Dates: February 11 - March 11, 2026
Meetings: Wednesdays, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM CST (5 sessions)
Location: Online Zoom Classroom
Cost: $440 (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)
Instructor: Tom Griggs
Skill Level: Open to All Levels
Students in this course will explore visual strategies for going beyond traditional modes of documentary image making. Whether you are a photographer with assignment experience looking to transition into making more personally expressive work or a beginner interested in making yourself more visually present in your photography, this class will explore how the lines of photojournalism, documentary photography and art photography increasingly overlap these days and the exciting possibilities that opens for us as photographers.
Objectives:
Broaden your understanding of what documentary photography can be
Explore your personal vision within the field of documentary practices
Increase your ability to “read” photographs and talk about them
Strengthen the formal aspects of your personal work
Understand how to conceptualize and develop personal projects
Practice and improve your image-sequencing skills
Prerequisites: None
Course Prep: None
Dates: February 11 - March 11, 2026
Meetings: Wednesdays, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM CST (5 sessions)
Location: Online Zoom Classroom
Cost: $440 (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)
Instructor: Tom Griggs
Skill Level: Open to All Levels
Students in this course will explore visual strategies for going beyond traditional modes of documentary image making. Whether you are a photographer with assignment experience looking to transition into making more personally expressive work or a beginner interested in making yourself more visually present in your photography, this class will explore how the lines of photojournalism, documentary photography and art photography increasingly overlap these days and the exciting possibilities that opens for us as photographers.
Objectives:
Broaden your understanding of what documentary photography can be
Explore your personal vision within the field of documentary practices
Increase your ability to “read” photographs and talk about them
Strengthen the formal aspects of your personal work
Understand how to conceptualize and develop personal projects
Practice and improve your image-sequencing skills
Prerequisites: None
Course Prep: None
Images: Tom Griggs, Untitled, all from the series El Inquilino, Mexico City
