The Griffin Museum of Photography is pleased to again offer a monthly series of lectures highlighting the tools of the trade and conversations with individuals who are invested in furthering the art and careers of photographic artists.
We have gathered a group of artists, curators and creatives to discuss how they find their way in the creative space, with best practices, ideas for growth and future artist and business development.
Join us each month as we talk about new paths in creativity. The series is available to attend in a single lecture, or join us for the series.
Whole series (7 lectures): members : $140 non-members: $195
Individual lectures: members: $25 non-members: $35 / free to students and educators in organizations who hold an academic membership
Oct 2nd - Fine Art Photography in the NFT Space with Ashlyn Davis Burns, Founding Director: Assembly
Nov 1st - AI + Photography with Gregory Eddi Jones, photographic artist, writer, and publisher
Dec 4th- The 20 most important things successful photographers know with Stella Kramer, Photo Editor and Creative Consultant
Jan 29th - Panel discussion: Grants and Fellowships with representatives from Catchlight, Magnum Foundation and Women Photograph, moderated by Elizabeth Krist
Feb 12th - The Ins and Outs of Photo Editing with Elizabeth Krist and Noelle Flores Théard
Mar 4th - An evening with Danielle Ezzo,InterdisciplinaryArtist and Writer
April 1st - Meet Rebecca Horne, How to work with editors: best practices
For more information about each of our presenters -
OCTOBER
Speaker: Ashlyn Davis Burns, Founding Director: Assembly
Title: Fine Art Photography in the NFT Space
Date: Monday, October 2nd 2023
Times: 7 - 8:30 pm EST via Zoom
NFTs have become a hot topic of discussion as a major disruptor of the traditional art market. Typically framed in relation to digital artists (like Beeple, the artist who broke records at auction with his $69 million NFT in the spring of 2021), NFTs have also swiftly been gaining traction among established artists working in traditional media, particularly in photography over the past two years.
Ashlyn Davis Burns has been representing traditional lens-based artists' physical work and their collections in the NFT space since 2021. In this talk, we will hear about the significance of the blockchain for photography, its current market position, and probable directions for the future. Ashlyn will cover landmark projects that have created the current market for NFT photography, as well as new platforms that have launched, including her own, and discuss key concepts and practices for fine art photographers looking to successfully engage with the NFT space for the first time.
About Ashlyn:
Ashlyn Davis Burns by Jan Rattia
Ashlyn Davis Burns has worked to support lens-based artists for the past decade through curatorial, editorial, and fundraising initiatives, including most recently as the Executive Director & Curator of Houston Center for Photography (2015-2020). She has written for numerous publications, consulted with artists and publishers on photobooks, and curated exhibitions internationally for a variety of institutions including libraries, universities, and galleries.
AshlynDavis Burns, Founding Director
Assembly
www.assembly.art
@assemblyprojects
NOVEMBER
Speaker: Gregory Eddi Jones
Title : AI + Photography with Gregory Eddi Jones
Date: Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Times: 7 - 8:30 pm EST via Zoom
The dawning age of artificial intelligence marks a new, transformative technological era. It's one that has the capacity to revolutionize the production of visual culture and fundamentally change how we make, interpret, and find meaning in photographs.
In this short lecture, post-photographic artist and writer Gregory Eddi Jones will survey the early uses of AI in contemporary photography, and discuss the philosophical, ethical, technological, and creative implications for how these new tools will shape the future of the medium.
Jones will introduce students to early AI-generated photography projects, share the various AI image tools available for public use, and discuss core ideas relating to how new technology guides and changes the trajectory of photography as a whole.
About Greg:
Gregory Eddi Jones is a photographic artist, writer, and publisher engaged with the contemporary photography ecosystem since 2010.
Jones has recently exhibited work at Assembly,Images Vevey,FotoFest, andPhoto Miyota. His latest monograph,Promise Land, was published by SPBH Editions in 2021.His work has been featured byVICE,The Guardian,Wallpaper,British Journal of Photography,LensCulture,1000 Words,Elephant,IMA Magazine, andFOAM, among others. He was named a FOAM Talent in 2019, and has been previously shortlisted for the Paul Huf Award, Images Vevey Book Prize, and the PDN 30.Jones' self-published photobooks reside in dozens of institutional photo- and artist book collections, including libraries at MoMA, The Met, The Brooklyn Museum, Eastman Museum, V&A Museum, and others.
