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The Griffin Museum, in collaboration with Fran Forman, is excited to present this online workshop, which introduces a process for creating new imagery through a combination of photography, Photoshop, and AI programs.

If you're interested in creating imaginative, constructed images using both photographic sources and AI tools, this class is for you. We won't be aiming for realism, nor will we call these works photographs in the traditional sense. Instead, we'll explore image-making as a collaboration between your camera, your imagination, Photoshop, and AI platforms such as MidJourney

In this workshop, you will be guided through the conception, creation, and completion of your photobook (via a print-on-demand (POD) self-publishing platform.) You will also receive information on other options for publishing your book.

In preparing for this course, you will determine the subject of your photobook and identify some of the images you expect to include and possible text.

To begin, we will examine a book's structure and see examples of classic and contemporary photobooks. Through presentations, discussions, critiques, and assignments, you will work to refine your idea

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Once you've learned the basics of Photoshop, the creative possibilities become endless. This workshop is designed to help you explore your interests with the goal of discovering and developing your personal vision. Whether you're still searching for your own style or already working toward a portfolio, the class exercises and group feedback will support you in taking your work to the next level.

By applying your Photoshop skills to both structured assignments and your own project, you'll gain technical confidence and deepen your creative approach. Class time will

In this workshop, we will go beyond the basics of the Adobe Lightroom Classic workflow. We will begin with a brief review of the Library and Develop Modules, along with key settings that impact performance and organization. From there, we will dive into problem-solving common challenges such as replacing or adding hard drives, moving files without losing links, and maximizing the use of Collections. We will also explore new tools for sorting and organizing, creating export presets, and more within the Library Module.

The Develop Module section will cover Lightroom Classic's newest features

The Griffin Museum of Photography is proud to host artists Bryan Whitney, Brett Windham and Cynthia Katz for an online artist talk in celebration of their participation in the exhibition Elemental Blues: Contemporary Cyanotypes. The show, featuring six artists exploring the creative possibilities of cyanotype, is on view at our Lafayette City Center Satellite Gallery through June 30. Join us ONLINE in the Griffin Zoom Room on Wednesday May 28th at 7pm. This event is FREE to our Griffin members, and $10 for General Admission. © Bryan Whitney

One of the greatest obstacles in any creative practice is the fear of failure. We all strive to be perceived as skilled and competent, yet as any scientist knows, discovery depends on experimentation, and not every experiment succeeds. The creative process is no different. Sometimes the wrong path leads to an unexpected direction or reveals precisely what is needed to move forward. Often, the most egregious mistakes become the most valuable breakthroughs.

This course invites participants to fail up. Through readings, discussions, and experimental exercises, we will explore how to reframe

The Griffin is pleased to have Jason Gardner online in the Griffin Zoom Room for a conversation about his series and newly published photobook - We the Spirits.

We the Spirits (GOST Books, UK, 2024), is selected from Jason's vast archive showing the ritual and festival of traditional Carnival for over 15 years, throughout 15 countries.Seeking out villages where festivals were at their most folkloric or least visited by outsiders, Jason collaborated with ethnographers and local experts to engage with each festival. Collectively, his images dispel stereotypes of Carnival and

The Griffin Museum is thrilled to welcome creative artist Jill Enfield's Glasshouse of New Americans to our grounds this summer. We are also pleased to present a special online conversation with the artist.

Join us online on September 5th at 6:30 PM for this engaging presentation.

Titled The New Americans, this physical display explores heritage, genealogy, and homeland. Jill's personal connection to immigration, her paternal relatives fleeing Frankfurt, Germany, in 1939, inspired a project honoring immigrants' integral role in society and acknowledging the challenges they

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an online artist talk celebrating the art of photobook making. Join us from 7 to 8:30pm to hear from artists Lisa Tang Liu & J. David Tabor, James Collins, Tsai Wei Tseng, Courtney Johnson, Robert Kalman, Shari Diamond, Thomas Winter, and Sean Perry.

The Griffin Museum recognizes the importance of photobooks. Distinct from the gallery aesthetic, photobooks offer their own visual language, often conducive to more narrative qualities and seriality than the standard on-the-wall format. We celebrate this form of artistry and want to see the photobooks

We are pleased to host the talented lens based artist and bookmaker Laila Nahar online in the Griffin Zoom Room on Tuesday September 9th at 2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific for a conversation about creativity and book making. Nahar's stunning hand crafted books are in the collection of the Griffin Museum library. She will discuss her path as a photographer, and as a bookmaker and how her background shaped her artistic journey. Nahar will talk about her book-making process featuring a selection of books.

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