Instructor: Mari Howells


Classes by this instructor


Photographic Composition

Analyze the challenges and potential solutions involved in photographical composition. Investigate how photographers say what they say based primarily on ideas suggested in the seminal writing on photography, John Szarkowski's The Photographer's Eye.
August 25, 2026 to November 10, 2026, Pratt Manhattan

Photographic Style

This course will help students develop their own artistic identity by exploring the pillars of visualstyle: color, light, tonality, form, composition, and subject, and gain an understanding of howthese primary building blocks interact to build a visual syntax. Through regular shootingassignments, critiques, and lectures, students will develop a greater consistency in how theysee and express themselves, allowing their own individual interests, experiences, and values tocome together in their work.
August 27, 2026 to November 12, 2026, Pratt Manhattan