William Albert Allard
Looking For Pictures: The Puzzle Making of Photography
June 7-12
"Just what makes a picture interesting or not
interesting is all a matter of one's vision often in
what might appear to be the most common of situations.
Making a photograph is akin to putting together a puzzle,
with an infinite number of ways of putting together
that puzzle, with some ways far better than others.
Each of us will have our own way of doing that and that's
what makes street photography or, perhaps a better description,
found photographs, so exciting and sometimes so surprising.
This is not a workshop designed for beginning photographers.
Students must have a strong command of their cameras.
It is also not a Photoshop driven course; the goal is
better seeing in or through the camera, we will not
be 'improving' pictures in the computer. Students should
bring work for me to critique but not more than 15 images.
I will meet privately with each student to review their
portfolios. The subject for the week is 'cityscapes'
and it's up to the student to determine how to see that
subject. It can all be done downtown or one is free
to go where ever within Charlottesville but I want to
see the physicality of the town in the imagery and that
doesn't necessarily mean all pictures have to be exteriors.
I may go out with a small group of students each day
to look around. We will meet in the morning to look
at and critique work. All students are expected to attend
the daily critiques which is probably the most important
aspect of the workshop. Students will photogaph in the
afternoons and evenings.
William Albert Allard
Equal parts colorist, storyteller, and ethnographer,
his down-to-earth manner, fierce integrity, and the
consistent brilliance of his essays have made him a
romantic model for a generation of American photographers.
One of the few photographers of his generation whose
entire professional body of work is in color, he has
contributed to National Geographic Society publications
as a staff, freelance, and contract photographer and
writer since 1964. Allard has published several critically
acclaimed books, including 'Vanishing Breed', 'The Photographic
Essay', 'A Time We Knew: Images of Yesterday in the
Basque Homeland', 'Time at the Lake: A Minnesota Album',
and 'Portraits of America'. Allard's prints appear in
many private and museum collections and have been published
in most major U.S. and European publications. He has
photographed in 25 countries on topics as diverse as
rodeos, urban elephants, and India's untouchables.
For information on housing accommodations during the
Workshops please click to our HOW
TO page.
Enrollment limited to 18 students.
(SOLD
OUT)
Tuition: $850 (includes Festival Pass) (accommodations
and meals not included)
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