Midwest Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Don Werthmann

Saturday, October 19, 2024 @ 1:30pm, Conference Hall

To Think Outloud: The Collection of Visual Poems for Visual Literacy

Don Werthmann is a Professional Photography Faculty member in the Digital Media Arts Department at Washtenaw Community College, in Ann Arbor. While teaching a wide range of courses for over two decades, among his favorites are the project and portfolio development classes, because it's when students organize large collections of work for the first time and realize that their images are not just objects; they are ideas.
His passion and appreciation for various forms of visual art and art history emerged when he was a teenager, that eventually led him to earning BFA and MA degrees in Photography from Wayne State University, in Detroit. His forty-year career spans across commercial, editorial, photo education, film & digital eras, web design, studio and location lighting, and most recently handbound bookmaking.