EXPERIMENTS IN PHOTOGRAPHY
WITH CORINNE BOTZ
April 30, May 7, 14 & 21, 2024
TUESDAYS, 6:30-9PM EST
ONLINE
LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
LIMITED TO 8 STUDENTS
CLASS FEE: $350
ABOUT THE CLASS
Are you stuck with your work? Are you looking to generate new ideas that might develop into a long-term project?
As photographers we often gravitate towards certain subject matter and a specific way of making pictures. When you are out shooting in the same manner for a while, it can be really challenging to step out of your comfort zone, or to even think of something new to say with your photographs. This is the time to shake things up!
This online assignment-based class is a fun course that will challenge you to think outside the box and improve your image making skills. We will discuss why it’s important to take bad photographs, how to embrace happy accidents, and how to go beyond a default mode of image making. This course will have you reimagining portraiture, collaborating with your classmates, and creating fictional narratives with photographs.
If you’re looking to open up new creative possibilities in your photography and willing to push your photographic boundaries, then this is the perfect class for you.
Highlights
• Shooting assignments covering different photographic practices.
• Weekly critique of student work with Corinne and the group offering feedback.
• Slideshows of historical and contemporary photographers working in different genres
• Readings and discussions relevant to each week’s topics.
Who should take this workshop
Intermediate and advanced photographers who are looking to push their creative boundaries. Interested photographers should also be comfortable using their camera and doing basic edits to their photos.
Corinne Botz is an artist and educator, whose practice engages with issues including narrative, space, gender, and the body. Her photographs have been widely exhibited, and her published books combining her photography and writing include The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death (The Monacelli Press, 2004) and Haunted Houses (The Monacelli Press, 2010). Botz’s photographs have been internationally exhibited at such institutions as the Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago), Wurttembergischer Kunstverein (Stuttgart, Germany); De Appel (Amsterdam), Turner Contemporary (UK), and Benrubi Gallery (NYC). Her short film “Bedside Manner” (2016) won the Grand Jury Prize at DOC NYC. She has held residencies at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture; Atlantic Center for the Arts; Akademie Schloss Solitude; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and Mana Contemporary. Botz is the recipient of both the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Jerome Foundation grants. She received her BFA from Maryland Institute, College of Art and her MFA from Bard College. Botz is on the faculty of International Center of Photography and John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY).