Visual Storytellers' Workshop
Online critique group for documentary Photographers
with Brian Finke
Third Saturday of each Month
10AM-1PM ET
Ongoing
Six-Month Package: $675
Limited to 8 participants
Open Enrollment when space is available
ABOUT THE CLASS
In this monthly forum, acclaimed visual storyteller Brian Finke will lead a group conversation about each photographer's work, offering feedback on concepts and images and advice for building a unique and meaningful narrative. Brian will also discuss creating structure and how to set ambitious but attainable goals toward exhibiting your project or publishing a book. The tradition of documentary practice and how it continues to evolve in the 21st Century will also be considered. This is a terrific opportunity to work with Brian, a highly experienced and accomplished documentary photographer, and to be part of a supportive group of other passionate photographers, each working to tell their own unique story with photographs.
FORMAT
This online critique group meets on the third Saturday of each month from 10am-1pm ET. Participants sign up for six sessions with the option to renew enrollment. A 20-minute one-to-one meeting with Brian is included.
WHO SHOULD JOIN THE GROUP
This critique group is meant for intermediate/advanced photographers working on a new or ongoing documentary-based project.
NOTES
As this is an ongoing workshop, Brian may occasionally need to reschedule a session. By default, the make-up class will be on Sunday of the same week. If that is not possible for Brian, the session will be held the following Saturday. If you aren't able to attend a make-up class, an extra session will be added to the end of your six-month package.
Brian Finke's visual cultural commentary focuses on authenticity and the absurdity of everyday life and the range of human behavior. A stylized documentarian and trained photojournalist, Finke’s honesty and intimacy when capturing subjects strikes at the core of contemporary life, with a uniquely American point of context and graphic sensibility.
Often with boundary pushing subject matter, Finke challenges the viewer to confront what is often right in front of them, with an almost surreal understanding of immediacy, time, and place. From street photography to commercial portraiture to fashion editorials, His immersion in culture-at-large creates imagery that is deeply tied to the political and emotional undertones of the modern world.
A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Finke received a BFA in photography. He is the author of several books, and his first monograph, 2, 4, 6, 8, (2003), was named one of the best photography books by American Photo magazine. His work is in nine museum collections in the U.S. and abroad, and he regularly shoots for editorial clients like National Geographic, M magazine, and The New York Times.