APPLICATIONS FOR THIS WORKSHOP ARE NOW CLOSED
Todd Hido is renowned for his beautifully evocative colour documentary photographs. With a wild eye he carefully meditates on expressive landscape images and peripheral urbanscapes that are simultaneously sublime and uneasy, seducing the viewer into his subjective vision.
“Where it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.” Junichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows
The purpose of this 5-day workshop is to work with visual ambiguity and engage in the production of image making that places expression over description. Participants will be encouraged to work with the rich palate of dark light, utilising and harnessing the melancholic blue illumination of dawn and dusk, entering into the possibilities of nocturnal photography to emphasise the nature of stillness and disquiet.
Milan is the location, an ancient city steeped in layers of history, memory and complexity.
Workshop structure:
Day 1: Todd Hido will present his work and methodologies of his working practice. Participants will introduce themselves to the group and present their portfolio.
Day 2: Participants will discuss project ideas to the group and will begin photographing in Milan.
Day 3: Participants will begin the process of presenting the work made on Day 2, in a group critique session. Participants will then continue shooting.
Day 4: The same as Day 3 and one to one tutorials with Todd Hido.
Day 5: A busy day to edit and sequence photographs for a presentation in the evening to a public audience.
To conclude: On the final evening there will be an event and presentation of the projects produced by the participants, in the form of a slide show, to a public audience. Followed by a presentation and talk by Todd Hido.
Please note: ArtFotoMode workshops are intense with the aim to maximise the potential of each participant. The structure of the workshop is fixed but the content is fluid enough to fit with the natural flow of the workshop.