Today’s class was very special because it was the last session, and we had an opening reception of the students’ photos. Today was the culmination of a nine sessions cycle in which each student had a personal learning process: experimenting and … Continue reading LIC, MI BARRIO – WEEK 9
In today’s class, we made a visit to the Met Museum, which is located in Upper East Side, Manhattan, for most of us the first time. At the beginning we enjoy the Roman marbles, photographing the textures and the light. … Continue reading LIC, MI BARRIO – WEEK 8
In class today we had the opportunity to share some thoughts and conclusions on each personal experience before and after this photography workshop. One student said: “before this workshop, I thought the photography was just to register events and parties, … Continue reading LIC, MI BARRIO – WEEK 7
In today’s class the students got a chance to discuss about their experiences visiting neighborhoods of different cultures. Each one of them got the opportunity to learn about the lifestyles and the foods within that group. One of the students … Continue reading LIC, mi Barrio – week 6
Este martes New New Yorkers pudieron ver un corto documental sobre la muy relevante fotógrafa mexicana Graciela Iturbide, el título del documental: Más de mil palabras. Durante el corto, la fotógrafa se explayo y habló de cómo convertirse en un … Continue reading LIC, mi Barrio – Week 5
During our class 5, we reviewed artworks done by contemporary artists such as Kiki Smith, Antony Gomerly, Janine Antoni among others, as references for the body cast assignment we were going to make using alginate mold our own body parts; … Continue reading The Space in Between- Week 5
Esta semana, hemos explorado variantes de la composición y los diversos factores de esta que influyen para una persona pase más tiempo contemplando, analizando y atraido con imágenes que creamos en la fotografia, recordando que nosotros somos los que decidimos … Continue reading LIC, Mi Barrio workshop – Week 3
We went for a field trip at Noguchi Museum and Socrates Sculpture Park. We were really welcome at the Noguchi Museum that let us do a self guided tour. We focused in comparing the work of Noguchi with Tom Sachs, … Continue reading The Space in Between – Week 3 – Noguchi Museum Field Trip
After almost two months, we have finally came to our graduation day! This is by far the largest graduation we had at New New Yorkers. More than 30 people (some are invited friends) joined our graduation ceremony and potluck party. Each students gave a presentation of their book and received their certificates.
Today we had a nice group of photo enthusiast eager to learn more. We learned about exposure and Macro. To practice everyone brought something from the own Culture. Carmen brought a poncho from Colombia, hand weaved and a small balcony … Continue reading LIC, Mi Barrio workshop – Week 2
