Developing Writing for Photo Projects

Instructor: George Weld | Tuition: $395 (Members) $465 (Non-Members) | Dates: Thursdays, May 15 - June 26 (skipping June 19) | Time: 6 - 8 PM ET | Class Size Max: 8

Integrating writing into a photo project presents unique challenges—how do images and text relate to one another? What is the most effective way to present them together? And most importantly, how can photographers elevate their writing to match the strength of their photographs?

This 6-week online class is designed for photographers interested in incorporating text into their work, offering guidance on developing and refining their writing through workshops, guided readings, and discussions. Suitable for photographers at any stage of their project, this course supports a range of writing styles, from research-based nonfiction to lyrical prose. Those working on focused, book-oriented projects will find it especially rewarding.

George Weld works in writing, photography, and food. He is the co-author, with Raymond Meeks, of The Inhabitants (Mack, 2023), author of Breakfast (Rizzoli, 2015) and a contributor to the books New York Diaries (Modern Library, 2012), The New Brooklyn Cookbook (Morrow, 2010), Raymond Meeks’s Ciprian Honey Cathedral (Mack 2020), and Adrianna Ault’s Levee (Void 2023). His writing about photography, food, and poetry has appeared in Trigger, New York Review of Books, Lucky Peach, Agni, Edible Brooklyn, and the Boston Book Review. He was the invited writer for the Journal of Grievances, vol 4 (Antics Press, 2022), edited by Judith Black and the ImageThreads Collective. 

He has a master’s degree in Creative Writing from Boston University, where he studied with Derek Walcott and Robert Pinsky before doing graduate work in literature at the University of Virginia. He lives in the Hudson Valley.