photography workshop BODY IMAGE with Jila Nikpay

The Minnesota Center for Photography is offering a three part workshop entitled BODY IMAGE with photographer Jila Nikpay. From the MNCP website:

Description
Photographer/filmmaker Jila Nikpay offers women the opportunity to explore their body identity in this workshop. Her cross-cultural approach combines Eastern and Western sensibilities and makes use of a creative process through which women use their imaginations and intellects to examine personal relationships with their bodies. The workshop begins with a slide lecture that surveys the depiction of women in Eastern and Western paintings. The following session includes group discussion and creative exercises that prepare participants for an individual, explorative process using fabric as an artistic medium. The instructor will then photograph each woman, guiding her to move and express inner images of her body. In the third session, these photographs will be projected larger than life, offering the chance to view their draped bodies in a dramatic way and to engage in group discussion. Each participant will keep a 5x7 photograph as a record of her self-discovery.

Requirements
This workshop is open to all women who are interested in discussing and exploring their identities through dialogue and photographic exercises in a safe and nurturing environment. Participants do not need to have experience in photography.

To learn more and sign up for this workshop click HERE.