Applications for Fine Art Photography Workshop with Roger…

Eyes in Progress is a Centre for Continuing Education in Photography. The workshops we provide are exclusively led by distinguished photographers. They are held monthly in major European cities like Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam or Berlin and are open to professional photographers and advanced amateurs.
After the workshop, Eyes in Progress website features the participants’ portfolios, video interviews and a review by a photography expert.

APPLICATIONS till May 31st 2016!

www.eyesinprogress.com/…/workshop-fine-art-photography-roge…

Jun 30 – Jul 02, 2016
3 days in Berlin

FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY with ROGER BALLEN
How to develop the ability to more effectively express psychological identities

GOAL

The aim of the class is to enable students the ability to more effectively express their own psychological identities, better integrate the subjectivity that is involved in aesthetic photography with the science of photography, analyse the aesthetics of a photograph, better understand the aesthetics of Roger Ballen’s photography and his artistic practice as well as a better understanding of the business of art photography and what it entails.

BIOGRAPHY

Roger Ballen b. 1950, New York City. Roger Ballen is one of the most important photographers of his generation, one of the few still working in black and white photography. Ballen has lived and worked in Johannesburg for over 30 years. While working as a geologist, he began documenting the secluded small mining towns in South Africa where the interiors and the people he encountered in them led him to a body of work not only a social critique but also a unique engagement with metaphors of the human psyche within his images.

From 2000 his work evolved into an assortment of texture and composition of both objects and animals. In these works, seemingly incompatible objects may seem arbitrary but upon closer inspection one can discern Ballen’s ability to bring out the interrelationship between the different objects, the people, their forms and arrangement as well as their metaphysical and emotive qualities.

Ballen has published numerous books of his work namely Dorps, Platteland, Outland, Shadow Chamber, Boarding House, Asylum (2014) and his work has been shown in important institutions throughout the world, represented in many Museum Collections such as Biblioteque Nationale; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Tate Modern, London, UK, Museum Folkswang, Essen, Germany and Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA.

Roger Ballen’s website is www.rogerballen.com.

PROGRAM

«It’s always a very crucial point when you look at art work, why that certain work stick in the mind and then last and why is a lot of it fleeting, and that’s an important thing for me in terms of being an artist, that stuff sticks in people mind, doesn’t get out of the mind and is turned over in the mind, and comes out and also it’s a way to actually extends the consciousness of the person which to me is the purpose of art at least for the viewer Roger Ballen

During this workshop, students will engage with the process of making photographs, reviewing and critiquing works in order to gain a better understanding of the medium and its relationship to fine art.

Day 1:

Masterclass – Projections
Roger Ballen will spend time talking about his own work and the different projects he has worked on. He will share his aesthetics references with the group and discuss his artistic practice.

Portfolios reviews and projects definition
Each participant will receive and in-depth critique of their work. In order to make the most of the 4 workshop days, participants are highly encouraged to come to the workshop with defined ideas on the subject they want to photograph during the workshop.

Day 2:

Shooting session

The group goes early morning in an antique market or a vintage shop and each participant gathers a few objects. Then, the group goes in a selected place in which participants can shoot their project under Roger Ballen’s supervision.

Day 3:

Final portfolio editing
Each participant will work on a large edit of his images, then they are printed and laid down on a table (10×15 or contact sheet format). The final editing is made during a one-to-one session with Roger Ballen, the other participants are encouraged to attend the sessions of the others. Once the final edit is done, the participants may work on the post-process of their best images. They are then to write a personal statement on the work, which will be send to the evaluation committee member of their choice.

Final projections

Teaching language: English.

Workshop hours: 9h30 to 17h30.

Take your chance!