Levi’s Photography Workshop

Went past the old Deitch space on Wooster with Peter Sutherland last night, where Levi’s has taken over for a few months with a photography workshop, part of their series of city-specific creative workshops like the silkscreening/letterpress one that they held out in SF in August. I get a little suspect when I see this level of corporate influence on an alleged creative project, but this is damn sincere and really cool. They’re doing it right, even if the end-game is to shift jeans.

You can go in and use a lot of equipment, borrow cameras, print on large-format devices, shoot on a photo cyc, use professional lighting, etc., all for free (within reason, I suppose). They have a full schedule of photo exhibits and photographers giving classes all the way up to mid-December. Stop by and decide for yourself. The collection of vintage cameras is worth checking out, although if that’s really your thing you might have more fun in the ‘Used’ department at B&H.

Ran into some heads at the event, and since the topic here is photography, got some flicks with my newest iPhone app fling, “Cross Process,” introduced to me by my friend Marie who still gets better results than I do with it.