As a writer, Jones has contributed texts toAfterimage,FOAM,LensCulture,Unseen Magazine, andPaper Journal, and many others. Since January 2022, Jones has filled the role of Chief Writer & Editor forFellowship, an NFT platform supporting the world's most recognized photographic artists.
Jones was the Founder & Editor ofIn the In-Betweenfrom 2012 to 2021, and has overseen publication of hundreds of artist interviews, essays, and reviews in addition to organizing open calls, exhibitions, and book projects. In June 2023, he foundedEddi Jones Projects, a boutique, artist-run agency to support photo world artists and organizations.
DECEMBER
Speaker: Stella Kramer
Title : The 20 most important things successful photographers know
Date: Dec. 4th 2023
Times: 7 - 8:30 pm EST via Zoom
Description:
Photo Editor and Creative Consultant Stella Kramer shares tips to kickstart your career in the photographic arts and find your success.
About Stella:
Pulitzer Prize-winning photo editor and creative consultant Stella Kramer has worked with such top publications as The New York Times, Newsweek, People, Sports Illustrated and Entertainment Weekly. Based in New York City, Stella works nationally and internationally as a private consultant, to help photographers strengthen their creative eye, put together the strongest portfolios and websites that reflect their work, and set a course to reach their professional goals.
Stella has worked on many of the major news events in recent history. As photo editor for The New York Times series "Portraits of Grief" Kramer memorialized those who lost their lives in the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. She was awarded, along with Times editors and writers, the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service as well as the 2002 Infinity Award of Special Recognition from the International Center of Photography. She also won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography with others at The New York Times.
In 1994 Stella oversaw Newsweek's team of photographers covering the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. She was a photo editor for LIFE magazine's special issue series on the 1990 Gulf War, "LIFE In Time Of War", and has won awards from SPD, Women In Communications, and the National Association of Black Journalists.
Stella lectures, curates, appears at photo festivals around the country as a portfolio reviewer, and consults with companies on their visual image.
JANUARY
PANEL: Grants and Fellowships with CatchLight, Magnum Foundation and Women Photograph moderated by Elizabeth Krist
Title : Grant giving organizations discuss their goals, process, and opportunities
Date: January 29th 2024
Times: 7 - 8:30 pm EST via Zoom
Description:
Representatives from CatchLight, Magnum Foundation, and Women Photograph will join us to help you understand who they are trying to reach, and to answer your questions about applying for funding. Moderated by Elizabeth Krist.
Panel:
Emma Raynes, Director of Programs, Magnum Foundation
Adriana Garcia, Chief of Staff, CatchLight
Daniella Zalcman, Founder and Director, Women Photograph
FEBRUARY
Speakers: Elizabeth Krist and Noelle Flores Théard
Title : The Ins and Outs of Photo Editing
Date: February 12th 2024
Times: 7 - 8:30 pm EST via Zoom
Description:
Photo editors Noelle Flores Théard and Elizabeth Krist will discuss their own journeys and cover relevant topics such as:
Where an editor finds new talent
What makes a strong story idea
The nitty gritty of editing images
The importance of understanding your audience
About Elizabeth Krist:
A founding member of the Visual Thinking Collective, Elizabeth Krist was a National Geographic photo editor for over 20 years. She is on the boards of Women Photograph and of the W. Eugene Smith Fund, and often advises the Eddie Adams Workshop. She is currently also collaborating with Apple. In 2023 she co-curated CatchLight's Visual Storytelling Summit in San Francisco.
For more than ten years she helped programNational Geographic's Photography Seminar. Krist curated the Women of Vision exhibition and book, plus Photoville installations for three festivals. She has freelanced for The New Yorker and Magnum Photos. Honors include the 2020 John Durniak Mentor Award from NPPA, and recognition from POYi, Overseas Press Club, and Communication Arts. She teaches for the International Center of Photography, and often judges grants and competitions.
