pdfX12＋photojournalismコミュのその2 ）ワークショップ参加のススメ：Gary Knight+Philip Blenkinsop Masterclass

「ワークショップ参加のススメ その1：Foundry Photojournalismhttp://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?id=32676578&comm_id=2201044」ではサムソンさんと有意義な質疑応答が出来ました（というか今も公開中ですので、Foundry Photojournalismに関する件は何かあったらそちらへ）。

今回ご紹介するのは、これから開催されるものですが「ワークショップ参加のススメ」としてご紹介しておきます。これを見て参加する人がいたら、先の話しではありますが、こちらでまたやりとりが出来たら．．．と思う次第です。

こちらの講師はviiのGary KnightとnoorのPhilip Blenkinsop（先日動画でもご紹介しましたhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9T2Zxkhok0）。下記英文案内にある、二人の講師についての紹介がほのぼのしています。3つ予定されているワークショップのうち、カンボジアのシエムリアップで開催されるものはアンコールフォトフェスティバルと時期が重なります（ネットワークを構築するのにはいいと思います）。フェスティバル期間中にアジアの写真家向けにフリーで開催されるものもありますが、こちらではお金を払って参加するものをご紹介します。サムソンさんの参加した500ドルという具合にはいかないのですが、本来の相場は下記にご紹介するものくらいです。
来年のインドのラジャスタンのものも興味深いですね。下記、英文になりますが、そのまま紹介します。


http://www.rethink-dispatches.com/workshops.php
The workshop focus is the pursuit of excellence in story telling with photographs: to push yourself to the limits of your ability and imagination, to have an outstanding and unusual cultural experience and to enjoy and learn from the company of others. Working comfortably in foreign or new locations, particularly in a developing country, can take years of understanding and experience. We hope to jump start you in your environment to enable you to make the most of your location and for you to be able to concentrate on your photography.

We believe that the value of a good workshop is in the close contact and personal relationship you forge with the tutors. We aim for a very low student/tutor ratio, normally 8 students in a group and never more than 10 students per tutor. Everybody gets valuable one on one time on a regular basis.

We support emerging photographers from developing countries and will sponsor a local photographer on courses whenever possible.
Who should come?

Don’t expect a picnic! It’s a lot of hard work and long hours. The courses are aimed either at professional photographers looking for new inspiration and direction or at committed amateurs who are looking to really focus and improve their photography. Everybody is expected to have a good technical understanding of their equipment. On digital workshops you’ll need a laptop for editing and a full understanding of the appropriate software. We do not teach you how to use computers or software.
Locations

We choose places that the photographers themselves love so you’ll have the advantage of all their local understanding and knowledge. Not every hotel or room will be five star but expect wherever you’re staying to be COOL.
Provence, France

date:
September 7th-13th, 2008
description:
16 places Portraiture and Landscapes in Provence (digital) and 6 places B&W film inc. darkroom printing with Steve MacLeod of Metro Imaging
price:
€1,450 plus accommodation

Siem Reap, Cambodia

date:
November 15th-22nd 2008
description:
Assignment in Indochina, 16 places
price:
US$2,850 residential

Rajasthan, India

date:
January 29th-8th February 2009
description:
10 day road trip Jaipur to Jaisalmer
price:
€ 3,450

Please contact masterclass@rethink-dispatches.com
About Gary and Philip

Gary and Philip have been friends since their early 20’s when they met covering the war in Cambodia. Neither of them is able to recall exactly how they met which is rather revealing. During the early years of their friendship they would often cross the border into Cambodia from Thailand with Cambodian Resistance groups who were engaged in a war with the Government and the Vietnamese Army. Subsisting on rice, insects and fish that they would catch with hand grenades lobbed into rivers, grabbing sleep while napping in hammocks strung between trees in the jungle or underneath village houses and with the sounds of war and slaughtered pigs as a score they became accomplished in surviving the hardships of war and of working together. Since then they have crisscrossed the globe independently covering the darker side of human nature and have documented some of the most urgent issues confronting mankind. They remain close friends and plan on retiring together in a rice field in Cambodia.
Biographies

Gary and Philip are two of the most celebrated photographers of our time and have won numerous awards, have published several books and their work is in Museum collections worldwide. Gary founded the photo agency VII, is on the Board of several Foundations, has been Chairman of the World Press Photo Awards and a judge 3 times. He is the Editor and Art Director of Dispatches and a contract photographer for Newsweek Magazine. Philip is the only photographer to have been awarded the coveted Visa d’Or twice, has judged and won the World Press Photo Awards, and is one of the founders of the photo agency NOOR.

Steve Macleod is the London Creative Director of Metro Imaging Group and an internationally recognized B & W printer, having printed for some of the worlds foremost image makers. A photographer in his own right, he is also a trustee of HOST Gallery in London and a non-executive of foto8 magazine. Steve lectures in Photography at Degree level, subjects include critical thinking and professional practice and in 2004 was awarded with a Fellowship of the RSA for services to the Photographic Industry.

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