Module 1

Module 1: Documenting with Photography

Welcome! We are so excited to go on this photographic journey with you. For this first module, we will explore the fascinating genre of documentary photography and examine the way it can be used to explore our lives, culture and passions. Beginning with Activity 1, we will be joined by conservation / documentary photographer and National Geographic contributor Esther Horvath, for a synchronous photography seminar. Esther will share her career journey, her experiences as a Hungarian artist, and take part in a Q&A. For Activity 2, we will begin to work on a personal documentary project, with some help from the slides below! Esther Horvath will then return for Activity 3, a series of optional 1-on-1 mentorship and portfolio viewing sessions, that take place over a week! The module is finished with an optional second documentary project Activity 4, which dives more deeply into the genre and focuses on the physical and cultural landscape around us.

Our schedule for this first module:

• Activity 1, July 8th: Synchronous seminar with guest Speaker Esther Horvath and an introduction to the module.

• Activity 2, July 10th-14th: We begin work on our documentary photography project.

• Activity 3, July 13th-17th: 1-on-1 mentoring sessions with Esther.

• Activity 4, July 17th-22nd: A second, optional documentary project is emailed out to us all.