Guia Besana
The imaginary woman
Workshop
The imaginary woman
A workshop by Guia Besana
3-day intensive workshop led by photographer Guia Besana. The Imaginary Woman focuses on Fiction Photography. The participants will learn to master the most essential aspects of photographic staging: from story-making and pre-production techniques, to set direction and stage design. The aim of the workshop is to give all participants the opportunity to craft their own story through the creation of staged photographs. Under Besana’s supervision, they will work with a professional actress, and will have access to different locations, props, material and lighting sources.
The workshop focuses on the development of individual projects. All participants will share their work and interests, and each one will choose which story to tell, and how to tell it. Besana will guide the group through the different scenarios and characters, helping them curate their own mise-en-scène. They will learn to apply documentary and photo-reportage techniques to the creation of fictional realities through practical shooting exercises.
The programme also relies on a solid theoretical basis. The participants will learn about the history and uses of Fiction Photography, and will get acquainted with Besana’s work as well as the work of other renowned fiction photographers. By the end of the workshop, each author will have two fiction photographs, edited and reviewed.
Within The Imaginary Woman lies a desire to go deeper into the core of narrative, to penetrate the foggy realm of representation and find new paths across its tricky landscape. In the blurry border between truth and artifice, reality and tale, fiction becomes a compass. A gaze. A prism through which we can look at the world. Fiction is, after all, another kind of light.
Dates 3, 4 & 5 jun 2022
Participants 15
Language English
Application deadline 15 may 2022
Price 390,00 €
Payment Bank Transfer
Guia Besana
Born in Italy in 1972. Self-taught photographer who currently lives in Barcelona. With particular attention to women’s issues, her work intertwines with social themes and personal experiences, and plays around the boundaries of fiction and non-fiction, creating settings and brining her vision also into commercial photography.
Besana has won awards for both her fiction and non-fiction work and is regularly featured in international press and fairs.
Fairs and shows: Venice/ Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa (Italy) - Turin/ The Phair - Cortona/Cortona On The Move (Italy) - Charlotte/The Light Factory (USA) - Buenos Aires/Festival De La Luz (Argentina) - Barcelona/ Biennale (Spain).
Awards: PWP Professional Women Photographers, Prix Leica Oskar Barnack, AI-AP, MarieClaire International Award, Amilcare Ponchielli Grin, Los Angeles LADCA
Selected Press: The New York Times, CNN, Le Monde, Huffington Post, Marie Claire, Vanity Fair, Courrier International, D di Repubblica, Esquire.
Canon Ambassador since 2016. Member of Agence VU since 2020. Her Fine Art work is represented by VisionQiest4Rosso Contemporary Gallery
Key information
The workshop will take place in Barcelona, Spain.
Information for accomodation and restaurants will be given as well as information about transportation from and to airport or inside the city. We are here to make to provide you with all the necessary tips and facilities so please don’t hesitate to contact us for further requests.
Each participant will receive a certificate of attendance to the workshop.
COVID-19: All measures and recommendations made by the public health system will be followed and applied.
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, you will lose 50% of your payment as a handling fee.
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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