On March 10, 2015 NVPS member Tuan Pham (and a graduate of many Joseph Miller, Freeman Patterson, and Minor White workshops and training) will present his latest reflection on Zen, Photography, and strengthening your capacity for visual discovery which he titles “A Gift of Beauty and Peace.”
“A Gift of Beauty and Peace”
This presentation is for anyone with a camera, any cameras, and an interest in the non-technical side of photography. The goal is use the camera to enhance the quality of life by strengthening the capacity for visual discovery. They will learn:
- True joy of photography lies in the process, in visual discovery and freedom of expression, not in tools and imitation.
- Everything has beauty when preconceptions and selfing stay clear out of the way.
- Yes, you don’t have to travel long distances, climb mountains or wake up before sunrise to bring home the bacon—Photographs that make the heart sing.
It is between 60-75 minutes in length and consists of two parts. Part one is a hands-on “Relaxed Awareness” exercise to foster a mind state known as the Zone in sport, Flow in positive psychology, and Samadhi in meditation. Part two, a PowerPoint presentation entitled “The ABC of Visual Design,” is about the pictorial space and the relationship of objects in the visual landscape to one another, to the space they are in, and to the viewer. About 30 images, abstract and representational, taken with regular cameras in and around Washington Metropolitan will be used to make the points.
The Presenter: Tuan Pham is a member of Northern Virginia Photographic Society and Joe Miller’s GRC (getting it right in the camera). He trains in the tradition of Freeman Patterson and Zen Master/photographer John Daido Roshi, a student of Minor White.
Tuan likes to take pictures the easy way. His stylistic hallmarks are subjects cameras often overlook. He calls them “Beauty of Imperfection.” He had five images in the recent 2014 Nature Visions Photo Expo, including a nomination for the People’s Choice and a special award.
Retired from careers in banking and conflict resolution, Tuan now teaches Mindfulness Meditation and Photography as Zen Art at the Arlington Adult Education center and other venues. For more information, contact zenttl02 at gmail.com.
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