Visual Storytelling – Ancestral Roots Workshop
Instructor: Francesca Roccaforte, MS
NEXT WORKSHOP DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
Fee: $60 members; $80 non-members (Maximum of 12 students)
Class Description: Would you like to preserve your precious old family photos and create a family tree? Do you still have family elders who are full of intriguing tales of a colorful past? In this class, you will learn basic portrait photo/video techniques that will help you document and preserve your family history and cultural pride. Eventually, if you wish, you will be able to post this on your own website.
Materials: Students bring blank CD ROMS, personal digital cameras preferably with a video capability. Bring 10 of your best old B & W or color photos to be scanned. Scanner will be provided.
About the Instructor: Francesca is a digital photographer, director, producer, instructor, and historian. She has been a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer for several years. Her multicultural portraits, photo essays, and independent film and video projects have been exhibited, televised and published in the Bay area, NYC, Europe and Africa. Her Master’s thesis on prominent Italian-American women leaders, including politicians and civic leaders was published in books and academic journals.
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