Jack Graham · November 14 – 16, 2025
The price below is only the Registration Deposit (excluding Community Classes, Donations, Events, Gift Certificates, and Quilts). See description below for Balance and Total Cost of the workshop.
$190.00
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Registration Deposit: $190 (includes $25 fee)
Balance: $385, due 9/15/25
Total cost of Workshop: $575
Dates: Friday, November 14th – Sunday, November 16th, 2025 (9am-4pm)
Minimalism: “A Style of art, and theater that uses the smallest range of materials and colors, and only very simple shapes or forms” … Cambridge Dictionary
Thank you for considering this very special and very different photography workshop on beautiful Whidbey Island in November 2025. We will discuss and photograph many diverse subjects all while using a minimalistic approach with our image making.
It is somewhat unnatural for us photographers to create images based on simplicity and Black & White concepts, but these are powerful to the viewer. We’ll discuss and develop the proper concepts, techniques, and mindset to create such images. Get ready for perhaps a new way of seeing our world! You don’t need fancy gear, a large assortment of lenses, etc. All you need is to develop your creative eye. We will help you do just that.
This 3-day workshop will be an intensive two days of field and classroom work based on Jack’s curriculum that has been developed in over 30+ years of teaching workshops. Whidbey Island offers endless possibilities, and we will be visiting a variety of the locations that have been visited by us in past workshops.
WHAT’S IN STORE
Here on Whidbey Island, we are lucky to have so many different locations to develop our minimalistic photography images. We have abundant water, forests and other urban and scenic locations that offer so many possibilities when it comes to image making, especially in a minimalistic way. We’ll spend time in the classroom as well as in the field developing our skills.
We will meet at 8:30am on Friday morning November 14th at the Pacific NorthWest Art School and go over itineraries as well as a presentation on minimalistic photography. We will spend considerable time in the field as well as have time to review our work together. We will conclude at about 3PM on Sunday afternoon (11/16), allowing time to travel home if necessary.
DAILY LOGISTIC INFORMATION and GENERAL INFORMATION:
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Thank you for considering this workshop. It will be one that you will learn to think, see, and create.
Instructor Bio
Jack Graham feels that the experience of immersing himself in the location is just as important as the photograph. As a photographer, his mission is to make images that depict his emotions and relationship to his surroundings and through the creative process. His prior life as a professional musician overlaps in the creative sense with his photography. It’s the whole experience that fascinates him. Negotiating the creative boundaries of a new image happens before the camera is even used. The places visited and friends made through photography enrich the process. Images are the end product of the process. Making art keeps him going. Artist first, photographer second.
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