Photography Workshop
2026 Photography Workshop with Amy Lovera
Photographic Storytelling
Looking at photographs instantly conjures stories in the mind – but how do we tell a story in still images? In this class, we will explore narrative strategies including pacing, sequencing, linear vs. non linear storytelling and how text functions with image. We will take the landscape of the island as a point of departure and will be inspired by existing narratives like fairy tales and poems. We will also examine photography’s relationship to painting and cinema. While we will hone photographic technique, emphasis will be placed on developing personal vision and content.
Amy Lovera is an artist whose work is rooted in imaginative storytelling and the interplay between reality and fiction. Her narrative works translate personal histories through reenacting them as photographs, animations, drawings and performances. Lovera’s work has been screened, exhibited and published both nationally and internationally, including the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum and The Griffin Museum of Photography. Lovera was recently awarded the Make Art individual artist grant awarded by the Rhode Island State Council of the Arts (RISCA). She has also been awarded grants from LEF Foundation, Bridgewater State University and RISCA’s Aaron Siskind Fellowship in Photography. She holds an MFA in photography from Rhode Island School of Design with a certificate in reflective collegiate teaching from Brown University. She is currently Associate Professor of Photography at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. She makes her home and her art work in Rhode Island.
You can visit Amy’s website here.
What to bring or wear:
Participants should bring any cameras or iPhones they use to take video or photos.