Master Class with Maggie Taylor-The Constructed Photograph:Creating Original Digital Imagery

The Griffin Museum is pleased to offer this intermediate to advanced constructed photography program for lens-based artists who аre seeking to create the highest quality assembled work.

This class will be focused on layering an image in Photoshop with a variety of source materials.  Using old found or family photographs, scans and cell phone images, Maggie will share her favorite techniques for creating a painterly and cohesive collage.  Lighting, shading, playing with color, using masks and smart objects will all be explored over the six class periods.  Newer tools and techniques for assemblage will also be explored, such as AI and iPhone photography.

After each session participants will be able to download the files Maggie has used for the lecture, and follow along with the recorded Zoom to rebuild the images on their own.  This class size is limited.

The objective for this class is to further develop your skills and elevate your understanding of digital photographic collage and explore new or advanced ways to elevate your work.

Maggie Taylor, is the instructor for this workshop, and is known for her innovative style and creating work that exist as a kind of visual riddle or open-ended poem, meant to be both playful and provocative. Each image is meant to tell a different story every time a different person looks at it. She says that often people think photography is autobiographical and her work is definitely a reflection of her life.

In 1995 Adobe’s creative director was trying to convince photomontage artists of the time to utilize Photoshop in their work.  Maggie was one of the first who did and is considered a trailblazer of digital imagery for photography. She began creating her surrealist work with the tool, breaking ground and helping to create the modern photographic Photoshop genre. Many established artists have taken Maggie’s workshop to take their work to the next level.

Level: Intermediate to Advanced. A working knowledge of Photoshop, including familiarity with using adjustment layers, masks and blend modes will be helpful for this class. It is aimed at advanced/intermediate to advanced Photoshop enthusiasts.

Dates: Six sessions / Tues & Fri, 2-hours each (Feb 6 ,9, 13, 16, 27 and Mar 1, 2024).

Times: Two days per week, over three weeks, 1pm – 3pm ET.

Course Fee: $1245 members / $1295 non-members (non-members will receive a one year membership to the Griffin Museum, a $75 value).

This class is currently SOLD OUT. Please email donna@griffinmuseum.org to be added to the Waitlist.

About the Instructor:

Maggie Taylor is an artist who lives at the edge of a prairie on the outskirts of Gainesville, Florida. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1961, and moved to Florida at the age of eleven. Her childhood was spent watching countless hours of situation comedies and science fiction on television; later she received a philosophy degree from Yale University. A little later she got a master’s degree in photography from the University of Florida. Her digital composites have been collected and exhibited internationally.