Photographers' Lecture Series 2011

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Photographers’ Lecture 2011 Series

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Photographer Serge J-F. Levy speaking to photography teacher Edward Hing ’77 and an advanced photography student as part of the 2010 Photographers’ Lecture Series.

The Williston Northampton School presents its annual Photographers’ Lecture Series for 2011. The

We are delighted to present

series features internationally acclaimed photog-

the following distinguished guests for our

raphers who present their work and discuss it with phy students will have the opportunity to participate in a class taught by the photographers preceding the public lecture. Past visiting photographers have included photojournalist Yunghi Kim, who is known for her coverage of international conflicts; Sean Hemmerle, an architectural and landscape photographer; and Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Ed Keating.

All presentations, which are free and open to the public, take place in the Dodge Room of the Reed Campus Center at The Williston Northampton School.

For more information, please call 413-529-3237.

2011 Photographers’ Lecture Series: 19 Payson Avenue Easthampton, MA 01027 (413) 529-3000 www.williston.com

the school and community. Advanced photogra-

Michael Itkoff — January 25 Vince Cianni — February 17 Ken Sklute — March 1 Michael Lesy — April 1 Thatcher Cook — April 18 All lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Dodge Room of the Reed Campus Center dates subject to change

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Photographers’ Lecture Series 2011

Vince Cianni February 17

© Michael Itkoff

Vincent Cianni’s documentary photography explores community and memory, the human condition, and the use of image and text. His photographic project and book We Skate Hardcore, published by NYU Press and the Center for Documentary Studies, was an eight-year study of urban latino youth in NYC. The photographs from We Skate Hardcore have been widely published in magazines and journals including Double Take, Aperture, The New Yorker, and La Fotografia. Cianni’s new documentary project, ‘Gays in the Military: How America Thanked Me,’ explores how the lives of many gay and lesbian service members have been affected by homophobia in the military and by the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. His photographs have been exhibited in many museums,

Ken Sklute March 1 Ken Sklute has been passionate about photographing both people and drag racing for 32 years. His images have been published in National Dragster Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and ESPN the Magazine. He has received numerous awards, including Drag Racing Photographer of the Year from CompetitionPlus.com, Wedding Photographer of the Year and Photojournalist of the Year from the Professional Photographers of California, as well as 13 Kodak Gallery awards and 14 Fuji Masterpiece Awards. He was also awarded Photographer of the Year and Best in Show from the Western States Regional Print Competition. Ken spends much of his time teaching and lecturing both nationally and internationally and has been honored as one of Canon’s Explorers of Light, a designation shared by only 48 photographers worldwide.

Michael Lesy April 1 Dr. Michael Lesy is a writer and professor of literary journalism at Hampshire College. His books, which combine historical photographs with his own writing, include Wisconsin Death Trip; Time Frames: The Meaning of Family Pictures; Bearing Witness: A Photographic Chronicle of American Life; and Dreamland: America at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century. He was recently interviewed by the BBC radio on the Great Depression and his books have

been reviewed by The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Guardian. In his book Long Time Coming, Lesy gathered a collection of 400 photographs by searching more than 150,000 photographs in the Farm Security Administration’s Documentary Photography Program archives at the Library of Congress.

Thatcher Cook April 18 Documentary photographer Thatcher Cook works for social change and human rights by capturing the human condition in over 60 countries. His clients are primarily humanitarian aid and development organizations (NGOs) that work with refugees and other people affected by war, economic upheaval, and natural disasters. He has a particular interest in photographing forced human migration and nomadic life that he hopes will bring awareness to the world’s most vulnerable populations. When he is not on assignment for international aid organizations, Cook teaches workshops at the Maine Media Workshops and around the globe. He is a co-founder of Pictographers, an organization committed to creating and teaching social change through written and photographic documentation.

He also published A Guide to Field Techniques for Documentary Photographers, a guidebook on how to produce, prepare for, and realize long-term documentary projects.

In the Grubbs Gallery February 27- April 9 Eudora Welty: Photographs of the 1930s & 40s View a collection of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eudora Welty’s silver gelatin prints with multimedia additions. An opening will be held on February 27 from 2:00-5:00 p.m.

© Ken Sklute

Michael Itkoff is a photographer and a founding editor of Daylight Magazine, a photography publication dedicated to publishing in-depth photographic essays on important issues. In his photography, Itkoff captures his subjects in a documentary style by investigating topics ranging from demolition derbies to portrait studies. In 2009, Charta Books published Street Portraits, Itkoff’s exploration of the artifice of portraiture. Itkoff’s photographs are in public and private collections in the United States, and he has been a recipient of the Howard Chapnick Grant for the Advancement of Photojournalism, a Creative Artists Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Arts Council, and a Puffin Foundation Grant. In 2010, Itkoff received an MFA from the ICP-Bard program.

including LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), MFAH (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston), and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Cianni teaches photography at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City.

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Michael Itkoff January 25

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© Thatcher Cook

All presentations, which are free and open to the public, take place in the Dodge Room of the Reed Campus Center.

For more information, please call 413-529-3237.