Please note: This workshop has reached maximum capacity, but you may add your name to the waiting list using the form below, as cancellations are always possible.
Photowalk Description
Meeting Place: At the entrance to the NY public library
Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
What to Bring: A fixed lens camera (50mm, 28mm lens preferred but any equipment you photograph with will do including an iPhone!)
New York City offers a rich backdrop for street photography—but great street photography is about more than just location. While many capture moments on the street, turning those moments into compelling, thoughtful images takes a practiced eye and instinctive timing. Welch-Kling is known for her project Duologues—a series of paired images that create visual conversations between two photographs. Through these pairings, she encourages viewers to find connections in unexpected places.
Whether you're just starting or looking to deepen your approach to photography, you will “walk” away filled with inspiration.
• Street photography techniques – how to observe and anticipate moments.
• Working with natural light – especially in unpredictable environments.
• Approaches to candid portraiture – building trust or shooting invisibly.
• Collaborative seeing – engaging with others to shift how you look.
• Slowing down – practicing attention, presence, and patience in creative work.
• A new appreciation for ordinary moments
• Techniques for working quietly and quickly on the street
• Working with natural light – especially in unpredictable environments.
• Approaches to candid portraiture – building trust or shooting invisibly.
• Collaborative seeing – engaging with others to shift how you look.
• Slowing down – practicing attention, presence, and patience in creative work.
• A new appreciation for ordinary moments
• Techniques for working quietly and quickly on the street
AND have FUN exploring New York with your camera!
Short Bio:
Nina Welch-Kling is a New York City-based photographer from a small town in southern Germany. Her background in architecture and design and her love of roaming city streets inform her often mysterious photographic depictions of everyday life.
Welch-Kling earned a B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, in 1990 and a Master of Architecture from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1993. She has lived in New York City since 1995, where she and her husband raised their two now college-aged daughters.
While raising her children, Welch-Kling remained engaged in creative endeavors, ultimately rediscovering her passion for photography. She enrolled at the 92nd Street Y, where she developed a technical foundation before further refining her practice at the International Center of Photography. There, she established a mentorship with Christopher Giglio, who continues to provide critical guidance in shaping her artistic voice.
In 2020, Welch-Kling received the LensCulture Critics' Choice Award and was also a finalist in the LensCulture Street Photography Awards. Her work has been featured in multiple international photography exhibitions, as well as numerous magazines and online publications, including The Guardian, The Eye of the Photographer, British Journal of Photography, Dazed, Musée Magazine, and TheModernMet.com. In 2021, she was one of eight women named a Hasselblad Heroine. Welch-Kling's first monograph, Duologues, was published by Kehrer Verlag in the fall of 2022. Most recently, from May through August 2024, her work was presented in a solo exhibition at Kunsthalle/Kunstsalong Schweinfurt in Germany.
Thank you!