Using Your Photography and Art for Social Justice

14/06/2019

Another wonderful print that you can bid on at our upcoming Spring Cocktail Party and Photography Auction. Thank you Ellen Jacob for your generous donation!

Tickets are still available!

09/05/2019

In this unique, hands-on studio course at the San Francisco Art Institute, where Ansel Adams founded the photo department, you'll learn how to create and use your photos and art to tell stories of social justice.

I'm Ellen Jacob and I'll be teaching this course. I'm a photographer whose work on social justice has been internationally exhibited and honored. The images below are from my immigration series "Us Against the Wall."

My course will run for six three-hour sessions beginning June 6 and ending July 18. I'd love to have you join us. To learn more and register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-2019-using-your-photography-and-art-for-social-justice-registration-57138196885

09/05/2019

Global warming forced the polar bears toward northern Russia this spring, following the sea ice. I was grateful this bear and her cub stayed behind in Norway's Svalbard Islands. These images are from "Arctic Fading," my series on the warming Arctic. Very light printing helps convey the message.

In my workshop course at San Francisco Art Institute on using your photos for social justice, we'll learn to create powerful photo series on issues that are important to you and the world. The course begins June 6. Join us.

To learn more and register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-2019-using-your-photography-and-art-for-social-justice-registration-57138196885

09/05/2019

In this 2017 photo, the French social justice artist JR is pictured at his installation on the U.S. southern border. The photo is by John Francis Peters for The New York Times.

JR's work is part of the long history of social justice photography and art. Join my workshop course at San Francisco Art Institute on using your work for social justice and we'll be discussing some of this history as you create new work. The six weekly evening classes begin June 6.

To learn more and register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-2019-using-your-photography-and-art-for-social-justice-registration-57138196885

09/05/2019

Why are there so many homeless? Why, in such a wealthy society, are people sleeping on the street? And where do you sleep?

I spoke with this woman and integrated her words into the photo I took of her. This image was awarded The Castonguay-Appelbaum Award by the National Association of Women Artists.

Take my class to see how to integrate words into your images, creating powerful art. To learn more and register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-2019-using-your-photography-and-art-for-social-justice-registration-57138196885

09/05/2019

The images here are from my series: Substitutes. This project was born when I wondered why the women taking care of the children in my neighborhood were all women of color and the children were all white. When Substitutes was first shown, the work went viral — over 1 million web views, international press coverage and TV interviews.

Take my workshop course at San Francisco Art Institute on using your images for social justice. You'll learn how to make your work support your beliefs and attract wide attention. The course begins June 6.

To learn more and register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-2019-using-your-photography-and-art-for-social-justice-registration-57138196885

09/05/2019

I'm thrilled to teach this workshop on using your photography and art for social justice. You can choose exiting images you have, or create new ones, and by adding filters or collage or words or other techniques, you can create work that has an important message.

To learn more and register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-2019-using-your-photography-and-art-for-social-justice-registration-57138196885

09/05/2019

In this unique, hands-on studio course at the San Francisco Art Institute, where Ansel Adams founded the photo department, you'll learn how to create and use your photos and art to tell stories of social justice.

I'm Ellen Jacob and I'll be teaching this course. I'm a photographer whose work on social justice has been internationally exhibited and honored. My course will run for six three-hour sessions beginning June 6 and ending July 18. I'd love to have you join us.

To learn more and register:

USING YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART FOR SOCIAL JUSTICEEllen Jacob6 Sessions>> Thursdays, June 6- July 18(No Class July 4th)7:00-10:00pm, Studio 20A, $295 From WWI posters, to Diego Rivera’s murals, to Sixties protest zines, to JR and Ai Weiwei, art has been used in support of social causes and change. ...