Practical Photography Course for Teens:
Art Photography

From June 12-17, the Center for Photography will host a Photography Course for Teens: Art Photography.

The task of the courses and the entire project as a whole is to create some basis for the formation of shooting skills, show the possibilities of photography for creative expression and development, try different techniques, learn how to disassemble the footage. Each practical lesson is preceded by a discussion of the problem and clarification of the effect of a particular technique. Themes are chosen in such a way as to get as far as possible from the conditions that this or that genre dictates, and to concentrate on the way of visualizing sensations and ideas.

“Like any other fine art, photography requires attention and immersion, effort and patience, keenness of feelings, vigilance of the eye and openness of the heart. As Henri Cartier-Bresson wrote, in order to “attach importance” to the world, you need to feel involved in what you see in the viewfinder. And let what you see be amazing and exciting! ”- course teacher Maria Bystrova.

Course 2. Art Photography

June 12 - 17

The course is about combining techniques, genres and directions, and also about the perception and secret of creativity. Each day involves shooting or working in a special technique - collage, freezelight.

Course program:

Day 1: Creative thinking - creative shooting.
Day 2: Metaphors and borrowing. Photo - cinema - fashion - video art.
Day 3: Freezelight.
Day 4: Self portrait.
Day 5: Symbols in photography, objectively and abstractly.
Day 6: Portfolio review.

Author and teacher: Maria Bystrova

Location: Center for Photography Lumiere brothers (Red October, Bolotnaya emb. 3 p. 1)

Format: six-day intensive course of daily classes for 3 hours each.

Class time: 12.00 - 15.00 with a break

Number of participants in the group: maximum 12 people

Priority age: 12+

With: a camera that allows you to manually set parameters such as shutter speed and aperture; notebook for notes / notebook and pen; flash card to view completed tasks.

About the author and teacher of the course:

Maria Bystrova is a photographer, author and curator of educational programs, a teacher of photography.

Collaborates with the Center for Photography. Lumiere brothers, McGuffin Film School, The Fashion School, coordinator of the Open Laboratory project of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts A.S. Pushkin (short list of the Innovation Prize 2017). Works in the genres of art, fashion, portrait, art reporting.