An ACP Sponsored Workshop
The Photographic Essay
with David Alan Harvey
March 16 -- March 21, 2010, Austin, Texas
Only 3 more students can be accepted!
Shoot in Austin during SXSW 2010!
As one of the most buzzed about cities in America, Austin offers a diverse array of opportunities to explore your photographic potential. At no time is the buzz thicker than during SXSW, the world-renowned music festival showcasing nearly 2,000 bands from around the globe. Beyond SXSW and the city's rich musical heritage, you can explore themes involving pristine natural resources, booming urban development, cultural diversity, a vibrant arts scene, the historical downtown, the state's government seat, and the list goes on.
These are just a few starter ideas but this workshop is less about Austin and more about you. We are very excited to bring you this incredible opportunity to discover and pursue your photographic authorship alongside one of the world's premier photography instructors, Magnum Photos' unofficial Minister of Education, David Alan Harvey.
Harvey has the following to say about his upcoming Austin workshop:
"Mastering the essay approach to photography is the key to opening the door to strong book publishing and serious gallery shows. Understanding narrative and having "something to say" will separate you out as an "author" at a time when almost everyone with a cell phone can make technically "correct" pictures and there is such a plethora of mediocre work raining down on us."
You will be working very hard in this class to overcome this mediocrity. Together through your shooting and tough but constructive critiques, you will build an essay with David to be shown to all at the end of the class.
This will be as challenging as any workshop I teach. There are always growing pains in my classes, because I will be honest about you and about your work. Most of our students are the types of photographers who are actually trying to enter our craft in a professional way. I owe you an honest appraisal. However, I also encourage the photographer who may take the more subjective esoteric approach. I try to let the photographic artists fly and then let them be. I love the blend of humanistic photography with the more stylistic and when the two come together, there is magic.
My job is to push you to YOUR PERSONAL next highest level and not come to class with preconceptions about who you should be. This will be a collaboration, it has to be full on. And at the same time I will want you to be at peace and at one with a subject of your choice.
Please join me in Austin for what promises to be a classic one of a kind workshop."
-- David Alan Harvey
About David Alan Harvey
At age twelve, Virginia native David Alan Harvey purchased a used Leica with newspaper route money and began photographing his family and neighborhood. At twenty, he lived with and photographed a black family in Norfolk, Virginia, producing his first book, Tell It Like It Is in 1966. Since then, David has shot over forty essays for National Geographic Magazine and his work has appeared in many magazines, anthologies, and exhibitions. He has published two major books, Cuba and Divided Soul, both based on his extensive work of the Spanish cultural migration into the Americas.
His latest book Living Proof documents David's intense journey into the world of hip-hop culture. David joined Magnum Photos in 1993. He currently lives in New York. In the winter of 2008, David and a committed group of photographers launched Burn Magazine as a new online photographic journal for emerging photographers. View the site at burnmagazine.org.
Workshop Details
Start Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 7pm
End Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010 @ 12 Noon
Location: 9th Floor Theater Room, Austin 360 Condos
Enrollment: Limited to 15 participants
Tuition: $1000 / $925 for ACP members
Portfolio: 10-15 photographs required [upload]
Accommodation, transportation, meals, and other expenses are not included. All participants will be responsible for bringing their own equipment, including camera and computer with editing software. Austin has two quality labs, Precision Camera and Holland Photo, for film users but use of a digital camera for the workshop is recommended.
Please e-mail Lance Rosenfield with questions.
Accommodations in Austin
Hotel space in Austin for the week of the workshop is very tight due to the SXSW Music Festival being held at the same time. However, ACP has blocked rooms for workshop participants at the following hotels. Be sure to mention "Austin Center for Photography" when making your reservation.
Suburban Extended Stay Hotel South2501 Interstate Highway 35, Austin, TX, 78741
(512) 712-9920 [web site] [map]
$44.99 + tax per night. Nine rooms originally available in ACP block.
Comfort Suites South
1701 E. St. Elmo Rd., Austin, TX, 78744
(512) 444-6630 [web site] [map]
$110.46 + tax per night. Nine rooms originally available in ACP block.
DoubleTree Suites
303 W. 15th Street, Austin, TX, 78701
(512) 478-7000 [web site] [map]
$329 + tax per night. ACP has one reserved room left at this rate -- do not contact the
hotel directly for this rate. If you wish to stay at the DoubleTree, contact ACP by
e-mail.
The DoubleTree, being virtually in the center of downtown Austin, will be the closest "to the action" and within walking distance to downtown events. The Comfort Suites and Suburban Extended Stay are south of the city and require an automobile. All the hotels are within a 10-15 drive from the workshop location.
Please e-mail Lance Rosenfield at workshops@visitacp.org after booking your hotel so we can keep track of room availability.
Helpful Links
Austin Center for Photography [web site]
Austin Visitor Information [web site]
South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) [web site]
Capital Metro (public transportation) [web site]
Important
ACP and David Alan Harvey have no affliation with SXSW nor any SXSW events or venues. If you wish photograph any SXSW events during the workshop, you will need to purchase any necessary passes or tickets independently.
