Into the Deep
Photography as Soul Medicine
Use the camera as a tool for transformation from the inside out.
Create powerful images that say visually what can be hard to articulate with words. Connect with yourself on a deeper level while making meaningful photographs that matter.
Anyone can photograph what they can see.
Into the Deep begins with what you can't.
A memory you keep returning to.
A feeling you can't quite name.
The sentence you wrote in your journal and immediately wanted to cross out.
The longing. The grief. The tenderness. The rage. The thing underneath the thing.
This is where we begin.
Over eight weeks, you’ll learn how to take what's on your heart and turn it into a visual language that’s uniquely your own.
Some feelings were never meant for words.
Take what lives underneath the surface & in between words
& turn it into your own visual poetry.
This is the alchemy: taking something you carry and transforming it into something meaningful, tangible, and beautiful.
The Experience
Grounding Practices → Writing Prompts → Brainstorming Process → Create Images → Learn to Listen to What the Images have to Tell You About What’s Next.
Weeks 1 - 8 build on themselves
We start every session with a moment to get present and grounded. Followed by a quick check in.
I’ll share the topic of the week.
You’ll learn practices and writing prompts to practice during class.
I’ll offer images from other fine-art photographers so you can see the variety of ways people take what they are feeling and turn it into something visual.
You’ll receive a photo prompt to work on for that week.
Each week we will look at images people submit for the feedback portion of the session.
At the end of 8 weeks you will
Deepen your experience of yourself - your photography - your own visual language - build confidence in your talent and have a series of images that you feel really strongly about.
YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO MAKE YET.
You don't need a fully formed project.
You don't need to consider yourself a conceptual or fine-art photographer.
You don't need to know how to stitch a photograph or make a cyanotype.
You don't need some enormous story to work on.
You just need curiosity.
You can use any camera, including your iphone. No prior experience required.
Maybe your inner life has outgrown the photographs you're making.
Let’s fix that.
“Thank you Catherine for returning me to myself and my connection with something vital and wordless. Thank you for the joy and the fun of creativity and the listening in new and essential ways. To be in process again, to be in creation, to be in transformation, to be in relationship with the unknown, unfolding into the next moment, to be an artist…yes. And thank you for introducing me to photography which I truly love so much! ”
Miranda
“It's not just photography, it's not just personal growth and it's not just spiritual practice. It's everything. The way you share what you know changed me. For the better. Beyond what I ever e”
Susan B.
What emerges
is something that could only belong to you:
a visual record of
your own rhythm, hum, energy, frequency, song.
THE DETAILS
8 WEEKS. LIVE. TOGETHER.
We’ll meet live on Zoom every Wednesday at 10:30am Pacific for eight weeks.
Can’t make a session live? Every gathering will be recorded so you can watch on your own time or return to it whenever you need.
DATES TBA
Join the wait list and you’ll be the first to know when the next session of Into the Deep opens.
About Me
At 18, newly sober from meth addiction, I picked up a camera and turned my pain into visual poetry.
It saved my life.
39 years later, still sober, I exhibit internationally : Milan, Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles : and offer "Capturing Breath on Film," photo sessions
that travel with me globally.
I'm a single parent to my son Max, who has Down syndrome. He keeps me anchored in presence, honesty, and what actually matters.
I personally apprenticed with Miguel Ruiz, Author of the Four Agreements and am certified in somatic modalities that I bring with me if it feels right to bring those into my sessions.
I offer mentoring, courses and retreats for those looking for ways to turn their own experiences into their
own version of visual medicine.
Get on the wait list to be first in line when registration opens.