Join HCP instructors Karen Navarro, Violette Bule, Fred Agho, and Chino Angles on Monday, March 17, between 6-7:30 pm CST as they present and discuss their contemporary portraiture practice in a panel discussion with Natan Dvir.
Registration is required using this link.
Contemporary portraiture embraces a broad range of new ideas, media and techniques. New approaches evolve our understanding of traditional portraiture, yet can sometimes feel challenging for those wanting to get into the genre and navigate this effectively. How are fine art, editorial, and commercial portrait photography evolving while exploring new ways of representation?
In this free webinar, 4 leading HCP instructors will present their work focusing on themes of identity, representation, process, and form. We will discuss the components that go into making powerful portraits, and show how historical and cultural symbols and references can be used to enhance the message behind a portrait. Get insight from leading portrait photographers as they delve deeper into their diverse approaches to the genre.
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Karen Navarro is an Argentinian artist of Mapuche, Guaraní and European descent who works across the mediums of photography, collage, and sculpture. Her work investigates the intersections of identity, representation, race, and belonging in reference to her migrant experience, her Indigenous identity and the history of colonization and its influence. Navarro has won the Artadia Fellowship, the Top Ten Lensculture Critics' Choice Award, and the Houston Center for Photography Beth Block Honoraria, among others.
Violette Bule is a Venezuelan-Lebanese conceptual artist holding an MFA from the University of Houston. Her work engages with a wide variety of topics, including migration, identity, memory, violence, and community engagement, digital technologies, the politics of space, and the social and political reality of contemporary Venezuela. Bule was selected as a participating artist for Insta11ations artist project organized by Art League Houston, the Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, and Houston Arts Alliance in Houston, Texas.
Fred Agho is a Houston-based commercial, editorial, and portrait photographer with a signature style that brings out the essence of his subjects. Agho’s journey into photography started on the sidelines of collegiate football, photographing teammates, but quickly evolved into a passion for storytelling through visuals. Over the years, he has photographed for major brands including FUJIFILM, Publix, SNKR App, Amazon, and Premium Goods.
Chino Angles is an editorial photographer based in Houston, Texas, originally hailing from Nigeria. His work has been featured in esteemed publications, including Rolling Stone, Vice, Houstonia Mag, and VoyageHouston, among others. Angle’s work seeks to reimagine Blackness beyond singular stereotypes, highlighting its diverse beauty through bold fashion, intimate portraits, and raw, emotional cinematic frames. His photography blends elements of horror, beauty, art, fashion, and film, exploring identity, representation, and the complex relationship between fear, beauty, and culture.