PHOTO WORKSHOP - Hopi Cultural Tour

with Gary Johnson
April 17 - 20, 2008
Cost: $1,395

We will meet at 7:30 am to start loading gear into the bus, leaving promptly at 8am. We will pick up our photographer and guide as we leave town.
Lunch will be in Flagstaff, followed by a visit to the Museum of Northern Arizona for a talk on Hopi history and etiquette. There will also be a potential stop at a local gallery.
Sunset at Coalmine Canyon offers us our first chance to photograph landscape at Hopi.
Dinner in Tuba City will be followed by checking into our rooms at the Hopi Cultural Center.

A sunrise shoot gives us another view of Coalmine Canyon from a different location.
After breakfast we'll be enjoy a talk about Hopi Katsinam (Kachinas) by artist Wallace Hyeoma a traditional Hopi Katsinam carver, and have a chance to purchase "Don’t Worry Be Hopi" products.
Lunch will be followed by a portrait session.
We will then be led on a private walking tour of Old Oriabi. Our guide is the matriarch of this village, which was founded in 1145 A.D.
A presentation on dry farming techniques by "Pahana" Joe Day will follow, hopefully in a nearby Hopi cornfield.
Dinner back at the Hopi Cultural Center will give us a quick break before an evening photo critique.

Today will be devoted to photographing a number of Hopi artisans at work and in their homes. Visits to a silversmith and potter are scheduled.

An early morning session with Eagle Dancers along one of the Hopi Mesas will be a wonderful start to our last day here.
A guided tour of the village of Walpi wraps up our time at Hopi, with one more portrait session with a hoop dancer in Flagstaff scheduled for later in the afternoon.
We expect to return to Phoenix anywhere between 6-10pm, depending on how many photo opportunities there are throughout the day.

Hopi women by Gary Johnson

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