YARAT Contemporary Art Space announces international summer photography school
Baku, July 1 (AZERTAC). YARAT Contemporary Art Space has announced an international summer photography school.
Designed for professional photographers, the Summer School provides a highly intensive three-week practical and theoretical training in key aspects of contemporary photography.
The programme has been developed in collaboration with Magnum Photography. Magnum’s educational and community events provide opportunities for photographers at different stages in their careers to benefit from the vast experience of Magnum’s established photographers and employees.
Through a variety of Workshops, portfolio reviews, Masterclasses, University partnerships and visiting lectures, Magnum Photos is able to reach out to a larger audience of photographers, enthusiasts, students and fans of photography.
Events offer hands-on practical, technical and theoretical advice to help participants develop their own visual language and the skills required to compete in photography’s changing marketplace.
Summer School tutors include:
Thomas Dworzak (Czech Republic), Chien-Chi Chang (Taiwan) from Magnum Photography and prominent London based photographer David Montgomery.
The Summer School will take place from 1-23 August 2014. Application Deadline is July 15th.
The Summer School will provide participants with a structured framework of theoretical talks, discussions and debates, visual presentations, critiques and assignments. This will lead to the development of a photographic portfolio reflecting their individual interest and visual practice in relation to urban research. At the end of the Summer School a curated salon exhibition will be organized from a selection of participants’ photographs.
The workshop is aimed at professionals or serious photography enthusiasts. During the workshop, students are expected to work on story research and proposal exercises, visual exercises and editing exercises. In the end, it will define and sharpen each student’s own vision, heighten their storytelling skills using their own motivations and methods.
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