Compass Arts Creativity Project, Inc.

Summer Snaps! Photography Camp
Monday-Friday, 10am-2pm, July 31 to August 4, 2023
For students 11-14 years old
Taught by Flux Photo Collective: Lesly Deschler Canossi, Flynn Larsen & Eve Morgenstern

We look at images all the time, but how do we make photos that tell our OWN story? Summer Snaps is a week-long workshop for youth who are curious about photography and want to learn more about how to make great pictures. In the first part of this workshop, students will learn the foundations of photography using digital cameras so that they can have more control over making images. We will explore lighting, portraiture, landscape, and still life through hands-on activities that include alternative process photography. We will have fun with hand-painted papers and the sun, making anthotypes (photographs made by using plant dyes), cyanotypes, and a camera obscura (a room-size pinhole camera) made in our studio space. Need a camera for the week? We have a limited number to lend (please note this at registration).

Note: this workshop is suited for youth just starting out with photography and also for returning campers from last summer who want to go deeper into making photographs and spend more time experimenting with alternative processes.

Flux Photo Collective was founded in 2021 in Beacon, NY by Lesly Deschler Canossi, Eve Morgenstern, and Flynn Larsen out of a shared studio space where they support each other's work. As a collective, the three pool their expertise and experience to engage with the community through teaching, exhibitions, and events. A $35 materials fee will be added on to the final price of the camp.