TAP INTO YOUR INNERMOST WORLD & CREATE IMAGES YOU’VE ONLY IMAGINED YOU COULD

The Secret Garden of Lily LaPalma, one weekend only, May 20 — 21, 2023.

Your instructors will be Guggenheim grant recipient & National Geographic photographer Maggie Steber, with Lucie awarded photographer Kerry Payne Stailey, and Sarah Leen, National Geographic Director of Photography Emeritus, and multi award winning photographer / editor.

In this workshop you’ll learn how to address personal stories, how to create portraits that go far beyond the ordinary and to explore new ways to express yourself visually. It’s about discovery and how your story can represent topics beyond what we normally do with photography.

The Secret Garden is your imagination, which as visual storytellers we must exercise. Learning to tell our own stories—be they dreams or nightmares or things you always wished for—can empower your work in many different ways. This workshop will stretch your imagination, your ideas, your work and your photographic future.

LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY YOUR SUCCESSFUL PHOTOS WITH SARAH LEEN, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY EMERITUS FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE

On Day 1 we’ll spend a full day and evening making photographs that reflect your ideas, your stories, the things you love or the things that you might never have shared before.

On Day 2 we’ll meet to review your work under the guidance of Sarah Leen, an award winning photographer and editor who worked for many years with National Geographic Magazine, both as a photographer and as first woman to hold the title of Director of Photography at the magazine.   

This workshop offers you a chance to try something new that can have a powerful impact on the work you do on a regular basis.  We will incorporate nature in what you work on, including our surroundings of a beautiful lake, the woods, gardens, and hundreds of blooming cherry blossoms. We will have all kinds of props, fabrics, fake flowers, lighting in a studio and for outside as well.

You’ll have the freedom, the tools and the support to imagine and create. This weekend provides the opportunity for “once in a lifetime” creativity and exploration. 

ABOUT MAGGIE STEBER: Maggie Steber, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, has worked in 70 countries photographing stories on the human condition.

National Geographic Magazine named her a Women of Vision, and her monograph on Haiti is entitled Dancing on Fire.

Her numerous accolades include Pulitzer Prize Finalist, the President’s Award from the Overseas Press Club, the Lucie Award for Photojournalism, and the Leica Medal of Excellence, among many others. Exhibited worldwide, her work is included at the Library of Congress and the Guggenheim Foundation. Maggie has worked on staff at the Associated Press and The Miami Herald, as well as on a contract basis for Newsweek Magazine. 

For many decades Maggie told the stories in photographs of others, showing cultures, the histories of people and their experiences, both good and bad, of science and even personal stories that were her stories. She began to make different kinds of photographs that depicted her own experience in life, in what she saw, what she dreamt about, and things both dark and bright.  For this work she received support from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and it continues to grow and has had impact on new ways of telling stories. 

LEARN HOW TO TELL YOUR MOST PERSONAL STORIES AND HARNESS THE POWER OF THOSE STORIES TO HELP OTHERS.

Join photographer Kerry Payne Stailey for a five week online workshop on developing projects, photographing intimacy and vulnerability, and personal storytelling using creativity as a tool of connection and authorship.

You’ll learn how to tell your most personal stories and harness the power of them to help others.

The class will explore:

• planning and executing long and short term projects

• photographing intimacy, vulnerability, and developing trust

• metaphor and allegory - representing abstract ideas or events in narrative, dramatic, and visual form

• sharing difficult subject matter with a wide audience

• establishing critical relationships

• creating universal points of connection

• collaboration with other makers, creators, tools and platforms

• marketing and presenting the work in innovative ways

Intended for amateur and professional photographers who would like to begin a personal project, are looking for new ways to present your most private stories, as well as those seeking a push or guidance for ongoing projects. It is suited to those wanting to tell your story directly, as well as photographers who wish to tell your story through their subjects.

“What I learned and the connections I made during this workshop will really last forever, and it will forever be something that helped me reach new places in my career. The work I made in Maine was selected to be in the StARTup Art Fair in Los Angeles, and those same photos caught the attention of the exhibition curators from Venice Biennale 2021 which led to many more opportunities. I recommend Art for The Heart to anyone looking for new inspiration, community and a talented, kind teacher in the most beautiful location!” — Lisa Praster, Amsterdam.

Our weekly routine will see the group viewing the work of the world’s most respected personal storytellers, group critique of your take, individual mentoring and benefiting from the collective insight of your peers.

Students will be given assignments and must come to weekly classes with images to review and critique.

Part photography, part storytelling and part exploratory workshop, this program offers you the freedom to push through your own boundaries and discover new possibilities in self discovery and personal expression, as well as camaraderie and industry relationships that will last a lifetime.

TUITION: $995

LIMITED TO: 15 PARTICIPANTS

DATE: February 21 — March 28, 2023 — Class meets Tuesday 4 - 7pm (US Eastern)

LOCATION: This is an online program.

“Many years ago I met Kerry Payne whose photography dealt with loss and bereavement and extraordinary pain. The work she produced and continues to produce addresses very intimate issues in the most tender and beautiful way without being saccharine. Everyone on earth should take her workshop. If you have suffered loss due to suicide or heartache due to lost dreams, come and be wrapped in hope and encouragement by this extraordinary photographer. “ — Maggie Steber

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE: Made possible through a partnership with Fujifilm I am thrilled to offer scholarship places to photographers identifying as BIPOC or LGBTQ+ who are working in the area of mental health or intimate storytelling.

To be considered, please submit a cover letter and a link to a gallery of 10-20 images. Submissions close February 20, 2023.

CANCELLATION and WITHDRAWAL: If you are unable to attend the following cancellation policy applies:

• Withdraw 45 days or more prior to the start of your workshop and we will refund all payments made, less processing fees paid to online service providers.

• Withdraw less than 45 days, but more than 30 days prior to the start of your workshop and we will refund 50% of your workshop tuition.

• Withdraw 30 days or less prior to the start of your workshop, we cannot offer a refund, however you may transfer your place in the program.

Our weekly routine will see the group viewing the work of the world’s most respected personal storytellers, group critique of your take, individual mentoring and benefiting from the collective insight of your peers.  

Students will be given weekly assignments and must have own equipment to photograph and edit. 

Part photography, part storytelling and part exploratory workshop, this program offers you the freedom to push through your own boundaries and discover new possibilities in self discovery and personal expression, as well as camaraderie and industry relationships that will last a lifetime. 

“Many years ago I met Kerry Payne whose photography dealt with loss and bereavement and extraordinary pain. The work she produced and continues to produce addresses very intimate issues in the most tender and beautiful way without being saccharine. Everyone on earth should take her workshop. If you have suffered loss due to suicide or heartache due to lost dreams, come and be wrapped in hope and encouragement in a beautiful place by this extraordinary photographer. “ — Maggie Steber

This is an online workshop.

TUITION: $995

LIMITED TO: 15 PARTICIPANTS

DATE: February 21 — March 28, 2023  

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE:

Made possible with the generous support of Fujifilm I am offering scholarship places to BIPOC or LGBTQ photographers who are working in the area of mental health.

Scholarship consists of workshop tuition and accommodation. Successful applications will be responsible for own travel and meals.

To be considered, please submit a cover letter and a link to a gallery of 10-20 images. Submissions close February 20, 2023. Email kerry (at) kerrypayne (dot) biz.

LOCATION: This workshop will be held online, Tuesday evenings from 4pm till 7pm, US Eastern timezone.