The photography of places, particularly new places, is one of the most compelling challenges for photographers. This workshop is devoted to intensively photographing a new place, San Miguel de Allende, and producing a concentrated and poetic portrait of this fascinating town.
Participants develop and execute their own photographic vision and ideas for the week.
As work is generated, it is closely edited and refined, with the goal of creating individual photographic essays by week's end. In addition to our work in the field, we view and discuss the history of the photography of places, concentrating on some of the classic essays of our time. Sam Abell is a gifted and insightful teacher, an expressive artist, and a sensitive photographer. He studied photography with his father, Thad Abell, and began working as a contract photographer for National Geographic in 1969. Since then he has covered a variety of editorial assignments, ranging from the wilderness to cultural events.