I'm thrilled to be running a seven-week workshop with the irrepressible Morganna Magee in February and March 2017. Over seven weeks, we'll mentor ten participants as they learn make then exhibit a new body of work that focuses on personal, intimate and emotive storytelling.
Details are below, if you're interested or want to know more, please don't hesitate to contact us on makeitpersonalworkshop@gmail.com
Update (4 Jan, 2017): Two exciting developments to my original post. We're thrilled to be able to offer one person a scholarship for the workshop. We're also very happy to announce a partnership with UNLESS YOU WILL, giving our workshop participants half-priced tickets to the conference. Details below x
Description
This workshop is about visual storytelling in intimate, personal way. We will hone skills in conceptualising, making and editing documentary narratives that evoke emotion, empathy and connection between subject and audience. What photographic story a participant wants to tell is up to them, but it must involve at least one person and must be able to be photographed within the seven-week workshop period. We’ll also look broadly at contemporary documentary photography as a genre, drawing inspiration from some of today’s most innovative storytellers.
In four workshop sessions participants will learn:
Documentary narrative storytelling approaches
Access, trust, ethics and relationships in making stories about people
Editing and sequencing photographic projects for exhibition
Participant’s stories will be exhibited at the conclusion of the workshop at a one-night celebratory show. Friends and family are welcome to attend.
Who’s it for?
The workshop is open for photographers at the start of their career, photography students, or advanced enthusiasts. It is suitable for photographers who want to challenge themselves to make a new body of work about a person or human-interest subject. Participants may photograph on any type of camera (DSLR, analog, mobile phone) but should be aware workshop will not cover technical skills or camera functions.
Dates:
Workshop Sessions:
Sunday 5 Febrary, Saturday 11 February and Saturday 25 February, 9am - 5pm
Thursday 16 March, 5pm - 10pm (dinner provided)
Exhibition:
Cost:
Workshop Only $860
Includes four workshop sessions, access to facilitators via Skype between workshops, dinner on Thursday 17 March, print of ten exhibition prints, all costs associated with exhibition evening including drinks. Payment plans are available, please email us to discuss.
Workshop + UNLESS YOU WILL conference $900
We're thrilled to partner with UNLESS YOU WILL to offer workshop participants half-priced tickets for UNLESS YOU WILL: A weekend of conversation, inspiration insights.
Over two days UNLESS YOU WILL gathers local and international photographers, book makers, thinkers, curators, publishers, and enthusiasts together for a unique event in Melbourne. Part conference and part symposium, the weekend will be a relaxed, interactive and inclusive place for reimagining our way of making and sharing photography. ----> http://www.unlessyouwill.com/
Scholarship
We're happy to offer one scholarship position for this workshop. If you'd like to be considered for this position, please also include in your application a few sentences telling us why. We're particularly interested to hear from female photographers, photographers from low income backgrounds, new arrivals to Australia and/or people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Location:
Magic Johnston Cultural Complex, 27A - 29A Johnston Street, Collingwood 3066
Application:
This workshop is limited to 10 people. To apply for a place, please send us the following via WeTransfer to makeitpersonalworkshop@gmail.com :
Your name
Contact Details
Short Bio (100 words max)
Short Motivation Statement outlining why you want to participate in the workshop (100 words max)
Examples of your work. Preferably 10-15 images (lo res) from a single story or project, but a selection of your best images is also ok.
Applications close 20 January 2017.
