The Well-Realized Book with Christian Patterson
This five-day, studio-based workshop in Portland, Maine with acclaimed photographic bookmaker Christian Patterson focuses on the often complex process of photographic bookmaking and the art of visual structure. Participants should arrive with photographic projects in development, and are strongly encouraged to bring work with some conceptual and narrative grounding. They should also be prepared to experiment with new approaches to editing, sequence, layout, and design.
In the workshop, participants will make a short initial presentation of their work, introduce concepts and narratives at play, share existing challenges, and state their own workshop goals. Patterson will share his own books and presentations on bookmaking, photographic sequencing, visual structure, and share methods for simplifying the often complex bookmaking process. Participants will be challenged to apply the approaches to their work in progress. All of this will be done with a view to connecting with and complementing the conceptual and narrative elements at play in each participants’ work.
There will be much hands-on work editing, sequencing, and establishing the visual structure of each individual book project. Patterson will work closely with each participant as they strive to find best approaches to shaping and structuring their work in book form. Participants may produce rudimentary dummies during the workshop, and will work closely with Patterson to develop detailed plans for next steps in their work’s development, including dummies and maquettes to be produced in the weeks or months following the workshop.
On the final evening, participants will make a second presentation of their work reflecting on the workshop experience and any resulting new approaches or developments in their work going forward.
This five-day, studio-based workshop in Portland, Maine with acclaimed photographic bookmaker Christian Patterson focuses on the often complex process of photographic bookmaking and the art of visual structure. Participants should arrive with photographic projects in development, and are strongly encouraged to bring work with some conceptual and narrative grounding. They should also be prepared to experiment with new approaches to editing, sequence, layout, and design.
In the workshop, participants will make a short initial presentation of their work, introduce concepts and narratives at play, share existing challenges, and state their own workshop goals. Patterson will share his own books and presentations on bookmaking, photographic sequencing, visual structure, and share methods for simplifying the often complex bookmaking process. Participants will be challenged to apply the approaches to their work in progress. All of this will be done with a view to connecting with and complementing the conceptual and narrative elements at play in each participants’ work.
There will be much hands-on work editing, sequencing, and establishing the visual structure of each individual book project. Patterson will work closely with each participant as they strive to find best approaches to shaping and structuring their work in book form. Participants may produce rudimentary dummies during the workshop, and will work closely with Patterson to develop detailed plans for next steps in their work’s development, including dummies and maquettes to be produced in the weeks or months following the workshop.
On the final evening, participants will make a second presentation of their work reflecting on the workshop experience and any resulting new approaches or developments in their work going forward.
This five-day, studio-based workshop in Portland, Maine with acclaimed photographic bookmaker Christian Patterson focuses on the often complex process of photographic bookmaking and the art of visual structure. Participants should arrive with photographic projects in development, and are strongly encouraged to bring work with some conceptual and narrative grounding. They should also be prepared to experiment with new approaches to editing, sequence, layout, and design.
In the workshop, participants will make a short initial presentation of their work, introduce concepts and narratives at play, share existing challenges, and state their own workshop goals. Patterson will share his own books and presentations on bookmaking, photographic sequencing, visual structure, and share methods for simplifying the often complex bookmaking process. Participants will be challenged to apply the approaches to their work in progress. All of this will be done with a view to connecting with and complementing the conceptual and narrative elements at play in each participants’ work.
There will be much hands-on work editing, sequencing, and establishing the visual structure of each individual book project. Patterson will work closely with each participant as they strive to find best approaches to shaping and structuring their work in book form. Participants may produce rudimentary dummies during the workshop, and will work closely with Patterson to develop detailed plans for next steps in their work’s development, including dummies and maquettes to be produced in the weeks or months following the workshop.
On the final evening, participants will make a second presentation of their work reflecting on the workshop experience and any resulting new approaches or developments in their work going forward.