This intensive course is designed to help you complete a new body of work or an existing series, with the goal of creating a completed portfolio of 15-20 prints. The first half of each class will be spent discussing concept development, image and print quality, print size, printing materials, editing, sequencing, general craft, bookmaking, marketing, and writing your project statement; the second half will be devoted to evaluating your progress on the development of your work.

This is not a “technical skills” workshop, although technique will be discussed as it pertains to making work stronger. The emphasis will be on creating a body of work and shaping its form so that you will be able to present the portfolio to your chosen audience effectively.

You’ll develop both the tangible product—a portfolio—and the ability to explain its importance. This class will sharpen your ability to critique your own work and others’, and enable you to work through a project from conceptualization to final printing.

Admission is by review. Interested participants should send 10 jpegs (72dpi) to laura@newspacephoto.org for review. Accepted students will be notified by email.

Lauren Henkin is a private educator, reviewer, frequent speaker, Photolucida board member, author of two books, and active member in the photographic community.  Her work is widely collected by private collectors as well as institutions such as Southeast Museum of Photography, Beinecke Library, Yale University and Baker-Berry Library at Dartmouth College. Her work has been published in numerous journals on photography and the book arts including Light Leaks, Shots Magazine, Black+White Magazine, Diffusion Magazine, Flak Photo, Urbanautica, Landscape Stories, Parenthesis and The Washington Post. She is a Px3 multi-cateogry winner, Oregon Regional Arts & Culture Council grant winner, with other award nominations in both the 2010 Brink Emerging Artist and Contemporary Northwest Art Awards.

www.laurenhenkin.com