Peter Turnley, a legendary international photographer/photojournalist and teacher of street photography, is offering a one week workshop focusing on helping students make authentic, spontaneous photographs of daily life in the spirit of the philosophy of the great French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, “The Decisive Moment”. This is an amazing opportunity to grow as a photographer in order to be able to make photographs that represent spontaneity, authenticity, and reveal the magic and poetry in the streets of daily life.

During the workshop students learn to connect with magical moments of daily life and develop a camera technique and approach to photographing people and life that enables them to capture the richness of the authentic life of people where ever they are to be found. Turnley is a master both photographing life and people, and has photographed over 4 decades amazing moments of the human condition worldwide, see: “Moments of the Human Condition”. He works with students to overcome their timidity and anxiety around photographing people, offering time tested tips and technique both in human terms and camera technique. He helps students find their inner voice and connect with their passions and interests regarding the world around them. This workshop offers an amazing opportunity for students to make a large leap forward in their ability to photograph not only environments and landscapes, but most importantly people and life. Peter Turnley’s workshops are most often amazing transformational experiences for students, see: Student Testimonials

Turnley also works with students on photographing and editing a picture story and creating a visual narrative.

There are daily lectures and presentations by Peter Turnley. The workshop meets daily for approx. 3 hours each day for presentations, lectures, and photo critiques and reviews. Students are encouraged to spend the rest of each day during the workshop, out exploring and photographing the very interesting and exciting visual life that exists in the towns, villages, farms, and ports, of the wonderful region of Rockport, Maine. Peter works with students to find a theme, themes of photographic interest, and helps them develop a photo story/narrative of their weeks work. This is an excellent opportunity for students to work on developing their personal vision, and style. The workshop ends with a final show with each student producing a 15-photograph picture story/essay that will be edited together with Peter on the day before the conclusion of the workshop.