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SUMMARY:Telling Stories / Getting Them Seen with Edward Boches
DESCRIPTION:This project-based lab is designed for photographers who want to
  develop meaningful documentary work and actively explore how that work
  can circulate in the world beyond traditional gallery settings. 
 
 Meeting once a month over three sessions\, the lab emphasizes
  long-form engagement\, ethical storytelling\, and real-world
  application. The spacing between sessions is intentional\, allowing
  participants time to photograph\, build relationships\, and test
  strategies for sharing their work in public\, community\, or
  organizational contexts. Participants will develop or refine a
  documentary project while receiving guidance on narrative structure\,
  sequencing\, and presentation. In addition to in-class critique\, the
  lab addresses practical approaches to getting work seen\, including: 
 
 -- partnerships with aligned organizations
 
 -- alternative formats such as zines\, postcards\, pop-up exhibits\,
  public installations
 
 -- supporting a partner organization's fundraising
 
 -- press coverage and how to achieve it
 
 -- fundraising / affordable self-funding
 
 Each session functions as a structured checkpoint for feedback\,
  discussion\, and strategy. By the final session\, participants will
  present a sequenced body of work along with a realistic\,
  project-specific plan for sharing it publicly. 
 
 This lab is best suited for photographers with prior experience who
  are interested in long-form documentary practice and in expanding how
  and where their work is seen. 
 
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  Edward Boches© Edward Boches© Edward Boches© Edward Boches
 
 Documentary Project Lab Details
 
 Dates: Three sessions once a month on Saturdays: March 14\, April 11
  and May 9\, 2026 
 
 Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT 
 
 Format: In person\, at the Griffin Museum (67 Shore Rd. Winchester\,
  MA 01890) 
 
 Participants: Limited to 12 
 
 Course Fee: $425 (members) / $495 (non-members) 
 
 Level: Experienced photographers whose work is\, or aspires to be\,
  project-based 
 
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 About the Instructor
 
 Edward Boches is a Boston and Cape Cod - based documentary
  photographer. 
 
 Interested in how photography can connect us\, help us understand each
  other\, and inspire empathy\, Boches has photographed such diverse
  communities as inner-city boxers\, former gang members\, Black Lives
  Matter activists\, transgender men and women\, pro-life and pro-choice
  advocates\, women oyster farmers\, and recovering addicts. He
  regularly donates his images and services to social and environmental
  causes and organizations he believes in. He speaks frequently on the
  role of photographer as advocate. 
 
 His work has shown in museums and galleries across New England and New
  York with solo exhibits at the Griffin Museum of Photography\,
  Preservation Hall in Wellfleet\, the Workspace Gallery on Cape Cod\,
  and the Ed Portal Gallery at Harvard University. Group shows include
  the Bronx Documentary Center in New York City\, Panopticon Gallery in
  Boston\, the Cambridge Association for the Arts\, the Plymouth Center
  for the Arts\, and others. 
 
 Boches's work has also been distributed internationally by the
  Associated Press and has appeared in the New York Times\, the Boston
  Globe\, Sun Magazine\, Zeke Magazine and the Provincetown
  Independent\, where he is a regular contributor as both a writer and
  photographer. 
 
 In 2021 and 2022\, he received multiple grants for public art
  installations for his community based project Postcards from Allston.
  The project advocates for small businesses\, raises money for local
  arts initiatives\, and calls attention to how gentrification disrupts
  communities and affects the artists who reside there. 
 
 Before his hair turned gray\, Boches was a full-time professor at
  Boston University\; an early partner\, chief creative officer and
  chief innovation officer at the legendary ad agency Mullen where he
  worked for 30-plus years\; a speechwriter at Data General\; and a
  newspaper reporter\, photographer and editor for Today in Greater
  Lawrence. He was the co-author of the best-selling Hey Whipple\,
  Squeeze This\, and the creative director on Monster's When I Grow Up
  Super Bowl commercial\, considered one of the top ten Super Bowl ads
  of all time.
LOCATION:Griffin Museum of Photography\, 67 Shore Road\, Winchester\, MA 01890
URL:https://griffinmuseum.org/event/doc-project-lab-edward-boches-spring26
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