INTENTIONAL PORTRAITURE: DEVELOPING A MINDFUL PRACTICE Photo Book Available
Ages 16-29
Summer 2021, Online
In this online photography workshop, student fellows will experiment with a variety of portrait styles and settings; staged and impromptu, direct and indirect, indoor and outdoor, at different times of day. They’ll take as subjects friends, family, themselves, and people they encounter in public spaces; and they’ll frame and represent their subjects thoughtfully, conscious of the power of images, and of the artist’s responsibility in representing another person. Within the constraints of basic equipment and social distancing, they’ll consider how best to use accessible locations, structures, and objects, and available light and shadow; how to get more than they think they can out of any given situation. In group discussion they’ll examine and critique each other’s images and the images of established artists, and over the term of the workshop they’ll develop their own personal philosophies around photography, asking questions about ethical representation, power dynamics, and self-actualization, and fostering mindfulness in their practices. Each fellow will complete the class with a portfolio of portraits. Their photographs will be shared at a virtual exhibition and on the program website. They’ll also be gathered in a photobook, with accompanying text that gives insight into fellows’ perspectives on their work. Limited to 8 student fellows.
Audrey Gatewood is a photographer, director, and facilitator from Baltimore, MD. Their photographic work features elements of fantasy, and is deeply collaborative with the Baltimore arts and LGBTQ community. They are currently working towards a social work degree at University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Chuofan Yu is an undergraduate student at Johns Hopkins University studying molecular and cellular biology with a personal interest in visual arts. He is a program assistant for Baltimore Youth Film Arts
