Paolo Verzone
The Speed of Light
Parallel Workshop + Ismail Ferdous
The Speed of Light
A workshop by Paolo Verzone with guest Ismail Ferdous
3-day intensive workshop led by National Geographic photographer and Scuola della Luce founder Paolo Verzone. The workshop will focus on refining and understanding the use of light in photography. Combining both technical and poetical approaches to light, Verzone will guide 15 participants through the practical and narrative fields of lighting.
The programme focuses on practical shooting exercises held in different locations with the aim of working with different lighting techniques and learning how to use different lighting sources (natural light / flash / continuous light). All participants will have the opportunity to discuss their work in group discussions.The workshop also relies on a solid theoretical base: not only photography, but also other forms of visual expression such as cinema and painting will be discussed. The aim is to understand and use light not just as a tool, but also as a language, a language full of meaning, rhetoric, and poetry.
Learning to work with light means learning to deal with time, with the lack of it, with context and landscape, with unexpected obstacles and fleeting opportunities. Light is a constant in photography, but it is never shone in the same way. How is light used to photograph a glacier? Or when taking the portrait of a Hollywood star? What about photographing a confidential archaeological expedition to the Egyptian pyramids? In ‘Aurora borealis’, workshop participants will have the opportunity to learn not only about lighting technique, but also about first-hand experience in the field.
The workshop will run in parallel with Take It or Leave It!, a workshop by Ismail Ferdous. We will share some time and experiences with him and the participants in his workshop.
Dates 09 – 10 – 11 sep. 2022
Participants 15
Language English
Price 390€ (+21% VAT Spanish citizens)
Payment Bank Transfer
Timetable
09 sep 2021
AFTERNOON (17:00h)
Registrations
Welcome by the Scuola della Luce team
Welcome Italian/Catalan aperitif and dinner
10 sep 2021
MORNING
Shooting session to learn how to use different light sources with models.
AFTERNOON
Shooting session to learn how to use different light sources.
11 sep 2021
MORNING (10:00 – 15:00)
Shooting session to practice the lightning techniques learnt the day before.
Paolo Verzone
Born in 1967 in Turin, and based between Italy and Spain. Since he began taking pictures at the age of 18, for almost 30 years, Paolo Verzone has been photographing the world around him. Since 1991 he’s been collaborating with Alessandro Albert in projects focused on portraits, such as Seeuropeans and Moscow Project.
He works with the most important international magazines, such as National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, Le Monde, The Independent, Sunday Times , Liberation, Vanity Fair, D la Repubblica delle Donne, Geo, Io Donna, GQ, Amica, Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, Courier International, Das Magazin.
His series of students’ portraits from military academy throughout Europe, Cadets, has been published by Editions de La Martinière in 2014.
Paolo Verzone’s works were awarded with several grants, among them: World Press Photo in 2000, 2009, and 2015; Canon Giovani fotografi; American Photography 2009-10, Sony Photography award 2011.
His photographs are part of different collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and the Instituto Nazionale della Grafica, in Rome.
Paolo Verzone is a member of Agence Vu.
Since 2017 he is a Canon Ambassador.
Key information
The workshop will take place in Barcelona, Spain.
A Field Guide of Barcelona will be sent to the participants once the places is confirmed with information about accommodation, food, places of interest, transfers and transportation.
Each participant will receive a certificate of attendance to the workshop.
Feel free to reach us for further information or to ask any question. Our team will help you in any way we can.
Terms & Conditions
We reserve the right to cancel this event when we do not reach the minimum number of participants. In the unlikely event of cancellation, participants will be given at least 1-week advance notice and a full refund.
If you decide to cancel for any reason, and notify us at least 20 days before the starting day of the workshop, we will reimburse all fees. After that time frame, Scuola della Luce will not make any refund.
The workshop fee does not include transport, accommodation or ground expenses other than those organised by the Scuola della Luce team.
Every participant has to bring their own equipment (camera, lenses, tripod and laptop).
Electrik Space – Estudi Jordi Bernadó
C/Domènech, 4B. Local 2.
08012, Barcelona, Spain.
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