Slow Looking: A Practice of Observation with Liz Titone
Slow Looking: A Practice of Observation with Liz Titone
September 14th, 2026 - October 19th, 2026
Mondays 6-8pm EDT for 6 weeks.
The more-than-human world sets its own terms. It demands attention, flexibility, and sensitivity, and invites us to receive what it offers and respond in kind. Photography puts us in relationship with that world, negotiating what light, weather, and timing will give us and when.
The practice of Slow Looking requires that we stay with an image past the first impression, into what settles and what reveals itself over time. It opens a way of receiving what's present, deepening our engagement with the images we've made and the ones we've yet to create.
What opens up when we set aside the rules we've learned and arrive at an image without a plan for what we'll find there?
Where does the pull to interpret or explain show up, and what happens when we let it go?
Over six weeks, we develop a Slow Looking practice we carry into the field and into the editing and sequencing that follows, sitting with an image long enough to quiet the inner critic and make room for curiosity. Deep listening becomes part of how we look, both at each other's work and at the work of other artists.
Together, we learn where Slow Looking takes root in how each of us works, and discover what a cohort can reflect back that we cannot see alone.
Kinship uses a pay-what-you-can honor system with a minimum donation of $60. The actual cost for a 5-6 week practice group is $125. Donations below $125 are being subsidized by Kinship. Please give as generously as you can. If you cannot afford the minimum donation of $60 please request a scholarship.
Liz Titone is a photographer and educator whose artistic practice is a continuous dialogue between observation and creation. Naturally curious and equally stubborn, she approaches her work with an insatiable thirst for answers, even when they lead to further questions.
Trained in photography and book arts, Liz is drawn to paper and the tactile experience it offers, but it's the dance of light through her lens that truly captivates her. Liz’s work toggles between the mechanical precision of the camera and the hands-on engagement with materials, blending both to reflect the world around her.
