PhotoWorkShop China
Summer Photo Essay Workshop 2011
July 15 to August 7, 2011
The Workshop is now over and the participants had a wonderful time and great learning experience. Currently there is an exhibition of the participant's photographs in the Art Gallery of the College of Art and Communication of Beijing Normal University.
We are now planning PhotoWorkShop China 2012. Visit again for updated information about the next workshop.
The Workshop Class visits the Great Wall
Class members at the Great Wall by the Lake, © Larry M. Kushner 2011
Links to more Workshop photographs
Jook Leung Photographs
Photographs reproduced by permission of Jook Leung
© by Jook Leung 2011
Workshop faculty meet with elite photographers at Three Shadows Gallery, Beijing. From left to right - Larry M. Kushner, workshop Director/Instructor, Hisashi Mochizuki, Canon Explorer of Light for China and Japan, Rong Rong, photographer and founder of the Three Shadows Art Center, Isabella Wong, Workshop Teaching Assistant, Jook Leung, Workshop Instructor. To see the VR-360 version click on the link below.
Meeting at Three Shadows Gallery, Beijing, VR 360Workshop on Steps of College of Art and Communication
Photographs During Workshop
Student Panorama
Workshop by Media Department Office
Workshop Farewell Banquet
What the Workshop was about.
The Summer Photo Essay Workshop will be conducted at The College of Arts and Communication of Beijing Normal University (BNU). This university is highly respected and the College of Arts and Communication is well known throughout China.
This is a photographic workshop designed for the serious photographer. The theme of the workshop shall be the Photographic Essay. The workshop students shall work in teams of 2 or 3 members on a specific essay topic of their selection. The goal of the workshop is to produce photo essays containing a number of photographs and if appropriate, textual content on the topic selected.
The program shall provide the unique opportunity for photography students work cooperatively to produce a photographic exhibition concerning Photographic Essay projects produced during the workshop. The workshop participants will receive instruction on content, composition, image quality, editing and post capture processing.
The workshop will meet with local photographers, photographic associations and photographic agencies.
Beijing, the capital city of China, is also the cultural center of the country. We plan to visit the major sites in Beijing and the surrounding area, such as the Great Wall. Besides visiting the usual sites, we plan to have some very special events. We are planning meetings with the China Photographers Association and with the CFP (a large photo-stock and news agency in China). These special events and others are now in the planning.
The workshop faculty member is Larry M. Kushner. Mr. Kushner has been a photographer for many years and lecturing at numerous universities in China.
The itinerary is posted on the web site. Events and activities are still being planned, therefore the itinerary is subject to modification. The itinerary will be updated and posted on the web site as modifications occur. Price subject to change without notice.
For more information about Beijing Normal University go to the following web site: http://www.bnu.edu.cn/eng/
or
http://www.bnu.edu.cn/bnueng/index.htmlLimited number of reservations available.
All participants must must bear their own costs.
All participants must be 18 years of age or older.
Deadline for reservations: Call workshop instructor
For additional information contact Larry M. Kushner at:
Tel: 818 343-6242 or
Email: Lmkphoto@gmail.com
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Photo-ExhibitionsThe largest Photographic-Festival in China will be in November of 2011 in the City of LiShui. There will be several large international Photographic Exhibitions during the festival. The exhibitions are accepting entries of images for competition and display. For details click on the Photo Exhibitions button on the left column above.
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The new book "Portraits of China" by Larry M. Kushner
is now available at: https://www.createspace.com/Customer/EStore.do?id=3485905
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The Pre-Olympic Workshop 2008 Documentary can now be viewed on Youtube by clicking on the link below. The documentary is in 6 parts on Youtube. IOPF - Changha China Photographic
Award Ceremonies
October 22, 2010
Jook Leung, workshop 2008 participant, is awarded gold medal at the 2010 International Orange Photo Festival award ceremony in Chang Sha China. Jook is shown in the above photograph, first on the right side. This event is a world class international photographic exhibition and competition sponsored by the China Photographers Association.
To see the prize winning photograph click on the following link:http://360vr.com/Election-Night2008-NYC/Mission-Accomplished/index_swf.html
October 11, 2010
We are very proud to announce that Jook Leung a participant of Photoworkshop China 2008 has been awarded a gold medal prize at "The First China International Internet-based Photography Competition."
This is the highest level prize awarded in this international competition. We congratulate Jook on this achievement, although we are not surprised he won this prize as his work is always excellent and world class.
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!
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.
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Travel to Beijing, China for a once in a lifetime experience!
The workshop 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 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.
Except as otherwise noted 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 200