THE LONG-TERM PROJECT
CONNECTICUT · AGES 15+
Develop your project from concept to exhibition.
Do you have an idea for a collection of images? Is your project already underway?
The Long-Term Project is an in-depth workshop designed to help photographers develop a sustained body of work. We’ll work through each phase of the process—from distilling your initial idea and making the photographs to editing, assembling and ultimately presenting the finished work.
Along the way, students receive feedback from the instructor and fellow photographers, while continuing to develop their projects independently.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
- Previsualization: Developing the idea
- Preparation: Researching and planning
- Production: Shooting the project
- Post-Production: Editing and refining
- Packaging: Assembling the work
- Pitching: Galleries, publications and grants
- Presentation: Preparing for installation
- Promotion: Next steps for the work
WHAT TO BRING
Camera + Laptop
Your project – whether it’s an initial idea, a work in progress or something you’ve already begun shooting
WORKSHOP DETAILS
Ages: 15+
Dates: January-April 2027
Schedule: 8 three-hour sessions, every other week, plus a final exhibition
Experience: Intermediate to advanced
Class size: Maximum 5 students
Location: Weston, CT
Tuition: $2,250
From Feel Safer Now? – long-term project by Greg Cohen
how the workshop works
DEVELOP
We begin by crystallizing your vision, researching the idea and strategizing how you want to approach the project.
CREATE
Between sessions, you’ll make photographs and develop the work independently, with ongoing feedback from the instructor and the group.
PRESENT
We edit and sequence the finished work, consider how it should be presented and prepare the project for exhibition.
Dogs in Cars – long-term project by Greg Cohen
A La Mode – long-term project by Greg Cohen
LOCATION
Opening night at a past exhibition
Weston, CT
Exact location provided upon enrollment.
Parking:
Parking details provided before the workshop.
QUESTIONS
Workshops require a minimum of three participants. If a workshop is canceled due to insufficient enrollment, participants will receive a full refund or may transfer to another available date.
If you miss a session, we’ll schedule a short session to catch you up and review your progress. Since much of the work happens between sessions, missing one won’t derail your project.
No. Some photographers arrive with a project already underway, others with a loose idea and some with nothing more than a curiosity they want to explore. The first sessions are about finding and shaping that idea, so you can start wherever you are.
The program ends with a group exhibition. Venue and details will be shared with enrolled photographers. Each photographer presents their finished project, and the show is open to the public. Preparing the work for display, including selecting, sequencing, printing and hanging, is part of what you’ll learn.
Yes. Tuition can be paid in full at enrollment or in two installments:
1. A 50% deposit at enrollment, with the balance due by seven days prior to the workshop
2. Contact us here to set up a payment plan.
The Long-Term Project
If you withdraw your enrollment, refunds will be made as follows:
– More than 60 days prior to the start date of your workshop: full refund, less cancellation fee of 4% of tuition.
– 30–60 days before the start date of your workshop: 50% refund.
– 30 days or less before the start date of your workshop: non-refundable.
– Once the program has begun, tuition is non-refundable, but unused sessions may be credited toward a future workshop, good through the following year.