The Photographer’s Journey: Navigating the Why, What, and Who
of Your Practice
8-Week Course
Instructed by
Michael Wilson
Schedule:
Saturdays, 1:30-4:30pm
January 25–March 22, 2025 (No class meeting on March 8)
Registration Deadline: January 22, 2025
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Description:
In this 8-week class, we will consider the motivations for our picture-making and how we might nurture inspiration and enthusiasm in the long term. We will approach these questions through concrete photographic assignments employing various historic approaches (still life, landscape, portrait, abstraction, etc.) and selected exercises and prompts.
Group discussions and critiques will be an important element of this class.
Participants will...
- Examine and articulate motivations and incentives for making work
- Identify subject matter and working methods that are most compelling personally
- Become more practiced in discussing our work and that of others
Note: This course is designed for students working in film-based photography, digital photography, or both. Students who complete this class will gain access to the Community Darkroom during Open Lab hours, and will not need to complete an Orientation Session.
Fee:
$350
Course fee includes black & white chemistry and FREE access to ALL Open Photography Labs during the duration of the course.
Minimum Enrollment: 4
Maximum Enrollment: 12
Materials list:
If working with film:
- Film Camera *
- Tripod (optional)
- 8-12 Rolls B/W Film of Choice (recommend that at least half of film be 400 ISO)
- Negative Pages for Sleeving Film
- RC - Multigrade Black and White Paper, 8”x10”/ 25 Sheets (minimum)
* There are a limited amount of film cameras available to borrow for the duration of the course.
If working digitally:
- Digital Camera
- Tripod (optional)
- Thumb Drive (for transfer of images to class computer) *
* Because the Drawing Center’s Photography Area has only one communal computer, students working digitally will need to be able to edit/process their images on their own computer.
Level of Study:
The class is open to all skill levels, but students should have a working knowledge of camera functions. Participants can work using digital or film photography.
Questions? Please contact the Drawing Center Coordinator, Adam Mysock at mysock@manifestdrawingcenter.org with any questions about this list and/or course.
LOCATION: Unless otherwise specified, all courses are hosted at Manifest's new facility at 'M1' in Clifton at 3464 Central Parkway (see map and directions below). Manifest's new facility provides multiple studio classrooms, private lesson space, a darkroom, a film processing room, and a multi-purpose lecture and class meeting space as well as on-site parking, grounds, and exterior spaces in which to relax, discuss, and make art. The studios are outfitted with professional equipment, furniture, and study aids.
Map to Manifest's M1 Studios | Studio Calendar | Darkroom Calendar
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About the instructor:
Michael Wilson is a lifelong resident of Cincinnati residing in Price Hill. He developed his interest in photography while attending Northern Kentucky University where he earned a bachelor of fine arts in 1981. His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions at such local venues as Baker Hunt Foundation (Covington, Ky.); Thomas More Gallery, Thomas More College (Crestview Hills, Ky.); In Situ Gallery (Cincinnati, Ohio); Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center (Covington, Ky.); as well as the Cincinnati Art Museum and Contemporary Arts Center. Wilson's photographs have been exhibited regionally at the J. B. Speed Museum (Louisville, Ky.); Rosewood Arts Centre (Kettering, Ohio); and Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art (Cleveland, Ohio). His work is represented in the Cincinnati corporate collections of E. W. Scripps; PNC Bank; Frost & Jacobs; Deloitte & Touche; and Duke Energy. He is also represented in the collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum and the J. B. Speed Museum. In addition, his images have been featured in more than three hundred photographic projects working with musicians and record labels.
Among the many artists Michael has photographed are: Lyle Lovett, B. B. King, Waylon Jennings, Randy Newman, Emmylou Harris, Bill Frisell, David Byrne, Philip Glass, Dawn Upshaw, and Doc Watson. Clients include: Nonesuch Records, Warner Brothers Records, Sony Music, Capitol Records, Alfred A. Knopf, Penguin Putnam, Mother Jones Magazine, Health Magazine, Uncut Magazine, and Pentagram Design.
Michael also moderates Manifest Drawing Center’s Open Photography Lab on Sunday nights.
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