Join us as we continue our guest photographer workshop series with French writer and photographer Jehanne de Champvallon! Our next "Writers as Photographers" workshop "The Chimney Sweeper" will explore William Blake and his writings and ideas about the themes of innocence, beauty, fear, power and corruption, as applied to the photographic vision of French author and photographer Jehanne de Champvallon, who will lead the workshop. Jehanne's approach is that each photograph, or series of photographs should tell a story, just as she would do as a writer. The workshop participants will learn how the craft of being a writer and photography can complement each other.
During the workshop, Jehanne will discuss how she begins with a story as a writer, and then as photographer, proceeds to tell the story in an image or series of images, including using the art nude as a form of expression. Photographers will have the opportunity to photography the story and model under Jehanne's direction, so that they can experience and experiment with this novel approach to photography. The themes she will explore and has selected from William Blake's work are as follows:
I) SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND SONGS OF EXPERIENCE - Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul… as exemplified by the two poems The Lamb (innocence) and The Tyger (beautiful and fearsome). Jehanne will work with our model to portray these contrasting states of nature; as both Virgin Mary and femme fatale..
II) THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER.. the nature of innocent and corruption and the tension between them… as illustrated with the model.
III) The ABSURDITY OF LIFE and the absence of God in Blake's work
She will demonstrate the process with Heather Joi, the model she has selected for this workshop. Heather
You can see Heather's portfolio at: https://www.modelmayhem.com/chikaramoth