The event was held on March 31, 2025 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

Workshop Overview

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS AN IN-PERSON WORKSHOP, to be held from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM in Room 200, Fisher Building, Camosun College Lansdowne Campus (3100 Foul Bay Road).

Registration is limited to 30 participants.

Rick Lawrence works in a number of different photographic styles but is best known for his abstract and minimal images produced from photographs taken in urban environments, either his immediate environs or on his travels in Canada, South America and Europe.  Urban abstract photography is about seeing your town or city differently.  Rather than documenting a city’s most recognizable or photographed features, Rick looks for the relationship between lines, shapes, patterns, textures, colour and the interplay of light and shadow in streets and alleyways. It is often a seemingly uninteresting fragment within a particular field of view that reveals hidden beauty or perspectives that are often overlooked in the bustle of urban life.  

This workshop will aim to inspire you to see your surroundings in new ways. Rick will talk about his influences, discuss his approach to seeing and taking photographs, and will demonstrate some of his post-processing techniques. Participants are welcome to bring their own computers/laptops if they wish to follow along or try out some ideas.  Rick primarily uses Lightroom and Photoshop; a basic understanding of these tools would be useful but not essential. 

About Rick Lawrence

Rick was born in England but has lived in Canada since 1975.  A significant part of his body of urban abstract work was developed on the streets of Vancouver, where he lived for more than 30 years until moving to Mill Bay on Vancouver Island in 2016.