Shelby Lee Adams, Tompkins Sq. Park, 2013 [Aperture Workshop]
“Seeing, connecting, and nurturing love while recalling and sharing more difficult times requires a balanced perspective. It can be tender, or tough and thorny, but all parts are necessary to integrate.”
—Shelby Lee Adams, Salt and Truth (2011)
Join Shelby Lee Adams for a three-day intensive workshop that will explore the psychological, emotional, and technical aspects of portraiture, with special emphasis on photographing people in their environments. Students will learn how to approach people with confidence as well as how to light environments skillfully and with a personal approach. For three days, the workshop students will engage in many scenarios—with assistants, lighting equipment, models, and the instructor—that they can apply to their own photographic pursuits.
On the first day, participants will meet at Aperture where Adams will present slides, share a set of his original exhibition prints and discuss how to develop a rapport with subjects by establishing a collaborative relationship, which aids in producing spontaneous, intimate, and inventive portraits. Adams will also feature slides, explain lighting equipment as well as the blending of diverse light sources, the histogram, color balance, and lighting ratios. The afternoon will be a continuation of the morning presentations with reserved time for reviewing students’ portfolios.
The second day will be spent on location. Students will meet at Tompkins Square Park with their cameras. The class will divide into three smaller groups, each with a teaching assistant and a professional light kit. There will be a few models provided; however, students will be encouraged to approach people within the park and invite them to participate. Lunches will be purchased (at student expense) within the local area, so that participants will have maximum time to photograph.
For the final meeting, participants will meet at Aperture, where the morning will be spent preparing images in an open lab environment with the instructor and assistants providing guidance and feedback. After lunch, students will present the works they created the day previous. Adams will lead a group discussion about each student’s images. Participants will be encouraged to talk openly about their experiences and to discuss the successes and the difficulties of creating unique portraits outside of a standard photography studio setting. Students may also show work from their portfolios that they may not have shared on the first day.
Participants are required to provide their own digital camera and laptop with photo editing software, as well as a portfolio of approximately fifteen images. Prints are preferred; however, students can also present digital files. Lunch and light refreshments will be provided on the first and last days of the workshop (Saturday, October 8 and Monday, October 10). Participants should notify Aperture staff of any dietary restrictions and/or requirements at education@aperture.org no later than Thursday, October 6.
Shelby Lee Adams was born in Hazard, Kentucky, in 1950, and educated at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Massachusetts College of Art. He received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 2010 and is the author of four photography books: Appalachian Portraits (1993), Appalachian Legacy (1998), Appalachian Lives (2003), and Salt and Truth (2011). His work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Polaroid Corporation, Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, and Peter S. Reed Foundation. His photographs are in over sixty national and international collections, including the Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas. His work has appeared in such publications as Aperture, Smithsonian Magazine, the New York Times, Mother Jones, and Black and White magazine. He divides his time between the Berkshire Mountains and eastern Kentucky.
Tuition: $750 ($675 for currently enrolled photography students and Aperture Members at the $250 level and above)
Registration ends on Wednesday, September 28
Contact education@aperture.org with any questions.
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Aperture workshops are intended for adults 18 years or older.
If the workshop includes lunch, attendees are asked to notify Aperture at the time of registration regarding any special dietary requirements.
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