MASTER CLASS: REFRAMING THE WORLD THROUGH A WOMAN’S EYE
Ages 16-29
Fall 2021, Online
In this hybrid photography studies and production workshop student fellows will apprentice themselves to women master photographers of the 20th century. Fellows will learn to see through these women's eyes to then respond creatively with their own, original images. The workshop will focus on women from across the globe whose work has been greatly and uniquely influential in reshaping our worldview. Trailblazers like Margaret Bourke-White, Claude Cahun, Gerda Taro, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Carrie Mae Weems and Adrian Piper defied the conventions of the period to create transcendent work. Attention will be paid to historical and cultural context, as well as to aesthetics, with fellows encouraged to make their own discoveries in group discussion. Responding to specific weekly prompts, fellows will draw inspiration from the work they admire even as they find their own voices, framing their own worlds and experience. Their images will be shared in a collaborative photo book, at a virtual exhibition, and on the program website. Limited to 8 student fellows.
Zoraida Díaz, a Colombian-born photojournalist, covered some of the most impactful Latin American stories of the 80s and 90s for Reuters. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Libération, O Globo, The Guardian, Dagens Nyheter, Clarín, and elsewhere. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore.
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.
