Workshop

Workshop

LANGUAGES : French/English

DURATION : 12 H / 2 Session of 6 H

LOCATION : Montpellier - France

DATES : Saturday 11 & sunday 12 may 2024

TIMES : 10:00 > 13:00 & 14:00 > 17:00

PRICE : 250€ Student price - 300€ Full price

A workshop for those wishing to acquire new tools and skills to deal with the process of formalising a photographic project into a book. 

To this end, the key aspects of photographic narrative will be explored, analysing all the elements that contribute to the construction of an effective visual narrative.

The specific features of the book object and the fundamental elements of its structure (rhythm, chapters, narrative) will be highlighted, and the narrative possibilities it offers will be examined by analysing sequencing methodologies, criteria and strategies. We will talk about workflows, materials, technical details and pre-press. 

All this will be done through the analysis of practical cases, the study of reference books and the collective examination of the photographic project of the participants who wish to teach it.

PROGRAMME

- Introduction to visual and photographic storytelling: formats, structures, sequences, rhythm.

- Telling with intention and effect: how to sequence a photographic project? 
Criteria and methodologies for articulating a visual discourse on the page.

- Analysis of case studies: DELTA (Camilla de Maffei) & À LA VILLE DE... (Eugeni Gay)

- Introduction to the book object and its basic elements

- Narrative structures: collective analysis of books

- Materials and workflows: technical advice.

- Relationships with professionals in the sector: designers, publishers, printers, etc.

- Collective review of participants' projects.

DIRECTED BY

Camilla de Maffei

Documentary photographer specialising in long-term narrative projects and photography teacher.

Her work has been exhibited in national and international galleries, institutions and festivals such as Fotografia Europea (Italy, Reggio Emilia 2023), Les Boutographies Festival (France, Montpellier 2023), Manuel Rivera Ortiz Foundation (France, Arles 2023), Sa Nostra Foundation (Spain, Palma de Mallorca, 2022), Palazzo Massari (Italy, Ferrara 2018), The Half King Gallery (USA, New York 2016), among others.

His project Delta (2014-2021) won the Mallorca Prize for Contemporary Photography (2021) and became a book published by Ediciones Anómalas (2022). Delta was a finalist for the Photobook Award at the Rencontres de la Photographie de Arles (2023), the Marco Bastianelli Prize for Best Book of the Year (2023), the Urbanistica Institute Award (2022), the I-Star Book Award (2021). The Great Father (2018-2023), his project carried out in Albania, is the winning project of Fotografia Europea 2023 and the Bup Book Award 2023.

Together with Eugeni Gay, she is the creator and founder of El Observatorio. 
Over the 13 years of El Observatorio's existence, Camilla has designed the educational programme for several courses (annual and termly), organised and chaired workshops, conferences and exhibitions aimed at promoting and disseminating art photography and visual storytelling. She has accompanied over 300 long-term photographic projects.

Eugeni Gay Marin

A graduate in biology and cultural and social anthropology. 

He has exhibited and screened his work individually and collectively in over 30 cities, including Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Berlin, Arles, Minsk, Quito, La Paz, Ankor and Istanbul.

He has received several national and international awards, including the SAIF revelation prize at the Voies Off festival in Arles, the Fnac new talent prize and two POYLatam awards.

He has published two books of photographs, "Desde la isla cuántica" (Ediciones Anómalas) and "À la ville de..." (Cuadernos de la Kursala).

Since 2019, his work has been part of the ANC (Arxiu Nacional de Cultura de Catalunya de la Generalitat) and the Kursala collection at the University of Cadiz.
As a teacher, he has been giving courses and workshops for 20 years. 

In 2011, together with Camilla de Maffei, he founded El Observatorio, an educational laboratory specialising in auteur photography and visual storytelling.

In recent years he has specialised in pre-printing books, collaborating regularly with Ediciones Anómalas, L'axolot Editions and Ediciones Posibles and has worked with various authors such as Michael Ackerman, Israel Ariño, Camilla de Maffei, Martin Borgen, Irene Zottola, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Sebastián Bruno and Luís González Palma.