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New Instructor Bill Holshevnikoff to Teach Popular "Advanced Lighting" Course

There are only a few seats remaining in this summer's Advanced Lighting for Digital Cinematography workshop with new instructor Bill Holshevnikoff!

 

Holshevnikoff, an award-winning lighting designer and educator, will be joining the MMW community to teach Advanced Lighting later this month from June 27 to July 3. He has been lighting and shooting broadcast, corporate, and documentary programming for over 20 years. As a leader in lighting education, Bill's instructional videos are featured on ARRI's YouTube channel. His class at Maine Media is sponsored by ARRI and will focus on exploring advanced digital cinematography and lighting topics.

Maine Media Gallery to Hold "Four Visions" Exhibition in July

Four talented women have come together for an exhibition of infrared photography that will be on view July 5-25 at the new Maine Media Gallery.  Four Visions in Different Light: Susan Bloom, Jill Enfield, Elizabeth Opalenik, and Theresa Airey strives to show how many perspectives and interpretations there can be for one medium. 

Infrared photography allows photographers to create images that make infrared light-waves discernible, even though they are beyond the visible spectrum. By using infrared film or adapted digital cameras, these photographers allow us to see what was once invisible. The infrared images create a surreal and delicate world. 

Each of the four artists has decades of experience working with infrared photography. The work they present in the exhibition includes figure studies, landscapes, and photographic collages. Three of the women -- Susan Bloom, Jill Enfield, and Elizbeth Opalenik -- are MMW instructors.

The exhibition will be on view at the Maine Media Gallery from July 5 - July 25, with a closing reception on Tuesday, July 20 from 6:30-8pm. The Maine Media Gallery is located at 18 Central Street in Rockport Village, and admission is free.

Digital Film Colorist Mark Todd Osborne at MMW this Summer

Mark Todd Osborne will be joining the Maine Media team this summer to teach Color Grading for Film & Video, August 15-21.

Mark has extensive experience working as a Digital Film Colorist, having spent twelve years at the prestigious Company 3 where he colored movies including the award-winning Capote, Invincible, and The Jane Austen Book Club. He now works as a freelance DI Artist in Los Angeles. 

About his profession, Mark says, “A mentor of mine once told me, ‘Anyone can learn to operate coloring equipment—but only a small few, have an “eye” for color’.  I’ve spent 20 years in motion picture industry—14 of them, as a Digital Colorist—and I Iook forward to sharing what I’ve learned so far.” 

MMC Graduate Film Exposes Perilous Odyssey of African Migrants

A free public screening of a compelling documentary film from MFA graduate Dominique Mollard, Adrift: People of A Lesser God, will be held Thursday, June 24 at 8PM in Union Hall Theater in Rockport.

Mollard's thesis project, Adrift, chronicles the ill-fated attempt by a large number of Sub-Saharan Africans to migrate to the Spanish Canary Islands, in search of a better future. Out of the 30,000 people who attempt this migration, only one third of the vessels complete the trip. Those who do succeed face imprisonment, deportation, or worse after their escape. In his film, Mollard follows 38 African migrants as they attempt the perilous 720-mile journey in a small, leaking fishing boat. 

Mollard, a Maine Media College alum, is an accomplished documentary filmmaker and human rights activist. His work has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize on three occasions. Adrift will be officially released this year, and Dominique expects to enter the film in festivals across the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.

Union Hall Theater is located at 2 Central Street in Rockport Village.

Maine Media Open House set for June 20

Open HouseThe community is invited for free family portraits and light refreshments at this year’s Annual Open House, set for Sunday, June 20 from 11AM - 3PM at our 70 Camden Street campus in Rockport.

At this year’s event, which falls on Father’s Day, there will be free family portraits in the film Sound Stage. All are welcome to join us for snacks and beverages under the dining tent and to tour the campus. Maine Media faculty and staff will be on hand to answer questions about the school’s photography and filmmaking programs and facilities. Hope to see you here!

Jill Enfield: Beyond Collodion at B&H June 24

Jill EnfieldPhotographer and MMW instructor, Jill Enfield, brings her expertise in alternative processes to the B&H Event Space in Manhattan, Thursday, June 24 from 3:00 – 5:00PM.

An esteemed fine art and editorial photographer, Jill is constantly innovating and adapting new techniques to produce an aesthetically unique body of work. Gain insight into her methods as Jill discusses the various processes she embraces, sharing her past work and discussing her new avenues in the medium. From wet plate collodion to images on tiles, you will be enthralled by this two-hour lecture.

Jill has taught handcoloring and non-silver techniques at schools in New York City and throughout the USA and Europe. Her work is in the collections of The Amon Carter Museum, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín in Colombia, The Boca Raton Museum of Art and Hotel Parisi in La Jolla, among others.

Her book Photo-Imaging - A Complete Guide To Alternative Processes won the Golden Light Award for Best Technical Book in 2002. Jill is working on an updated version which will be out in later this year.

Jill's work with infrared photography is featured in the touring exhibition Four Visions in a Different Light, opening at the Maine Media Gallery July 5, and her Collodion Process workshop in Rockport takes place August 8 - 14.

Below: View filmmaker Ryan White's time-lapse short of Jill at work in her portable collodion darkroom. Music: "We Insist" by Zoe Keating

 



Peter Turnley Opening Sees Great Turnout

Peter Turnley Opening ReceptionTuesday evening’s well-attended opening reception at the Maine Media Gallery marked the first-ever reception at the gallery’s new space in the Shepherd Building, and celebrated an exhibition of photographs by internationally renowned photojournalist and MMW instructor Peter Turnley. Attendees enjoyed conversation and tasty treats while viewing work from Turnley’s Parisians portfolio. Following the reception, Turnley gave a powerful slide presentation about his work to a full house at Union Hall.

Visit Maine Media’s Facebook page to see some more snapshots from the reception!

Peter Turnley: Parisians will be on view at the Maine Media Gallery, 18 Central Street in Rockport Village, through June 30. Admission is free.

Air Canada Announces Direct Flights to Maine

Traveling to Rockport is getting easier, with new flights being offered by Air Canada that will provide a direct link between Toronto and Portland, Maine.

Air Canada is now offering twice-daily flights that will connect the Portland International Jetport (PWM) and Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), one of Air Canada’s main hubs. Where air passengers once had one or more stops between the two cities, this nonstop service will make the trip to Rockport a much more pleasant and straightforward endeavor for those traveling to the Maine Media Workshops. From Portland, Rockport is a simple two-hour drive up the coast of Maine.

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