Creating successful and compelling images outside the studio can happen in many different ways. Some photographers don't exert nearly as much control on location, while others focus on creating the best image they can out of whatever is happening in front of them. Each person’s process can vary widely according to circumstances, content, goal and personal preference. Issues relating to technique and production can have a large impact on the methods used to achieve a specific artistic outcome or to serve a client’s interests.

Join SVA Continuing Education faculty members Janusz Kawa, Stacy Mehrfar, Joseph Sinnott and Esteban Toro for a panel discussion on the craft, production and aesthetics of making photographs on location. The event will start with each panelist presenting some of their work along with a conversation around the paths they took to achieve their results. An extended Q&A will allow attendees to have their questions answered.

Panelists

Janusz Kawa was born in Warsaw, Poland. Studied photography and film at The Art Institute of Chicago in USA. Afterwards he moved to Paris, France where his photographs began appearing in major world publications such as French Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Australian Vogue, American GQ, New York Times Magazine and Interview. Since then he has moved throughout the world as professional photographer capturing the essence of people through portraits from world-renowned artists such as Morgan Freedman, Luciano Pavarotti, Ann Sophie Mutter, Louise Bourgeois, Daniel Day Lewis among others. During that time his personal work included projects from India to Morocco and Mexico. The thread running through much of his personal work shows the nomadic spirit of people similar to his own way of life. He has shown his work internationally in Mexico City, Paris and New York City where he is currently based.

januszkawa.com

Stacy Arezou Mehrfar is a first-generation Iranian-American artist. Her works have been exhibited nationally and internationally in venues such as TEDxSydney, Ethan Cohen KuBe, ClampArt, International Center of Photography (ICP), and Australian Centre of Photography. Stacy is the recipient of several grants, including the Australian Postgraduate Award and Australian Artist Grant. She has received positive press coverage by Collector Daily, L'œil de la Photographie, British Journal of Photography, and her works are published in Der Greif, Aint Bad, Fraction, among others. Stacy holds an MFA by Research in Photo-media from UNSW School of Art & Design in Sydney, Australia, a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a certificate in Creative Practices from ICP in New York. Her second photobook monograph, The Moon Belongs to Everyone, published by GOST Books, London (2021), was named photobook of the month for July 2021 by Leica Photographie International and selected as one of Photo-Eye’s Best Photo Books of 2021. Stacy is currently based in NYC .

stacymehrfar.com

Esteban Toro is a travel photographer based in New York City. Using photography as an excuse, he has traveled to more than fifty countries around the world. His passion is to experience the world and capture it all with his camera. He is a Sony Ambassador, represented by YellowKorner Gallery Worldwide, a photography professor, leading many creative workshops, photography expeditions and conferences about his own work. He’s a contributing photographer for Adobe Lightroom, Getty Images and Medecins Sans Frontieres. When Esteban is not photographing some remote country, he’s working in the studio, processing his photographs and researching new places to visit and choosing his next adventure. Also, his career as a professor and photography curator has turned him into a restless person who is always curious, looking for new references to share with his students and photography lovers. This passion turned him into an international World Press Photo Global Talent nominator. His work has been exhibited in many digital and printed magazines around the world, as well as collective and individual exhibitions, which has turned him into an important reference in the photography’s field.

estebantoro.com

Moderated by Joseph Sinnott (BFA 1988 Photography). With over thirty years of experience as a photographer and photo educator, Sinnott's diverse body of work includes celebrity portraiture, news and public affairs, performance, corporate communications and events.

josephsinnott.com

Image by Stacy Arezou Mehrfar, Janusz Kawa, Esteban Toro and Joseph Sinnott

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