WorkShopAsia will hold its next roving workshop in Siem Reap, Cambodia’s fastest growing town and the jumping off point for the spectacular temple ruins of Angkor Wat. With a maximum of 12 participants, the six-day, seven-night event will provide an opportunity to explore the cultural riches and social dynamism of this exotic corner of the world. Accommodation is provided at a stylish Khmer-style hotel in Siem Reap. Award-winning documentary photographer and WorkShopAsia founder Jack Picone will lead the workshop along with co-founder Steven Coleman, British photojournalist and acclaimed photo book designer. Renowned photojournalist and author Nic Dunlop is guest tutor for the week. Nic will be there to critique and edit participants’ work one-on-one, and also take part in evening projections and discussions. After arrival on Sunday July 1st, our workshop will begin late the same afternoon with an introductory get-together and a projection of selected work of tutors and participants. Like any working photojournalist, you will be given an assignment brief to interpret as you wish. (The brief will be announced prior to the workshop to give you time to research possible subjects before you arrive.) The aim is to produce a documentary photo essay with a striking visual narrative, to be shown on the final evening. Tutors will hold individual and group sessions to supervise and edit the assignments, and dialogue intensively on topics such as photographic composition, portraiture, advanced camera techniques, how to research ideas and tell an original story, how to market a body of work, and how to hone your personal style. With the world’s most breathtaking ancient ruins on its doorstep, Siem Reap and surrounding areas offer endless photographic possibilities. The town itself has gone from backwater to boomtown in the space of a decade, and traditional Khmer culture coexists with the emergence of a new young, hip generation of Cambodians. As well as the vast temple complex of Angkor Wat, nearby are floating villages with traditional stilted houses, the rural beauty of Tonle Sap Lake and the flooded forest of Komplong Phhluk. The workshop’s schedule will be demanding but highly rewarding. Instructors and field assistants will be on hand constantly to help navigate any areas of difficulty and discuss all your photographic concerns. Interpreters can also be arranged where necessary. Cost: US$2,600. Includes all workshop sessions and seven nights accommodation in individual rooms with private bathrooms. Breakfast included. Does not include travel costs to Siem Reap. Application: The workshop is strictly limited to 12 participants. Subject to meeting workshop requirements, places will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. To receive further information or to request a registration form, email: mail@workshopasia.org
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Jack Picone is a world renowned editorial and documentary photographer with two decades of experience working in South East Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the United States. He has received significant international photography awards including The World Press, Photographer of The Year (POY) and the Fifty Crows grant for social documentary photography. He has covered eight wars and subjects as diverse as Thailand’s HIV epidemic, tribal culture in Sudan and illegal gold mining in Sulawesi. His work has been featured in many magazines including The New Yorker, Stern, Der Spiegel, L’Express, Time, Newsweek and Liberation. He is currently working on a book project documenting the precarious lives of migrants and refugees on the volatile Thai-Burma border.
Steven Coleman, freelance photojournalist and celebrated photography book designer, has been working independently for 10 years, with particular interest in Asia. He has covered various social issues, ranging from a visual study on Cambodian demographics to the spread of HIV/AIDS amongst India’s truck drivers.Steve’s architectural training and strong photographer’s eye have led to an unintended, yet highly successful career in photographic book design, allowing him to work intimately with some of the most influential photographers of our time. He has recently received critical acclaim having designed Philip Jones Griffiths Viet Nam at Peace and Tom Stoddart’s iWITNESS, winner of the POY award for Best Photography Book of 2005. Steve is currently working with award-winning photographer Seamus Murphy on several book projects, including his work in Afghanistan, with Jack Picone on his long-term Thai/Burma border project and with Per-Anders Petterson on his 10 year chronicle of South Africa.Jack and Steve are both based in Bangkok.
Nic Dunlop is an Bangkok-based photographer represented by Panos Pictures in London. His work has been published in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times, The Sydney Morning Herald and Marie Claire. He has also worked for numerous NGOs, among them: the Mines Advisory Group, Care, Oxfam and UNICEF. Nic is co-author of a book on landmines in Cambodia entitled, “War of the Mines”, which features more than a hundred of Nic’s black and white pictures. His work has been exhibited widely and he has given talks about his work at the Edinburgh Book Festival, the Barbican Arts Centre in London and the National Film school in Ireland. In 1999, he received an award from the John Hopkins University for Excellence in International Journalism for exposing the head of the Khmer Rouge secret police, Comrade Duch a story told in his book The Lost Executioner. A real-life detective story, The Lost Executioner describes the life of the man responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the killing fields. Nic is currently completing a a major photo-led book on Burma’s dictatorship entitled, “Burma - Between the Lines”.