As you may have read in your e-mail and in our classroom, we have a guest speaker this evening: Larry Volk, the author of No Plastic Sleeves: The Portfolio and Self-Promotion Guide for Photographers & Designers. Volk will present a lecture about creating portfolios,
marketing your work on a budget, and discuss his experience in the
photography industry. He has lectured nationally on, digital imaging,
portfolio production and art practice. He has served as portfolio
reviewer nationally as well as a juror for regional art and photographic
competitions. Prior to the attending the lecture, I would encourage you to become familiar with Volk's personal photography work by checking out his website: www.larryvolk.com.
As a visual artist, Larry works with a still and time-based imaging in a
variety of forms and contexts. His work has been exhibited nationally
and is held in both private and museum collections. He is a
member-artist of the Bromfield Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts. His
most recent exhibitions include: a solo exhibition at the Bromfield
Gallery (2015) two-person exhibitions at Endicott College (2013) and New
England Bio-Labs (2012). He has been in numerous group shows, most
recently in the Flash Forward Festival, Photogogues (2014) and The
Society for Photographic Education Multicultural Caucus Film Festival
(2014). Volk is a Professor of Photography in the School of Visual and
Performing Arts at Endicott College and holds an MFA in Photography from
the Rhode Island School of Design. As faculty in the School of Visual
and performing arts he teaches courses in: photographic imaging, digital
imaging and manipulation, studio lighting, documentary photography,
portfolio and senior thesis. His areas of expertise include: documentary
photography, location lighting and production, video and time-based
production, photographic artist books, digital image editing and
production, and fine art digital printing.
To register for this lecture, click on the link below. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
SPECIAL FOR THIS LECTURE:
Larry Volk's Publisher, Focal Press, is offering a 20% discount on off
of their books. Students may take advantage of this reduced rate by
visiting www.focalpress.com and enter the code: FOC20 -- Orders over $35 ship for free! We will also be giving away five copies of Larry's book No Plastic Sleeves to the first five students to post a substantive question. You will be notified if you are one of the winners at the conclusion of the lecture.
As
always, AiP Online photography students are eligible to receive 10
points extra credit in a Photography Course for attending a live session
or guest speaker talk. You must register for the event with your name
and email and attend to receive this extra credit. Attendance is tracked
automatically by GoToWebinar. Please
notify your professor when you have completed your session attendance
and provide your attendance confirmation email as proof. Your professor
may require you to provide a summary of the webinar in addition to
verification of your attendance.
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Works Cited:
01. Volk, Larry. "Home." Larry Volk Photography and Video. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 May 2015.
02. Volk, Larry, and Danielle Currier. No Plastic Sleeves: Portfolio and Self-Promotion Guide for Photographers and Designers. 2nd ed. N.p.: Focal, 2014. Print.