Creating the Digital Montage

- Harness your imagination with modern tools

  Fran Forman, 'Creating the Digital Montage, Photography Classes and Workshops at Project Basho in Philadelphia PA'
Fran Forman
Description:

The photographic digital collage technique is perfectly suited to portray the imagined world of idea, memory, and emotion. In this hands-on workshop, students will explore the multi-faceted art of the photographic composite. Our explorations will incorporate visual materials into existing images to create dream-like and surreal montages. Students will explore Photoshop's capabilities for image layering and learn new techniques and technical shortcuts. Intermediate level - familiarity with Photoshop a must! Students should bring their own laptops, loaded with Photoshop CS (they can down-load a trial version for 30 days, free), a mouse and mousepad, or a Wacom tablet and stylus.
Schedule:
One-Weekend Workshop:
Saturday & Sunday, 9 am - 5 pm
March 6& 7
Materials Needed:
  • All the materials will be supplied during the workshop.
Prerequisite:

Photographic Vision I or portfolio review
Class Fee:
  • $400 + lab fee of $50
Enrollment: Limited to 8
Deadline: February 26
Instructor:

Fran Forman studied art and sociology at Brandeis University and received an MFA from Boston University's School of Fine Arts. Between working in the fields of illustration and graphic design and raising two daughters, Fran continued to create personal art, combining her illustrative and photographic skills with a passion for surrealism, paradox, illusion, assemblage, the non-human world, and the dislocations of time and place.

Fran is currently a Resident Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University and has taught at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and Castle Hill Art Center in Truro, Massachusetts. Her work has been published and exhibited widely and can be found in the collections of the Griffin Museum of Photography and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.