WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
This workshop is for women artists and photographers who want to work on or continue a photography-based project that relates in any way to their particular experience as women. The work can be interpreted in an open and broad way to include any genre and approach, from portraiture to landscape, documentary or conceptual. The project to be developed during the class can refer to any aspect or perspective of a woman’s life and experience such as relationships, motherhood, professional life, our bodies, the changes we endure over our lifetime from puberty through old age as well as representation in the media. Themes can include the way we see ourselves, partners, children, and the world around us, all stemming from each particular life story.
During the sessions we will see the work in context to personal background, as well as the art and photography world. We will touch on issues such as feminism, gender equality, identity, and our current cultural and political environment. The workshop will be an open, inclusive and safe space for all participants to share their voices.
The work can embrace or challenge the traditional definitions of femininity. It can be defiant, rebellious, accepting, supporting, or all the above with the goal of portraying the complexities and layered realities of us, women.
A variety of technical approaches can be employed such as film, digital, appropriated images, collage, smartphone, etc.
Elinor will also present and discuss artists/photographers’ work such as Tierney Gearon, Andrea Modica, Lissa Rivera, Rona Yefman, La Toya Ruby Frazier, Cass Bird, and Rinko Kawauchi.
During the workshop, we will welcome Special Guest Cheryle St. Onge who will present her work followed by a Q&A.
Each participant will choose the project they want to work on, and can be changed during the workshop, if needed.
This workshop will be taught online using Zoom.
