OPEN CALL Nikon-NOOR Advanced Storytelling Workshop in Düsseldorf

The 2022 Nikon-NOOR Advanced Storytelling Workshop will be held in Düsseldorf, Germany between 26 and 29 September 2022.

PHOTO © Olga Kravets

Applications are now open for the tuition-free Nikon-NOOR Advanced Storytelling Workshop which will be held in Düsseldorf, Germany. 

The 2022 Nikon-NOOR Advanced Storytelling Workshop is open to 12 participants and consists of four all-day sessions directed by three NOOR authors and a facilitator from the NOOR team. The authors will work closely with participants, sharing experiences, working on portfolios, guiding editing skills, and offering advice on creating impactful visual stories. 

During the four days participants will work on one-on-one sessions with the tutors as well as develop their projects within a group. The workshop is centred around proactive and constructive feedback sessions and aims at providing the participants with new perspectives for the development of their projects and a deeper understanding of the state of visual storytelling for their professional development. 

The tutors of the NOOR Advanced Storytelling Workshop are: Andrea Bruce, Tanya Habjouqa and Olga Kravets.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS

The 2022 Nikon-NOOR Advanced Storytelling Workshop is tuition-free for participants and open to emerging visual storytellers currently living in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Applicants are encouraged to include in their portfolio a personal project they would like to engage with during the workshop and indicate in their motivation statement what they want to explore concerning that work. Jurors are looking for compelling visuals and stories.

Participants will be chosen by a panel of industry professionals. The deadline to apply is Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 11.59PM CET. 

For more information contact: Xiang Yu Yeung | xiang@noorimages.com

OPEN CALL Rock 'n Roll Photography Workshop by Pep Bonet at WACKEN

The Rock ‘n Roll Photography Workshop is a new educational initiative launched as a collaboration between the Wacken Foundation and the NOOR Foundation. Led by NOOR author Pep Bonet, it will empower six selected young photographers based in Germany by facilitating the development of their visual mastery in music, event and festival photography.

© Pep Bonet / NOOR

Taking the opportunity of the 2022 edition of Wacken Open Air (WOA) Festival, the selected group will be mentored in a live setting by NOOR Author Pep Bonet. For three days, the mentor and candidates will be working as a group, dividing tasks, ccreating a variety of images with a fresh style - shooting, editing and post-producing new photography on the spot to be used on the official WOA communication channels.

Former photographer of Motörhead, official photographer of Wacken Open Air for various editions, Pep has been committed to the visual documentation of Rock ‘n Roll and Heavy Metal scenes across the globe.

His last personal project ‘Hellbangers’ is an audiovisual project and book documenting the unique underground metal music scene of Botswana.

NOOR x WACKEN Rock 'n Roll Photography Workshop

• When: 4-6 August 2022

• Where: Wacken Open Air

Supported by:

© Pep Bonet / NOOR

Kadir van Lohuizen | Applications Open for the Photography Workshop in Tanzania

NOOR partnered-up with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tanzania to organise a free 2-day Photography Workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from October the 24th until October the 25th.

About the Tutor

Kadir van Lohuizen (NL) has covered conflicts in Africa and elsewhere, but is probably best known for his long-term projects on the seven rivers of the world, the rising of sea levels, the diamond industry and migration in the Americas. His most recent project ‘Arctic: New Frontier’ done together with Yuri Kozyrev for the Fondation Carmignac was exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery in London. 

Content 

In this workshop participants will discuss, share & learn about the development of a long-term photographic project. NOOR photographer Kadir van Lohuizen is a master of visual narrative and storytelling, allowing him to engage participants into crafting their stories. Together with the participants, he will work on the (re)conceptualizing, sequencing, and narrowing down the series and projects. 

Date: Thursday & Friday 24-25 October 2019

Time: 9:00-18:00

Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Application deadline: October 6, 2019, at 11:59 P.M. (EAT)

NOOR at ImageSingulières | Workshop

This intensive 2-day workshop, led by NOOR authors Alixandra Fazzina and Leonard Pongo, will allow emerging photographers to develop their documentary project – from conception to dissemination.

This workshop will provide both relevant industry insights as well as individual feedback and advice for each participating photographer. This workshop will take place in English.

© Alixandra Fazzina / NOOR

The workshop will take place on May 30th & 31st 2019, at the Ancien Collège Victor Hugo, Sète, France