June | July | August 2008 Volume 32, Number 3 - Boston ...

EDUCATION
Barbara Bosworth, Untitled, 2004/2008, from the series
“Meadow, Carlisle, Massachusetts,” C-Print, 40 x 50 inches,
Courtesy of the artist and Tahawus Press
Courtesy and copyright Dominic Chavez
MASTERS WORKSHOP >
The Uncanny Landscape
with Barbara Bosworth
Saturday, July 12, Sunday, July 13, 10am–4pm, & Thursday, July 17,
5:30–8:30pm
Registration is required. To register please call 617.975.0600.
$250 Members/$295 Non-Members/$175 Full-Time Students
Workshop will take place at Northeastern University and on-location
The beautiful and sublime can be found in the majestic landscape as
well as in the most ordinary place. This workshop will help participants
develop an eye and approach to photographing in any place in
a manner that illustrates both the specificity of a particular location
as well as its universal qualities. Particular attention will be paid to
capturing subtle nuances in an environment that help establish mood,
character, time, and tension. Participants will also reflect on composing
images that offer compelling points-of-entry into the environment
photographed. This workshop will include an overview of approaches,
both traditional and alternative, to landscape photography. On location
shooting will take place at a meadow in Carlisle, MA where
instructor Barbara Bosworth has been photographing for the past 4
years.
Barbara Bosworth has been a Professor at Boston’s Massachusetts
College of Art + Design since 1984. Her honors include a Buhl Foundation
Grant, a New England Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and a
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Upcoming
solo showings include the Phoenix Art Museum, in conjunction with
the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, AZ, and an exhibition
at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.. Most
recently featured in To Fly: Contemporary Aerial Photography at the Boston
University Art Gallery, her photographs are in the collections of
numerous museums. Bosworth is regularly featured in Blind Spot and
recently published Trees, National Champions (MIT Press, 2005).
MASTERS WORKSHOP >
Responsibility in Documentary Photography
with Dominic Chavez
Saturday, August 9, Sunday, August 10, 10am–4pm,
& Friday, August 15, 5:30–8:30pm
Registration is required. To register please call 617.975.0600.
$250 Members/$295 Non-Members/$175 Full-Time Students
Workshop will take place at Northeastern University and on location
A photographer has a responsibility to create their work with respect,
concern, and understanding that pictures are the middle voice in creating
dialog. Developing an artistic sense of light, composition, and
how the moment gives a picture an infinite life, heightens the ability
to make dynamic images that spark this dialog. In addition, noted
photojournalist Dominic Chavez will help participants build other
skills necessary to create compelling documentary images. These include
the photographer/subject relationship, timing, reacting to situations,
building stories, and more.
Dominic Chavez has been a staff photographer at The Boston Globe
since 1997. In that time, he has taken photographs around the world.
Recent extended projects include coverage of the war in Iraq and the
health crisis in Africa. He was named Photographer of the Year in 2000
by the Boston Press Photographers Association for his coverage of
Afghanistan, Angola, and Colombia. Chavez received 1st place in the
2004 Best of Still Photojournalism awards. www.boston.com/news/galleries/world/chavez_portfolio/1.htm
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