerging photographer of PDN magazine. He has also been a finalist for the Aperture Portfolio Award and has been nominated for the Santa Fe Photography Prize, the Prix Pictet Prize, the Photoespaña Descubrimientos Award and the FOAM Paul Huff Award. His work has been published internationally in magazines and newspapers such as Newsweek, Nowness, Domus, the Financial Times, The New York Times, Le Monde, Stern, PDN, The New Yorker, and Wallpaper among others.
Time
(Friday) 6:00 pm
Event Details
Urban Night Photography: Georgetown Steam Plant & Beyond Faculty: Janet Neuhauser May 14, 2021 | Friday 7-11pm, On-Location & May 21, 2021 | Friday 6-9pm, Online Hybrid
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Event Details
Urban Night Photography: Georgetown Steam Plant & Beyond
Faculty: Janet Neuhauser
May 14, 2021 | Friday 7-11pm, On-Location
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May 21, 2021 | Friday 6-9pm, Online
Hybrid In-person/Online Course
$150| Details / Register
Join us for an after hours adventure and a truly unique opportunity to learn the basics of night photography while exploring the magical Georgetown Steam Plant and surrounding warehouse district. Spend the first evening on-location at the Georgetown Steam Plant for an instructor-led night shooting experience, then reconvene the following week for an online session to share work.
For the first meeting and on-location shoot, the group will have private access to photograph within the interior of the historic Georgetown Steam Plant accompanied by a volunteer docent. Participants will have the opportunity to photograph the spacious window-lined turbine halls and the massive steam engines. It’s an amazing architectural space that exemplifies the term “steam-punk”. In addition, participants can of course photograph the exterior facade. Tripods will be necessary for the long night exposures.
After a couple hours photographing at the steam plant, the group will continue on to South Park to photograph the bridge, the historic storefronts, and the marina.
The following week, the group will convene online to share work from the on-location shoot, as well as any individual night photo outings you may be inspired to take between meetings.
Time
(Friday) 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
19may6:00 pm9:00 pmMAY 19 - Jun 2 | ONLINE WORKSHOP: Creative Still Life Photography - Spring 2021
Event Details
Creative Still Life Photography - Spring 2021 Faculty: Birthe Piontek May 19 - June 2, 2021 | Wednesday 6-9pm (Pacific Time) Online Course $150|
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Event Details
Creative Still Life Photography – Spring 2021
Faculty: Birthe Piontek
May 19 – June 2, 2021 | Wednesday 6-9pm (Pacific Time)
Online Course
$150| Details / Register
DESCRIPTION
Join renowned photographer Birthe Piontek to explore the playful and inventive possibilities of still life photography, along with the tools and techniques for creating them within your everyday space. Learn about the rich tradition of still life work throughout the history of art and its unique relationship with photography. Working with creative prompts as starting points, we will look at how your own objects, items, and home itself can hold metaphoric meaning and inspiration. Over the course of the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to present work and receive feedback.
This is a unique opportunity to experiment with new ideas in the lead up to this year’s Chase The Light event.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
