Stu Levy & Willie Osterman Photography Workshop
Shore Acres and the Oregon Coast

August 28 to September 1, 2023
Workshop Fee: US $900. Deposit amount: $150.

To register for the workshop, contact Stu at DrZone5@gmail.com

Shore Acres and the Oregon Coast will be the focus of this workshop. On the Oregon coast west of Coos Bay, Shore Acres is often termed the “Point Lobos of Oregon.” It is an area of convoluted rock forms and tide pools. North and south along the coast are pristine sand dunes and volcanic “seastacks” forming the rugged coastline

This is the backdrop for an intensive photographic experience with Stu Levy and Willie Osterman. Early mornings and late afternoons will feature field sessions with camera-side evaluation of composition and exposure. At mid-day, the instructors will lead print viewing and critique sessions and will present their own work. Darkroom as well as digital workflows will be discussed.

Stu and Willie are intimately familiar with the region and offer you a unique combination of technical expertise and creative insight which promises to make this workshop an unforgettable experience. We will be based at the Global Inn in Coos Bay, where a block of rooms has been reserved for the workshop participants.

All camera formats, film, digital, and all printing approaches are welcome.

For everyone’s safety, completed COVID vaccination is a requirement for attending the workshop.

Willie Osterman is a Fulbright Scholar and a professor of Fine Art Photography at Rochester Institute of Technology. He taught and was an assistant at the Ansel Adams workshops in Yosemite Park. His first sabbatical was in Yosemite National Park spending a year documenting the workers, visitors and the land. His publication ‘Déjà View: A Cultural Re-Photographic Survey of Bologna, Italy’ in its second edition is now out of print.

Stu Levy is a photographer living in Portland, Oregon. He has led photography workshops on the Oregon Coast for over 30 years. He studied with Ansel Adams and was an assistant instructor for Ansel’s workshops in Yosemite and Carmel; he was also an instructor at the Ansel Adams Gallery Workshops. A podcast interview with him was recently published on-line: https://diffusiontapes.com/tapes/stu-levy.