About Noelle Flores Théard
Noelle Flores Théard has been the senior digital photo editor atThe New Yorkersince 2021. She was the program officer at Magnum Foundation from 2016 to 2021, and is a co-founder of FotoKonbit, a nonprofit organization created in 2010 to engage and support Haitians telling their own stories through photography
MARCH
Speaker: Danielle Ezzo
Title : Layered Realities: The Interplay of Pixels, Prose, and Photography
Date: March 4th 2024
Times: 7 - 8:30 pm EST via Zoom
Short Description:
Join Danielle Ezzo as she dives deep into the intricate layers of her multifaceted artistic practice. A seasoned professional in photographic retouching, Danielle has honed an astute awareness of the digital world's visual language by manipulating pixels to craft commercially sought-after images. Yet, her commercial career does not stand in isolation; it intimately informs and intertwines with her artistic pursuits. Explore how the precision and technique from her retouching endeavors meld with her passion for photography and prose, creating a unique realm where technology and tradition, commercial and creative, coalesce. By weaving together the threads of writing, technology, and photography, Danielle constructs an exchange between the practical application her skills allow that work to infuse your artistic practice. This talk promises a captivating journey through Danielle's evolution as an artist, highlighting the symbiotic relationship between her commercial and creative worlds.
About Danielle Ezzo:
Danielle Ezzo is an interdisciplinary artist and writer based in Brooklyn, NY.
Her practice often begins with photography as an entry point and leans into new approaches to image-making, the shortcomings of the medium, and the slippages between innovation and understanding. She blends contemporary technological artifacts with the handmade, historical, and the personal.
Danielle's work has been published in the Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Tate, Lenscratch, and Feature Shoot and exhibited in numerous exhibitions and festivals including the A.C. Institute, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The Far Eastern Museum of Art, and Currents New Media Festival. She's lectured at conferences, companies, and schools about the future of photography. Bylines include The New Inquiry, Magnum Photos, Art Observed, Right Click Save, Fellowship Trust, and Obscura Journal among others. She is the author of If Not Here, The Where? published by Silent Face Projects in 2023.
Danielle graduated from Lesley University College of Art & Design in Boston in 2015 with an MFA in Photography and Integrated Media.
APRIL
Speaker: Rebecca Horne , Art Director and Lens Based Artist
Title : How to work with editors: best practices
Date: April 1st 2024
Times: 7 - 8:30 pm EST via Zoom
Description:
In this talk, Rebecca will share examples of published work and walk through the assignment process from start to finish. If you are a working artist, your personal work can be an asset in connecting with editors and getting assignments. She will talk about how she looks at personal work or art projects when she is commissioning assignments. She"ll share tips for making your website editor-friendly as well as basics for creating lasting mutually beneficial relationships with editors.
Rebecca will share examples of successful and unsuccessful assignments, briefs, sketches and the behind the scenes wrangling at publications. She'll also discuss the career arc of photographers she's worked with over many years, and tips on how to get and how to handle in person portfolio viewings and more.
How to get your work in front of editors
How to optimize your website for editors
the role of personal work in obtaining paid work
How to get assignments
The anatomy of an assignment: a few examples of briefs, sketches and final published work.
contracts: some basics
Dos and don'ts
About Rebecca:
Rebecca Horne is an independent artist and an Art director atSpectrum, a science news publication. She oversees all media and visuals, commissioning illustrations, photography, directing videos, and writing articles and scripts. Previously, she worked atpublications including The Wall Street Journal, at startups including Airbnb, and in advertising.
Rebecca has been honored with awards from The Art Directors Club, American Photography, Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, American Illustration, ASME, The Azbees, Int'l Motion Art Award from Ai-Ap, Society of Publication designers, and The Tellys, among others.
Rebecca has taught photography at the California College of the Arts and Rutgers University. She enjoys writing about art, photography and science -- and has been published by Wired, CNN, the National Academy of Sciences, The Wall Street Journal, Nautilus and others.
She is represented byCentre Claude Cahunfor Contemporary Photography in Nantes, France. Exhibition history includes solo exhibitions at Roebling Hall Gallery in New York City,Centre Claude Cahun, and the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia.Rebecca is a Webby, Anthem Award and Telly contest judge and has served as a photography portfolio reviewer at Santa Fe Review, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Powerhouse books and PhotoAlliance among others
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