Project Basho: Photographer's Place in Philadelephia and Beyond - Photography Classes and Workshops including Platinum/Palladium Printing and Wet-Plate Collodion, Rental Black and White and Color Darkrooms, Rental Photography Studio, Fine Art Photography Gallery, Lectures by Photographers, Informal Critiques and Discussions Project 5: Inviting

Lecture Series and Other Programs
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Foster a culture around photography

One of the key concepts of Project Basho is to nurture a vibrant and active culture around photography in Philadelphia and its surrounding area. In addition to offering darkroom spaces, classes, workshops, and a gallery space, we recognize the importance of providing programs to promote conversation and dialogue about photography. With this in mind, Project Basho will be developing a series of lectures and other programs in our new lecture room starting this fall.

We plan to invite photographers and other notable people who are involved in the field of photography to offer a range of lectures and panel discussions to the local community. These occasions are intended to provide deeper insight into photographers’ work, their ideas behind the work, the impact and implications of the work in a larger context, and ultimately their identity as a photographer and individual in the ever-changing contemporary world.

We will also be showing photography-related movies on a bi-monthly basis in our lecture room. These titles include both documentary and fiction where photography plays an important role. We are actively building a list of movies to show, and we are open to recommendations. These screenings are free of charge, and anyone is welcome to these occasions. If you have suggestions or would like to recommend a movie for the screening, please feel free to contact us.

Lecture Series Schedule: Winter/Spring '10
April

Conversation with Photographers: Bill Schwab

Bill Schwab, Wet Plate Collodion, Photography Classes in Philadelphia, PA

Join us for an informal discussion with Bill Schwab, who will be teaching the Introduction to Wet-Plate Collodion workshop the same weekend.

Schwab is known for his ethereal, otherworldly depictions of urban and pastoral landscapes. His work can be found in museum collections including The Art Institute of Ohio-Cincinnati, Detroit Institute of the Arts, and George Eastman House as well as in two monographs, "Bill Schwab: Photographs" and "Gathering Calm: Photographs 1994 - 2004."

April 30

Night for Emerging Photographers

"Night for Emerging Photographers" is a program where new and emerging photographers are given an opportunity to present their project and body of work as well as ideas to the general public in order to gain feedback and responses.

Every other month, we will choose two photographers for presentation. Each photographer will have 15 minutes to show their work and elaborate on their ideas. Presentation can be literal to interpretive and observational to question rising. This process is all informal and intended to provide candid and invaluable feedback to photographers' work.

If you are interested in participating the "Night for Emerging Photographers" as a speaker, please complete the online application. Applications are reviewed an on-going basis, and are open to those who have a body of work. Selected artists will be contacted with further information. Please feel free to contact us if you have questions or suggestions regarding the program.

Movie Night
August

The Color of Pomegranates (1968)

Description:

Considered by the likes of Frederico Fellinni, Jean-Luc Godard, and Michelangelo Antonioni to be among the greatest films ever made, Sergei Parajanov's The Color of Pomegranates is a visual poem based in part on the life of Sayat-Nova, an 18th century Armenian bard. Though critically acclaimed for its use of mesmerizing, wordless tableaux vivants and powerful visual symbolism, the film was swiftly censored and banned in the Soviet Union following its release in 1968. The film masterfully blends elements of narrative, non-narrative, historical and fictional storytelling.

The Color of Pomegranates, Movie Night, Free Movie Screenings, Philadelphia, PA
August 26