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I live in a rural part of the country with limited photography resources. Having access to a workshop of this caliber has been a treat. The web platform allowed me to share my work with others and receive feedback from an excellent instructor and professional photographer on a regular basis. Kent Becker, Photographer.

The Documentary Photography Workshop: DOC-1

A ten (10) week, Online Photography workshop designed to instruct participants in the art of this great discipline. Focused on a small group of students the Documentary Photography Workshop delivers outstanding content in an excellent learning environment. Weekly assignments and critiques will cover the history, tools and introduce attendees to some of the great photographers that have shot photo documentary. This workshop is excellent and will teach you how to tell a story with your photographs. It provides an intense experience of thinking, living and creating pictures over a 5 week period. With lectures and critiques, shooting scheduled over the week, attendees will grow tremendously and develop excellent photographic skills.

This outstanding workshop is an introduction to documentary photography and is opened to anyone with a minimum level of photography skills*. Lectures and Critiques take place in our Virtual Classroom. The focus is on improving your Photographic skills and not to just listen to long lecture. Therefore participants will have to shoot on a weekly basis. Please be aware that planning and shooting may require a minimum of two hours (2) a week(except for the day in the life, a bit longer) however shooting should take place on a specific week-end.

You will learn the history of documentary photography, how to express your message through the visual approach, the editing, and your personal styles. You will be introduced to portraiture in documentary photography, the difference between great images or images that tells the story.We will present the work of photographers such as Jacob Riis, Diane Arbus, Eugene Smith, Cartier Bresson, Lee Friedlander.

Assignments are given on a weekly basis and include such subject and ideas as " Observing our Society", "The Invisible Witness", "A Place of Wonder", "The Day in the Life", The two faces of a Subject". Designed to create a sense of discovery, and visual investigation these assignments will help you develop your vision.

This workshop is broken into 5 lectures and 5 critiques and allows for a one on one session with your instructor, and access to online "study Hall" where students can review , ask questions etc , one on one with a photography teacher.

The Day in the Life, Coffee Table Book:

The "Day in the Life" project is one of the Documentary Photography Workshop's main feature. Every participants will be shooting their project on the same day and in various locations. Shot on Week 7 of this workshop we will review and critique the work from this assignment on Week 8 and have a final presentation on Week 10. Every participants in this Workshop will receive an 8"x10" coffee table book! That's right! This book will be produced from the "DAY IN THE LIFE" assignment. A selection of images from each participants in the Photo Documentary Workshop will be included. If a participant decide to not include his/her photographs in the "Day in the Life" Book, he/she will still receive the book.Note: PhotoInstitute.net will independently select an Image for the cover and will place Documentary projects in the order our designer feels is the most pleasing.

Workshop Information and Registration:

• Date: Wednesday January 11th. 2012 through March 14th. 2012
• Time: 6:30 PM-7:45PM (EST, New York- UTC/GMT -4 hours)
• Access to Free Study Class offered once a week
• Location: PhotoInstitute.net dedicated Virtual Classroom
• Price: $375.00 $318.75  15% off regular price

Space is limited for this workshop. Please sign up early.
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Note: Minimum requirement of 10 students for workshop to run. A full credit or refund will be issued if class is canceled due to poor enrollment.