Developing your Clinical Eye though Photography

Developing your Clinical Eye though Photography

Alan Klass Program in Health and Humanities
Photography has provided this world with an overwhelming amount of data and imagery; it has changed how humans see and interpret reality to the point that what is real may not even be agreed upon. In the class we will examine how the camera world interprets the human world, how it can bend truths and even lie to us. When dealing with health and humans there is a lot to be interpreted, seen, and responded to; this class will help you develop your clinical eye when looking at our fellow humans.

Location
Week 1: Pathology 301
Week 2-5: Pathology 303

Leif  Norman wanted to be a High School Chemistry teacher, but then discovered that education was more than just teaching kids; things were complicated. Luckily, he was still attempting to be a photographer through doing his Chemistry degree at the U of W, and people continued to hire him to shoot festivals, portraits, and various events. He now puts his chemical knowledge to good use by experimenting with photographic processes from the 19th century, such as Cyanotypes, Salt Prints, and Calotypes. These are fun and artistic but don’t pay the bills, which is why he continues to be a useful commercial and event photographer for the Fringe Fest, Comedy Fest, Cluster Fest, The WAG, PTE, MTYP, Theatre Projects Manitoba, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers, The RWB, ft3 architects, Winnipeg City Hall and many more cultural institutions and businesses around Winnipeg. He won’t shoot weddings, but he will show up to the party. Leif considers himself a renaissance man, and since he was already a Cab Driver, Carnival Worker, Dish Washer in Gimli, Paperboy, MacBook Repairman, Performance Poet, and Voice Actor he figured he could also try to do interviews as good as Peter Gzowski.