The Long-Term Project
© Jim Hubbard
The benefits of working on a long-term project go beyond challenging a photographer’s commitment to his or her work. When creating a body of work over time, a photographer creates a deep, personal connection to their project. This workshop focuses on how to produce a personal project and provides participants the skills needed to create images that are stylistically and thematically unified. We begin with a discussion on topic selection and the importance of writing a project proposal. Then we explore documentary versus more personal or artistic projects, as well as how to convey a point of view, how to edit work, and how to establish a market.
During the monthly group sessions each student’s work will be critiqued, thereby providing participants the opportunity to learn and study other projects. The goal is to complete a substantial body of work over a six-month time frame.
Jim Hubbard (www.jimhubbardphoto.com) is an acclaimed documentary photographer who, in 2007, was the recipient of the prestigious Lewis Hine Distinguished Service Award given by the National Child Labor Committee. He has been nominated three times for the Pulitzer Prize and is the recipient of over 100 photography awards. Hubbard is also a Fellow at the USC Annenberg School for Communications and a co-founder of the USC Institute for Photographic Empowerment. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, featured in print and television media, and published in his book American Refugees, Forward by Jonathan Kozol, University of Minnesota Press (1991). He served with the White House Press Corps during his 16 year staff position with United Press International (UPI) and has photographed five U.S. presidents and numerous presidential campaigns including traveling with Bobby Kennedy shortly before his death in 1968. After 25 years as a professional photojournalist, Hubbard founded Shooting Back in Washington, D.C. to empower disenfranchised youth with the ability to describe their world. He is currently Creative Director at Venice Arts and is the father of four daughters.
Dates / Times:
Six-session workshop
February 4, March 3, April 7, May 5, June 2, June 30
Monday evenings — 7-10 pm
WORKSHOP FEE: $415
CLASS LOCATION: Venice Beach
ENROLLMENT LIMIT: 15 students
