PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP CHINA
Summer 2010
Construction at Shanghai World Expo Site, January 2010.
December 18, 2009
The video documentary about the 2008 Workshop is now loaded on to youtube and is available for viewing by clicking on the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kySvPV-5Gxw
November 27, 2009
Plans are now in the works for a June 2010 workshop to be in Shanghai during the Shanghai World Exhibition. While plans for the itinerary are not complete it is contemplated that the workshop will photograph in Shanghai and the ancient cities and water towns west of Shanghai. Please contact us should you be interested.
PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP CHINA
December 26, 2007 to January 12, 2008
The workshop is now completed. The workshop was a great success. The experience was wonderful. All workshop members made new friends with whom they can share their great memories. Many beautiful portfolio quality photographs were made.
To all workshop participants - Thank you for your support!
Check the new Gallery Links page as photographs from the workshop will be posted from time to time.
News
8/2/08
The Workshop Exhibition opened at the Gallery of Bel Air Camera on August 1, 2008. A photographer's reception was on August 2, 2008. A number of workshop members were present including Michael Sugar, Michael Dorantes, Ron Fu and Larry Kushner.
The photographs displayed in the exhibition have received many compliments in just the first few days of the show. The individual prints are quite good as photographic images. However, as a group the images strongly portray life in Beijing during the Olympic preparation period. The workshop video documentary is, also, on display during the exhibition. The exhibition has some 60 prints from more than 20 photographers.
The exhibition runs from August 1 to August 30, 2008. All are welcome to view the wonderful work of these photographers.
5/24/08
Since returning from China a lot has been happening with the workshop photographs. Ryan Carmody, Vanessa Flores and Michael Dorantes had a very nice show of their workshop photographs during March at California State University at Northridge.
Currently there is a show of workshop photographs in the Chicago area at the Lubeznik Art Center, April 26th to July 6th.
We are now in the planning stage for a major show for the month of August. The show will be at the Gallery of Bel Air Camera in the Westwood Village district of Los Angeles. This will be a large show in a prime location. All workshop members are encouraged to submit additional photographs for the show that may not have been available for their original submission.
Travel to Beijing, China for a once in a lifetime experience!
The workshop was a production of Z & W International, LLC and was conducted in cooperation with the School of Journalism of Renmin University of China. Renmin University is amongst the top rated universities in China.
The workshop was invited to work in Beijing in cooperation with the photojournalism program of Renmin University with the intent of producing photographs that will illustrate preparations, events and other places of special cultural and artistic importance during the pre-olympic period.
The workshop was conducted by two American Master photographer/professors, Larry M. Kushner and Joel DeGrand. Both Mr. Kushner and Mr. DeGrand have held Masters degrees in Photography for more than 30 years. Mr. Kushner has been doing photography in China during the past 40 years. Additionally, members of the faculty of the photojournalism program of Renmin University and local Chinese photographers participated in the workshop sessions. Each American workshop participant worked with Chinese workshop participants to photograph at various locations around Beijing. This workshop provided a once in a lifetime opportunity to participate in a photographic workshop documenting the preparations leading up to an event of worldwide significance.
All photographs on this website are copyrighted and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part without the photographer's written permission © Larry M. Kushner 2007.