Course Title: Finding Your Vision in Black & White: What the Masters Can Teach Us
Instructor: Leo Lubow
Brought to you by Odyssey
August 31, 2024 - October 5, 2024 (6 Sessions)
Saturday, 10:00AM ET - 12:00PM ET
In Person at Homewood Campus
Course Description: Black and white photography is a fine art medium that actually affords greater creative opportunities than those available in color. In this projector-driven course, we will review and discuss the work of such B&W masters as Ralph Gibson, Ansel Adams, Michael Kenna, Ray K. Metzker, W. Eugene Smith, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Arnold Newman, Alan Schaller, Richard Avedon, Walker Evans, André Kertész, Aaron Siskind, Garry Winogrand, and Diane Arbus as we wrestle with the question: what makes a great B&W photograph? Focusing on tone, texture, form, point of view, visual metaphor, narrative and the like, we’ll identify the elements that comprise a fine-art B&W image, all toward one end: to help you refine both your eye and craft as you shape your own special vision. Our emphasis on composition also will help those interested in refining their color photography. In the last class, students will be encouraged but not required to show their own work.
Please take note: portions of this course overlap with the professor’s classic street photography course (traditionally offered in the spring), albeit often with a different emphasis.
skill level: all levels, from beginner to advanced.
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