WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS - Eastern Sierra Center for Photography

“Where the Kachinas Live”, Las Barrancas NM, by Kirk Gittings
BENEFITTING THE EASTERN SIERRA CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY IN DEATH VALLEY
DATES
N o v e m b e r 11 - 1 6 , 2 0 1 4
W o r k s h o p 1 : NOV 11 - 1 3
W o r k s h o p 2 : NOV 1 4 - 1 6
W o r k s h o p 3 : NOV 11 - 1 6
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS
K I RK GI T T ING S . JA N PIETRZ AK . L AURA CAMPBE L L . AMANDA TO M LI N . B I LL WA LD R O N
EASTERN SIERRA CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY (ESC4P)
PHOTOGRAPHY IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK
a short time to spend or a week come join us in Death Valley National Park.
Spend 3 days with us and we will give some of the basics, spend 6 days with us and we can give more
color and black/white, from small cameras to big, from digital to analog. We will work with any and all.
During the workshop we will spend some time looking at work by both participants and instructors. We
Highfor early morning and late afternoon photography. Other places such as Badwater and Dante’s View are
also not far away. Some areas outside of the park are also being considered for shooting locations.
Once you sign up, we will provide you with a list of suggested clothing, camping equipment, and gear
as well as directions to lodging. Participants will be responsible for their own travel, food and lodging
expenses.
Dates
November 11-16.
Workshop I: Nov 11-13
Workshop II: Nov 14-16
Workshop III: Nov 11-16
plan to
arrive and leave accordingly.
Prices and Deadlines
restrictions. Payment can be made by PayPal to [email protected] or by check made out to ES-
Cancellations and Refunds
Our instructors receive the same payment whether or not students attend. Deposits and workshop fees
are fully refundable up to October 11, 2014. Cancellations after that date will be subject to a 50% fee.
Lodging
and fees for RV hook ups are additional.
http://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/camping.htm
night). http://www.furnacecreekresort.com/lodging/the-inn-at-furnace-creek/
applies), internet (fee applies) and gas.
Further information:
*Mailing address for checks:
ESC4P
Contact:
[email protected]
EASTERN SIERRA CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY (ESC4P)
JAN PIETRZAK
and palladium as a print making process. Born in the mid-west
fornia. He currently makes his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
neither of which I use in my work today.”
Mr. Pietrzak received his formal photographic education during
independent study program, he attended the Ansel Adams Workhis images now speak with a soft and subtle voice rather than the grand and bold voice associ-
“What I like about the platinum process is that it has a whole different feel,” says Pietrzak. “It
evokes the subtleties of the landscapes that I choose to photograph and it becomes a part of the
art print making and photography in a much more intimate way.”
“Platinum/palladium printing is a contact print process requiring the use of large format cameras.
ble to manipulate the image in the darkroom through enlargement or other traditional techniques,
each image needs to be complete at the moment it is exposed.”
Mr. Pietrzak has instructed or lectured at numerous workshops and programs including Cameraphy Centers), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sierra Club, Victor School in Colorado, and
San Antonio College, East Los Angeles College, Pasadena City College, Citrus College, Glendale
College and Santa Monica College.
His photographs are part of the permanent collection of the Polaroid Corporation, the Platypus
at home’.
Visit: jpietrzak.com
EASTERN SIERRA CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY (ESC4P)
KIRK GITTINGS
Gittings has resided in New Mexico for
55 years. A dedicated photographer since
department and ultimately received a Master of Fine Arts degree in photography from
a distinguished career as an exhibiting artist/photographer, commercial photographer
and photographic educator.
His commercial architectural photography
has appeared on over 150 magazine covwhite art photography is represented in 24
museum, corporate and public institutional
collections as well as many distinguished
private collections. In addition, he is curbeen a visiting artist for the last 14 years at
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Photographic Workshops, the View Camera Magazine Workshops and the Real World Scanning
Workshops.
He has received many prestigious honors including a major grant from the National Endowment
for the Arts, membership in the Polaroid Artist Support Group and appointment to the Freestyle
Advisory Board of Photographic Professionals in Hollywood. In 2003 the editors of
selected him as one of
with poet
V.B. Price about the Anasazi ruins at Chaco Canyon, has been critically acclaimed as a major
contribution to New Mexico art.
In 2005 a 30 year retrospective of his architectural photography entitled
was exhibited at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History. New Mexico Magazine published a monograph book by the same name
his life’s work.
Visit: gittingsphoto.com

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