LOOK3 Workshops and Project Critique Sessions
Last year Charlottesville, Virginia hosted the first annual LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph. It was a fantastic three days of “peace, love, and photography” and in our inaugural year, we celebrated the careers of legendary photographers Sally Mann, Eugene Richards, and William Albert Allard with gallery shows and on-stage interviews. Additionally, we transformed the historic downtown Charlottesville into a “living image” with world-class photography exhibitions, outdoor projections, master presentations, film screenings, and special events. This coming June 12-14, we will do it all over again with an all-new lineup of photographers, including our three featured artists: Mary Ellen Mark, Joel-Peter Witkin, and James Nachtwey.
Full details including a slideshow from last year can be found at http://www.look3.org
Also new in 2008 are the LOOK3 Workshops and Project Critique Sessions. Photographers of all skill levels will find invaluable instruction and experience by enrolling in classes taught by renowned photographers David Alan Harvey, William Albert Allard, Eugene Richards and Lynn Johnson. The shooting workshops will be intense 5-day courses (June 7-12) in which students will craft a body of work from start to finish during the week, learn to work under a deadline, edit and sequence their images, and develop and refine their skills as a shooter. In addition, participants will collaborate with other students, have access to Canon equipment, and be able to see their final product projected in the historic Paramount Theater on the last day. And the end of the workshops is just the beginning as all workshop students will have full admittance to LOOK3 events.
The Project Critique Sessions will be one-day classroom sessions led by professional photographer Maggie Steber and MaryAnne Golon, Director of Photography at Time magazine. Maggie and MaryAnne will help photographers with an existing project uncover the seed of the work, talk about approach and point of view, edit and sequence the work, and identify a strategy for moving it forward. With encouragement, insight, and renewed inspiration, attendees will walk away energized and confident about the future of their project.
To learn more about the LOOK3 Workshops and Project Critique Sessions, please visit:
www.look3.org/2008/workshops.html
Last year was an awesome success and we are equally excited about 2008! Please help us spread the word by passing this along!