Writing About Photography:Weekend Workshop with Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy (Online)

Why write about photography?  Just as an image frames a visual viewpoint, analytic writing offers context and perspective, influencing how we see.  Learn to view and write about photography more critically in this online workshop with “What Will You Remember” editors Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy.

Before Session I, participants will be given a few short samples of writing about photography which will be integrated into a two-hour, didactic slide presentation and discussion. Following this in-depth guide to clear and creative writing practices that apply to art reviews, artist statements and grant applications, participants will prepare their own choice of a written piece to be discussed the following session.

During Session II, participants will take turns reading aloud their prepared statements. In each 15-minute segment, instructors will propose practical suggestions and participants are invited to discuss, question and offer constructive commentary.  There will be a short break every hour.

During the following week, participants will work on their written statements and submit their edited version via email to their assigned instructor by noon on Saturday, November 16^th, 2024. Each instructor will return a final edit within one week.

Through guided observation, discussion, practice writing, and individual feedback, participants will begin to develop their voice for writing engagingly about photography – including their own.  At the end of the workshop, each person will have a polished piece and a fresh approach to sharing their views on photography.

Fall Weekend Workshop Online (Two Sessions):

Session I – Saturday 10/26/24 Noon – 2:00pm EST

Session II – Saturday 11/9/24 Noon – 3:00pm EST

Class Enrollment – Minimum six (6) to maximum ten (10) participants

Cost – $250, Member Price /  $300, Non-Member Price (Non-Member price includes a one year membership to the Griffin Museum, a $75 value).

About the Instructors:

Elin Spring is Founder & Editor of the online photography review magazine, What Will You Remember? and a contributing writer to other online and print magazines and exhibition catalogs. She regularly juries photography competitions such as Critical Mass and The FENCE, curates exhibits, and conducts portfolio reviews at national photography festivals, highlighting newly discovered work online. In 2014, her photography writing was recognized with the Scribe FOCUS Award from the Griffin Museum of Photography. Before concentrating full-time on WWYR?, for over two decades she specialized in professional portraiture in and around Boston. An active member of the Photographic Resource Center (Cambridge, MA), Griffin Museum of Photography (Winchester, MA), and Marblehead Arts Association (MA), Elin earned her bachelor’s degree from Brown University and Ph.D. in Neuroscience from University of Pennsylvania.

Suzanne Révy is a photographer, writer and educator who earned a BFA from the Pratt Institute in 1984. She worked in editorial and magazine publishing as a photography editor for fifteen years before the arrival of two sons. She created a long term photographic diary of their lives, and earned an MFA from the New Hampshire Institute of Art in 2016. She teaches at Clark University in Worcester, MA., is the Associate Editor at the online photography magazine “What Will You Remember/” and serves on the board of the Photographic Resource Center in Cambridge, MA.

Her forthcoming book A Murmur in the Trees will be published by Workshop Arts and will accompany a solo exhibition at the Danforth Art Museum that opens in the fall of 2024.