THE CORE GROUP: PROJECT DEVELOPMENT & PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES
ONLINE WORKSHOP WITH JASON LANGER
GROUP A - CURRENTLY FULL
FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 7-9PM ET
GROUP B - Currently Full
SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 7-9PM ET
GROUP C - CURRENTLY FULL
THIRD TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 7-9PM ET
WAITLIST - ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
SIX MONTH PACKAGE: $900
ABOUT THE CLASS
The Core is an ongoing online seminar dedicated to photography project development and professional practices providing members with all of the tools necessary to achieve success as a fine-art photographer. The group meets monthly with Jason for two hours, combining lecture, group discussions, and personalized feedback of each photographer’s ongoing work. Topics covered in The Core include structured development of project ideas, designing, editing, and sequencing books and exhibitions, writing artist statements and residency/grant applications, fundraising, social media strategies, marketing, and more. Jason and the group will meet you where you are, no matter the stage of development of your project, as you advance your work in a rigorous and supportive environment with the goal of bringing it to a larger audience. Also included is a monthly 15-minute one-to-one meeting with Jason.
On the last Tuesday of the month Jason invites a guest artist, curator, or other photography-related professional to give a presentation about their area of expertise to all CORE members. The featured guest will also participate in a masterclass during which three photographers, chosen by Jason, will share their work with the guest and the rest of the group for feedback. Past visitors have included Cleveland Art Museum curator Barbara Tannenbaum, leading photo book consultant Melanie McWhorter, and acclaimed photographer Alejandro Cartagena. Additionally students will have access to an archive of videos from past sessions, featuring a wide array of talented and highly accomplished photographers and photography-related professionals.
HOW IT WORKS
The Core is ongoing and the curriculum does not repeat itself. Interested photographers can apply on a rolling basis for open spots or to join the waitlist for one of two sections, each limited to eight members. When space is available, successful applicants will be invited into group A, B, or C for six monthly meetings, to be used within seven months. Once a member has attended six sessions they will have the option of remaining in the group by signing up for another six-month package. Admission is by application only.
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS WORKSHOP
This workshop is geared toward enthusiastic intermediate and advanced photographers who are seeking to develop their projects and find their audience. Class participants should have a strong work ethic and be comfortable offering and receiving feedback in a mutually supportive group dedicated to creative development and goal-oriented professional progress.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested photographers can apply to The Core on a rolling basis. Successful applicants will be offered a spot in one of the groups if available, or placed on a waitlist until a space opens up. To apply, please use the link near the top of this page. You will need to submit the following:
• 150 words on what you are working on
• 150 words on your creative and professional goals
• 10 images representative of your work
Jason Langer is an artist and photo educator, whose photographs are often described as erotic and suspenseful, rooted in spiritual and religious philosophy. His photographs explore existential ideas about choice and inhabiting a human body, often expressed through Jungian, Jewish and Buddhist ideas. Monographs include: Secret City (2006, Nazraeli Press), Possession (2013, Nazraeli Press), a mid-career retrospective Twenty Years (Radius Books, 2015) and Berlin (Kerber Verlag, 2022). Langer graduated from the University of Oregon in 1989 and has exhibited with CLAMP (NYC), Benrubi Gallery (NYC), Galerie Esther Wordehoff (Paris), Kopeikin Gallery (Los Angeles), Gilman Contemporary (Idaho), and SFO Museum (San Francisco).
Supported by grants from The Ford Family Foundation, The Joy of Giving Something Foundation, The Oregon Arts Commission, and The Wood Institute, Langer’s photographs are held in permanent collections such as Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Zimmerli Art Museum, and Sir Elton John, Sir Mick Jagger, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, and are represented or distributed by CLAMP (NYC), Galerie Esther Woerdehoff (Paris), and Gilman Contemporary (Sun Valley, ID).
Langer is a consistent and sought-after instructor whose leadership style is honest, encouraging and practical, emphasizing self-challenge, passion, obsessiveness, and learning by doing. Langer has 35 years experience exhibiting and publishing in the fine art photographic milieu and 25 years instruction in undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate studies. Langer has been published in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, American Photographer and countless other publications and exhibits and publishes regularly. Langer lives in Portland, Oregon.