Art of the Photobook w/ Adrianna Ault

DURATION: January 20–April 28, 2027

WHEN: Wednesdays, 6-9pm

MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT: 8

TUITION: $2,000
CPW MEMBERS: $1,900
20% off scholarship: $1600*

Over the course of 15-weeks, artist ADRIANNA AULT will guide students from idea to completed book dummy. Whether you are advancing an ongoing project, drawing from a forgotten archive, or initiating a new art-making practice, this class offers a rigorous approach to book-making that will significantly expand both understanding and application.

• Learn the history of the photobook and its current place in the photographic arts
• Participate in critiques of your work within a small cohort of photographers
• Attend lectures with special guests, including photobook published artists and a publisher
• Learn how to pair and sequence your work 
• Discover your unique language of photography through narrative
• Discuss the components of a photobook: from papers to printing to binding
• Utilize InDesign for your photobook layout and design
• Create PDF’s and prepare files for press
• Create a photobook dummy
• Print 3 final books on CPW’s Digital Press. You keep 2, and 1 will be placed in CPW’s Book Press Archive! 

WHAT TO BRING: 
Prints, digital images, hard drives, or wherever your ideas and images are stored. Participants will eventually be tasked with identifying their preferred text and cover papers and will supply their own paper for printing.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
ADRIANNA AULT is an American photographer raised in New Orleans, LA. Adrianna graduated with a BA in photography from Warren Wilson College and holds an MFA degree in photography from Hartford University’s International Photography Program. In 2017, she collaborated with Tim Carpenter, Raymond Meeks, and Brad Zellar on Township (published by TIS), a photobook centered around the auction of her family farm in the rural Midwest. In 2018, Township was nominated for the distinguished Kassel Fotobook Award. In 2021, Adrianna was awarded the New York Foundation for the Arts JGS Fellowship for Photography. Adrianna’s first monograph, Levee, was published by VOID, in November 2023. This photographic work is a personal project that encompasses the process of grief while raising her young daughters. In addition to making work for publication, she has taught internationally and in the United States.  Adrianna’s work has been exhibited in the United States at Casemore Gallery (San Francisco, CA), NYCSPC Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), Prairie Gallery (Charlotte, NC) and exhibited internationally at Paris Photo. In 2024, a solo exhibition of her photographs from Levee was held at the Center for Photography Woodstock in Kingston, NY. Adrianna lives and works in the Hudson Valley, New York with her two teenage daughters and beloved dog.

*We strive to make our workshops and classes financially accessible while sustaining the resources needed to support our programs. Reduced-price tuition options are made possible in part through private donations, but primarily through the support of participants who are able to pay full tuition. By registering at the full rate, community members help create scholarship opportunities and expanded access for those who may not otherwise be able to participate.

When registering, we ask that you select the pricing level that best fits your current budget and reserve reduced tuition options for situations where they are truly necessary. These community-supported offerings are available on a first come, first served basis. If all reduced-price spots have been filled, please contact education@cpw.org to inquire about additional scholarship availability. We will always do our best to accommodate requests whenever possible.