Richard Sandler
A Rare Opportunity
For more than five decades, Richard Sandler has used photography and filmmaking to explore the complexities of public life, creating a body of work distinguished by its humanity, curiosity, and powers of observation.
Limited to ten participants, this two-day workshop offers the opportunity to work directly with Richard through lectures, discussion, guided photography walks, mentorship, and professional critique.
Included with Registration
Two-day workshop with Richard Sandler
One hour of individual mentorship with Richard Sandler
One hour of individual mentorship with Andrew Legere
Guided street photography sessions
One photographic assignment
Post-workshop critique and image selection
Workshop guide and resource material
One professionally printed and custom framed archival exhibition photograph
Your Finished Photograph
Each participant will receive a professionally printed and custom framed archival exhibition photograph created from their own work produced during the workshop.
The finished piece will be presented in an 11×14 frame with a custom cut museum mat and premium no reflective glass. Gallery ready and designed for long term display, completed photographs will be available approximately one to two weeks following the workshop.
Example presentation only. Participants will receive a professionally printed and framed photograph created from their own work produced during the workshop.
Meet Richard Sandler
Since the 1970s, Richard Sandler has built an extraordinarily deep and complex body of work spanning more than five decades. His photographs reveal public life as something layered, unpredictable, humorous, tense, and deeply human. Still actively photographing and continuing his work as a filmmaker, Sandler's practice remains alive, evolving, and unfinished.
His photographs and films have been exhibited internationally and are held in major public collections throughout the United States.
Permanent Collections
Brooklyn Museum
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of the City of New York
New York Historical Society
New York Public Library
Selected Publications & Films
The Eyes of the City (2016)
Awards
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Photography
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
New York State Council on the Arts Fellowship
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Day One
Morning
Introduction
Richard's background
Books and films
Influences
Philosophy
Questions and discussion
Afternoon
One-on-one mentorship begins
Street photography
Day Two
Morning
One-on-one mentorship continues
Street photography
Afternoon
Group discussion
Review of lessons learned
Editing philosophy
How Richard edits work
Looking at books, projects, sequencing
Participant questions
Closing conversation
A Conversation Through Photography
Every great photographer has approached the world differently. Some searched for form, others for emotion, mystery, humour, or beauty. They each developed their own way of seeing, leaving behind bodies of work that continue to influence photographers today.
Photography has always evolved through this exchange of ideas. Every generation learns from the one before it, borrowing, questioning, and building upon what came before. The photographs we make today become part of that same conversation.
The purpose of this series is not to imitate great photographers. It is to understand how they thought, why they made the photographs they did, and what their work can teach us about our own creative practice. By exploring different approaches to photography, we begin to see more intentionally and develop a stronger personal vision.
The Creative Photographer is ultimately about learning to think like an artist. The photographers we study simply become guides, opening new ways of seeing the world and helping us better understand our own.
A Note from Andrew
Over the years I have become increasingly interested not only in how photographs are made, but in how great photographers think. While mastering a camera is an essential part of the craft, becoming a stronger photographer also means understanding the philosophies, creative processes, and ways of seeing that have shaped the medium for more than a century. Every workshop in this series begins with a photographer whose ideas transformed photography, using their work as a point of departure for our own.
Together we will explore photographers whose work fundamentally changed the way we understand photography, not to imitate them, but to understand the ideas that guided their work. We will discuss why they made the photographs they did, how they approached the world, and what their philosophies can teach us about our own photographs.
Photography is also a craft, and questions about cameras, lenses, exposure, composition, printing, and technique are always welcome. My hope, however, is that you leave with something more enduring than technical knowledge: a different way of seeing.
Questions & Information
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These workshops are intended for photographers who are comfortable using their camera and are looking to deepen their understanding of photography as an artistic practice. While no formal training is required, participants should be open to discussion, critique, editing, sequencing, and creating finished photographic prints.
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Photowalks take place throughout central Vancouver and are intentionally planned around locations that are easily accessible by SkyTrain and public transit. In person workshops, critiques, and exhibition sessions are typically held in Mount Pleasant at Legere Fine Art Studio or at nearby partnering businesses.
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You are not required to attend every scheduled session. At the beginning of each workshop, participants will receive a complete course outline, assignments, and guided project structure.
Photowalks and photographic assignments can be completed independently if you are unable to attend a scheduled session.
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Any camera is suitable, including digital, film, mirrorless, DSLR, or compact cameras. Participants should simply be comfortable using their equipment independently during walks and assignments.
For the David Hockney Joiner Workshop, digital is preferred as you will be making 75, 4×6 prints.
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Yes. All photographic printing and the professional mounting and museum quality custom framing of your final artwork are included in the registration fee.
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Yes. Participants are welcome to work with both film and digital photography throughout the workshops.
Film photographs intended for critique, sequencing, proofing, and exhibition must be professionally scanned and submitted digitally for printing and proofing sessions.
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Final exhibition details and location will be announced during the workshop.