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SUMMARY:Reconsidering the Journey with Aline Smithson (Online)
DESCRIPTION:This two session course will address the shifting sands of the
  photographic journey that have made us reconsider traditional paths to
  success. The photography world has undergone significant
  transformations since the onset of the global pandemic in 2020. The
  impact was not limited to the artists alone\; it permeated through all
  facets of the industry\, challenging conventional norms and prompting
  a reassessment of traditional paths to success. It has become critical
  to consider new ways of working\, promoting\, and thinking about how
  to move our work forward. Most importantly\, artists need to
  reconsider and define success for themselves\, considering personal
  growth\, community engagement\, and the impact of their work on a
  wider audience. Participants will come away with a myriad of ideas for
  new approaches to work and to marketing. 
 
 © Aline SmithsonAline Smithson
 
 Workshop Details
 
 Dates: Two sessions over two weeks on Mondays: October 27 and November
  3\, 2025 
 
 Time: 9-12 PST | 12-3 EST 
 
 Format: Online\, over Zoom 
 
 Course Fee: $285 (members) / $325 (non-members) 
 
 About Aline Smithson 
 
 Aline Smithson is an interdisciplinary artist\, filmmaker\, educator\,
  and editor based in Los Angeles\, California. Her practice examines
  the archetypal foundations of the creative impulse and she uses humor
  and pathos to explore the performative potential of photography. She
  received a BA in art from the University of California at Santa
  Barbara and was accepted into the College of Creative Studies\,
  studying under significant California artists. After a decade-long
  career as a New York Fashion Editor\, Smithson returned to Los Angeles
  and to her own artistic practice. 
 
 She has exhibited widely including over 50 solo shows at institutions
  such as the Griffin Museum of Photography\, the Santa Barbara Museum
  of Art\, the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art\, the San Jose
  Art Museum\, the Shanghai\, Lishui\, and Pingyqo Festivals in China\,
  The Rayko Photo Center in San Francisco\, the Center of Fine Art
  Photography in Colorado\, the Tagomago Gallery in Barcelona and
  Paris\, and the Obscura Gallery in Santa Fe. In addition\, her work is
  held in a number of significant public collections and her photographs
  have been featured in publications including The New York Times\, The
  New Yorker\, PDN\, Communication Arts\, Eyemazing\, Real Simple\, Los
  Angeles Magazine\, Musee Magazine\, Shots\, Harpers and Silvershotz
  magazines. 
 
 In 2007\, Smithson founded LENSCRATCH\, a photography journal that
  celebrates a different contemporary photographer each day. She has
  been the Gallery Editor for Light Leaks Magazine\, a contributing
  writer for Diffusion\, Don't Take Pictures\, Lucida\, and F Stop
  Magazines\, written book reviews for photo-eye\, and has provided the
  forewords for artist's books by Tom Chambers\, Meg Griffiths\, Flash
  Forward 12\, Micheal Honegger\, Nancy Baron\, and others. Smithson has
  curated and jurored exhibitions for numerous galleries\,
  organizations\, and on-line magazines\, including Review Santa Fe\,
  Critical Mass\, Flash Forward\, and the Griffin Museum. In addition\,
  she is a reviewer and educator at many photo festivals across the
  United States. 
 
 In 2012\, Smithson received the Rising Star Award through the Griffin
  Museum of Photography for her contributions to the photographic
  community. In 2014 and 2019\, Smithson's work was selected for
  Critical Mass Top 50. Smithson has been teaching at the Los Angeles
  Center of Photography since 2001 and also teaches at a variety of
  institutions such as ICP\, SFW\, MMW\, and others. She received the
  Excellence in Teaching Award from CENTER in 2014 and was nominated by
  the Lucie Awards in 2022 as Photo Educator of the Year. In 2024\, the
  Los Angeles Center of Photography established the Aline Smithson Next
  Generation Award. 
 
 In 2015\, the Magenta Foundation published her retrospective
  monograph\, Self & Others: Portrait as Autobiography. In 2016\, the
  Smithsonian Air and Space Museum commissioned Smithson to create a
  series of portraits for the upcoming Faces of Our Planet Exhibition.
  In 2018 and 2019\, Smithson was a finalist in the Taylor Wessing
  Photographic Portrait Prize and exhibited at the National Portrait
  Gallery in London. She was commissioned to create the book\, LOST: Los
  Angeles for Kris Graves Projects which now sold out. Peanut Press
  released her monograph\, Fugue State\, in Fall 2021. Her books are in
  the collections of the Museum of Modern Art\, the Getty Museum\, the
  Los Angeles Contemporary Art Museum\, the National Portrait Gallery\,
  London\, the Metropolitan Museum\, the Guggenheim\, among others.
  Smithson was honored as a 2022 Hasselblad Heroine. With the exception
  on her iPhone\, she only shoots film.
LOCATION:https://griffinmuseum.org/event/smithson fall25/
URL:https://griffinmuseum.org/event/smithson-fall25/
CATEGORIES:Cultural\,Education
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