EXTREME PRIVATE EROS: PHOTOGRAPHY & DIARISTIC WRITING

Extreme Private Eros: Photography and Diaristic Writing explores how intimate photography and writing can work together to express personal, emotional and mythical narratives. Inspired by Sophie Calle, Duras, Chris Marker, Carrie Mae Weems, Yukio Mishima, Nobuyoshi Araki, alongside other artists, writers and thinkers who blur the lines between art, voyeurism, and self-revelation, students will learn to wield the camera as their co-conspirator and writing as their bleeding instinct. The outcome of this class will be a body of work that fuses intimate portraiture with deeply reflective writing. The course encourages risk-taking, vulnerability, and raw self-expression across media. 

From Morrison: "As an immigrant, I long for a non-hierarchical, safe space where I can create honestly and relentlessly. This is the environment I strive to cultivate for my students."
Mondays, 3-5 PM PST; 6-8 PM EST
​Online on Zoom
120 minute sessions, 5 weeks
July 28th-August 25th, 2025
$125 - $375 Tuition
Select scholarships and solidarity rate discounts available upon request.

INSTRUCTORS

Morrison Gong is a Chinese photographer with a background in performance and experimental filmmaking. They invoke the body as a site of haunting, wounding, conjuring and mythmaking. Their work converses with photography's ability to anchor eros and losses within the realm of the physical and the metaphysical. They have been invited as a visiting critic and guest speaker at esteemed institutions such as the Center for Photography at Woodstock, SUNY New Paltz, Haverford College, and Western Washington University. Their video works have been shown at Anthology Film Archives, Microscope Gallery, Vox Populi Gallery, CROSSROADS presented by San Francisco Cinematheque, Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, among others. Their photography has been featured on It’s Nice That, Whitehot Magazine and Lomography Magazine. Gong received their BFA from Parsons School of Design and their MA at the New School for Social Research. They are based in Brooklyn, NY.
Image credit: "Bei" by Morrison Gong