The Short-Term Book Project
\© Julia Dean
When creating a body of work, a photographer creates a deep, personal connection to their project. A story is being told. But how does one tell that story to the rest of the world? How can the images be shared? One such method to showcase your work is by self-publishing a photography book. In this workshop, participants will learn two things: how to develop an effective, powerful short-term project and how to design a book to showcase the work. Workshop participants will shoot a new project throughout the workshop’s duration or pull work from an existing library. On the first night, discussions will include how to come up with project ideas, how to work on a project, how to edit the work, and how to sequence and design the work in book form. The second evening will be spent demonstrating the book software program, provided to us by A&I Photographic and Digital Services. Each session will also be spent critiquing the participants’ work, discussing design ideas, editing, and laying out each book. By the end of the workshop, each participant will have at least one finished self-published book. (The books will be published with a discount at A&I Photographic and Digital Services.)
Julia Dean is the founder of the Julia Dean Photo Workshops. Throughout her career, she has traveled to more than 40 countries while freelancing for numerous relief groups and magazines. She is also the author/photographer of the children’s book, A Year on Monhegan Island. Julia received a Bachelor of Science degree in photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master of Arts degree in journalism at the University of Nebraska. She began her career as an apprentice to famed photographer Berenice Abbott. Later, Julia was a photo editor for the Associated Press in New York. She has taught for 25 years at such places as the University of Nebraska, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles Southwest College, Santa Monica College, the Santa Fe Workshops, the Maine Photographic Workshops and the Julia Dean Photo Workshops.
