PHOTO EDITING WORKSHOP: With ELIZABETH AVEDON and MAGDALENA SOLÉ

Boy With Bird, Barracoa

Photograph © Magdalena Solé

Gust of Wind, Viñales

Photograph © Magdalena Solé

Shoes For Sale, Havana

Photograph © Magdalena Solé 

New Delta Rising / Photographs by Magdalena Solé 

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi

ADVANCED PHOTO EDITING WORKSHOP 

WITH ELIZABETH AVEDON AND MAGDALENA SOLÉ

May 1–May 6, 2016

In the world of fine art and documentary photography it is essential that work is well edited. Whether preparing for portfolio reviews, book proposals, gallery shows or a magazine story, a solid foundation in the fundamentals of editing and sequencing are necessary tools in the current art market. 

We’ve all been there, wallowing in hundreds of images, each a little different from the next. What to choose? In this six-day workshop, Elizabeth Avedon partners with photographer Magdalena Solé to help you hone your eye for efficient self-editing.

This WORKSHOP is for photographers with a complete body of work ready to edit. Participants should be proficient in Lightroom or Photo Mechanic. The workshop will be held at Magdalena Solé’s studio in West Halifax, VT located in the beautiful rural countryside of Southern Vermont in an old 1790’s farmhouse. Participants can stay in the nearby town of Wilmington.

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Praise from photographer Lynne Buchanan for my past workshop at Filter Photo Festival, "My exhibition came out artistically stronger and much more professional than my previous efforts thanks to your workshop. I learned so much about sequencing and how to convey a story-line. After spending a day with you, I was able to pair the images in my catalog with what one professional in the industry referred to as "sublime sensitivity." I attribute this complement to paying full attention in your invaluable workshop."

FACES: The Darkroom Gallery

JUROR'S CHOICE:  Innocence

 Photograph by John F. Martin

FOUR HONORABLE MENTIONS

 Maleficent

Photograph by Lori Pond

045-Philadelphia

 Photograph by Sheri Lynn Behr

Portraits of Silence, Northern Sri Lanka

 Photograph by Ashok Sinha

David Bram

 Photograph by Nate Mosseau

THE PREMISE FOR SUBMISSIONS

"Each portrait reveals something of the sitter, the photographer and also of us as viewers. No one image can muster a whole and complete being, no matter how much we believe this could be so. This is the part of the photograph we create in our imagination, we fill in each crack and hole with a sort of personalized reasoning. And all these unknowns in the midst of true transparency."

"Eye contact is made or retracted, body language boastful, reticent or indecipherable. Facial expressions can be hard at work or numbly slack. While subjects have a power over these photographic outcomes, it is the choice of the photographer to coax or mute said expressions for their artistic offering." –  Damaris Drummond, Darkroom Gallery

THE JUROR'S FINAL SELECTION

"As a record number of entries were received for FACES, making the final selection for this exhibit was difficult. There were many impressive images and I found it painful to have to leave any behind. Among the many well-composed portraits, I chose images based not only on technical skills, but also on an indefinable element surrounding the expression or emotion projected. I favored images that evoked an air of mystery or clarity; a moment of joy; a secret not shared or a place we may never visit - a point in time captured in the past suggesting unknown possibilities in the future."– Juror, Elizabeth Avedon

FACES EXHIBITION

Dec 12 – Jan 5, 2014

 Faces Artist's Reception
Sunday, January 5, 2014 at 3:00pm
Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, Vermont

View All 60 Choices Here

Juror: Elizabeth Avedon