WPO workshop New York
I just spent a very enjoyable week in New York City teaching a workshop for The World Photography Organisation as part of their City Projects, our base for the teaching was The Chelsea Art Museum where I spent an afternoon explaining the Street Photographers approach and Philosophy with the help of many fine images by my colleagues around the world and especially from the members of in-public.
The Chelsea Art Museum. pic: Richard Bram
The World Photography Organisation Awards Exhibition was hanging on the walls of the Museum and the Photojournalist Jez Coulson was teaching in the next room which made for a great atmosphere in which to learn photography.
On the second day I traveled the length of Manhattan and spent 30 mins shooting on the streets with each participant at their chosen location. Shooting side by side enabled me to point out interesting scenes developing on the sidewalk which the students seem to find particularly useful.
I even managed to get a couple of shots myself...
34th Street Corner pic: Nick Turpin
On Day 3 we were joined by editors from New York publications to advise and assist the students in choosing their best images and I floated about selecting a single image from each participant to be printed for the final exhibition.
Afternoon Editing session at The Chelsea Art Museum.
Street Photography is a very difficult approach to teach which made it particularly satisfying for me personally to see some really nice Street images being produced by the workshop group, everyone completed the three days with something special and a new understanding of this subtle genre.
Image by workshop participant Ciprian Tutu.
Image by workshop participant Michael Daigle.
Future Workshops will be announced here and on my Twitter feed.