Doug DuBois, Ireland 2010
BerlinSummerWorkshops
Portraits in Berlin
Doug DuBois (engl.)
This class will explore the social and visual dynamics associated with the
photographic portrait by actively producing portraits in and around Berlin.
We will work in several modes: Studio Portraits, with a formal backdrop and
controlled lighting; Street Portraits, with an urban backdrop that is
unpredictable and changing; Typological Portraits, utilizing conceptual
framework; Environmental Portraits, which take into account the social
architecture surrounding the subject; and Intimate Portraits, which imply a
relationship between the subject and the photographer.
Doug DuBois, Ireland 2010
These categories are, of course, fluid and somewhat arbitrary. We will use
them only as a basis for discussion and organizing our projects. By the end
of the class, my hope is that we outgrow these frameworks and come to grips
with the portrait as a complex social rite, deeply implicated in the
personal and political understanding of others and our self.
Doug DuBois, Ireland 2010
Class participants should bring whatever camera they are most comfortable
with using. Digital cameras are essential for daily feedback and critique,
lighting (flash or strobe) is not essential but if you have something, bring
it; tripods are strongly suggested and lenses of various focal lengths will
be helpful. A Laptop, hard drive and appropriate software are required to
organize, edit and show your work at the end of the day. Basic image editing
software: IPhoto, Lightroom or Photoshop will be fine. Don’t, however, panic
or obsess over equipment, this class is about how ideas inform technique and
we can work with whatever you bring.
Doug DuBois
Doug DuBois' photographs are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in
NY, SFMOMA in San Francisco, J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, The Museum of
Fine Art in Houston, the Library of Congress in Washington DC and the Victoria
and Albert Museum, London. He has received fellowships from MacDowell Colony,
Yaddo, The National Endowment for the Arts, SITE Santa Fe, Light Works and The
John Gutmann Foundation. Doug DuBois has exhibited at The J Paul Getty Museum in
Los Angeles; The Museum of Modern Art and Higher Pictures in New York; SITE,
Santa Fe; New Langton Arts in San Francisco; PARCO Gallery, Tokyo, Japan and at
Voies Off in Arles, France.
Doug DuBois' photographs have been published by the Museum of Modern Art, The J.
Paul Getty Museum, Double Take, The Picture Project, The Friends of Photography,
and in magazines including The New York Times, Details, Black Book, The
Telegraph (London) and Monopol (Berlin) and O’zine (Beijing).
A monograph of his photographs titled,
All the Days and Nights was
published by
Aperture in 2009. A small sampling of new photographs from Ireland are
published in the wonderful French photo-zine Tell mum everything is ok
#3 (Editions FP&C, Paris). And if you really have time to kill, a
recent video interview is online at conscientious and other
photo based blogs.
Doug DuBois’ Homepage
Doug’s work at
Higher Pictures
Book review All the Days and Nights by Amy Stein at
Ahorn Magazine
The workshop will be held in a small group of 7 to 12 participants.
The fee is 570,- € (incl. 19% VAT). All interested applicants should apply
by
email before June 3 2011. Please attach 5 to
10 examples of your own work and/or a link to your personal website. You
should also attach a short statement about your photographic skills and
motivation.