John Goodman • Cape Cod Light
Cape Cod, USA • September 30-OCTOBER 6, 2012
It is in autumn, when the tourist have gone, the mist comes in from the ocean and seagull sing their songs, the air is crisp, the light is sharp that is when Cape Cod is at its best…and so is the light. The same light that lured so many artists, from Edward Hopper, who moved to Truro in 1944, and used it as the subjects for many of his paintings, to Hans Hoffmann, to the quiet light in Joel Meyerowitz’ photographs in the book Cape Light. Cape Cod has been an art colony for over a century and people like: Milton Avery, Robt Motherwell, Willem Dekooning, Red Grooms, Andy Wharhol all relished their time there. It has always attracted artists….
Our workshop, led by John Goodman, will totally immerse in this atmosphere. We will spend our week finding inspiration out of simple everyday things: landscapes, shells on the beach, empty houses…and we will be also photographing people in this open and timeless landscape
The atmosphere is magic and will lead us to look at daily life with new eyes, and find stories to tell with our camera. In this way, you will re-discover you passion for photography, find new energy and insights in your images.
We will all stay in a small hotel, and spend the day between shooting and critique, both on individual and group sessions. And we will explore the area around us looking, catching the magic of the place.
It will be a very intimate workshop, where we will spend a lot of time together, sharing our experiences and passion for photography and art in general.
We will all come back with incredible memories, and strong images!
Biography
Upcoming in 2012, John has three solo exhibitions at Scott Nichols Gallery in San Francisco, Howard Yezerski Gallery in Boston and the University of Maine in Bangor. Last year John exhibited his Boston Combat Zone photographs and Not Recent Color at the Yezerski Gallery in Boston and was in Exposed that travelled from the Tate Modern in London to San Francisco/Moma and Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
John is in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, MFA Boston and SF/MOMA. He is represented by the Michael Hoppen Gallery in London, and Galerie Esther Woerdehoff in Paris.
Goodman has worked for such clients as the GAP, Puma, Converse, Gucci, RollingStone, Outside and the New York Times Magazine. John is based in Boston and on the faculty of the Art Institute of Boston.
