EDUCATION (Tech App, STEM/STEAM, Knowledge Visualization, Fine Arts, Digital/New Media, Photography)

Tom R. Chambers taught an all-day street photography and documentary portraiture workshop at  Precision Camera (Education Center) , Austin, Texas, October 9, 2021. He covered the  history of street photography, discussed Masters' photographs and his photographs , and discussed the street environment and documentation concepts/strategies . The participants made photographs on the streets of Austin based on classroom discussion, and then returned to Precision Camera to critique and select their images for an exhibition titled,  "On the Streets of Austin II (Reflections)"  held at  Artworks Gallery   in the city, January 8 - February 12, 2022.  Chambers states, "For a first-time approach on the streets of Austin, the participants did very well. Street photography is not an easy genre, if you take into account that it requires the introduction of the human element as it relates to: environment, evaluation/assessment, activity (movement), timing (“decisive ...

Within the Frame: Continuum of the Still Image Moderated by Dena Eber and Sue Gollifer December 3 (Friday), 2021 at 4:00 pm EST Via ZOOM Description Humans have been making pictures since the earliest cave drawings dating to at least 45,000 years ago, and the content and methods of making them have progressed since. With each new technological advance (this includes analog), image makers add another tool to their kits that open up new ways to practice, to express ideas and to tell stories that range from literal to abstract. Digital technologies are the latest and perhaps one of the biggest additions to the workflow, and with it, we have expanded our continuum of image making possibilities. Indeed, digital methods have changed imagery more than any other tool in history. In 2003, Christiane Paul wrote that, “The use of digital technologies in almost every arena of daily life has vastly increased during the past decade, leading to speculations that all forms of artistic media wi...

Tom R. Chambers taught an all-day street photography and documentary portraiture workshop at Precision Camera (Education Center) , Austin, Texas, June 5, 2021. He covered the  history of street photography, discussed Masters' photographs and his photographs , and discussed the street environment and documentation concepts/strategies . The participants made photographs on the streets of Austin based on classroom discussion, and then returned to Precision Camera to critique and select their images for an exhibition titled, "On the Streets of Austin" held at Artworks Gallery in the city, July 3 - August 7, 2021.  Chambers states, "For a first-time approach on the streets of Austin, the participants did very well. Street photography is not an easy genre, if you take into account that it requires the introduction of the human element as it relates to: environment, evaluation/assessment, activity (movement), timing (“decisive moment”), juxtapositions, foreground/backgrou...