| Transcendent Photography

Learn how to create transcendent photographs that go beyond the ordinary and inspire a sense of wonder, awe and contemplation.

Transcendent means, “going beyond or exceeding ordinary limits.” And that’s exactly what our workshop aims to do for our students.

The first day is spent working with students to review their work and their artistic goals, define the word ‘transcendent’, and start slowing down with purpose. We will show examples from the works of artists ranging from Stieglitz and Ghirri to modern-day photographers.

The concept of creating transcendent work is then divided into three areas: Intention, Emotion, and Experiment. Each of these is the subject of a separate day’s shooting assignment accompanied by writing students’ aims and results.

Attendees are free to choose an impromptu theme perhaps based on our location or expand upon an existing personal project. The idea is to view the workshop as a ‘retreat’ allowing creative spirits to soar unhindered.

On the final day, students will share their body of work from the week telling their stories in images and words to be displayed in a gallery-like presentation with the goal of bringing their intuition to life and transmitting their sentiments to the viewer.

All images copyright Eileen McCarney Muldoon & Olaf Willoughby.