At Beyond the Photograph,we believe that the highest value of any photograph lies in its inherent visual language. While we stress technical excellence in the craft of making a photograph,our teachers urge participants to explore the symbols,signs and myths of our society and how they all combine to form visual culture.

Photography is the medium of storytelling in our world today. We live in a ubiquitous swirl of images with few of the thousands that reach our eyes everyday ever reaching the level of meaning to us. It is our goal at BTP to open a dialog in our workshops that teaches strong technical fundamentals,yet also opens up the photograph as a meaningful act of visual language.