Participants for the Nikon-Noor Sweden Academy

We are delighted to announce the 15 participants selected for the Nikon-NOOR Academy, which will take place in Stockholm, Sweden between from 12th to 16th of March 2018. 

We would like sincerely thank all the people who sent forward their applications and congratulate the photographers who will participate in the workshop with Yuri Kozyrev, Jon Lowenstein and Kadir van Lohuizen: 

Alice Aedy
Hampus Andersson
Matteo Congregalli
Mohammed Elshamy
Pablo Garrigos Cucarella
Néha Hirve
Olga Karpushina
Carlo Lombardi
Nora Lorek
Lea Mandana
Anna Mininkova
Victor Raison
Juliette Robert
Line Ørnes Søndergaard
Alessandro Vincenzi

We are excited to meet & work together in Stockholm!

Participants for Nikon-Noor Poland Academy

We are delighted to announce the 15 participants selected for the Nikon-NOOR Academy, which will take place in Warsaw, Poland between from 26th of February 2018 to the 1st of March 2018. 

We would like sincerely thank all the people who sent forward their applications and congratulate the photographers who will participate in the workshop with Nina Berman, Tanya Habjouqa and Sebastian Liste.

Andreea Campeanu
Francesca De Chirico
Agata Grzybowska
Artur Gutowski
Anna Ivantsova
Filip Jakubowski
Dominika Jaruga
Karolina Jonderko
Pawel Laczny
Krystian Maj
Rafal Siderski
Farzad Soleimani
Alexander Vasukovich
Anastasia Vlasova
Dawid Zielinski

We are excited to meet & work together in Warsaw!

Announcing the 2018 Nikon-Noor academy masterclasses

Nikon Europe and the NOOR Foundation are excited to announce the program of the 2018 Nikon-NOOR Academy. The Academy will launch a new series of free-of-charge masterclasses for young, aspiring and talented documentary photographers in Poland, Sweden and Belgium.

During each of the four-day trainings, 15 participants, together with three NOOR photographers will share experiences, work on portfolios, improve editing skills and learn how to develop visual stories. The Nikon-NOOR Academy is a unique opportunity to learn impactful visual storytelling, further develop personal vision, strengthen ongoing projects and gain new knowledge and contacts in an intimate and interactive environment. 

Participants can get the most out of the experience when they come to the masterclass with a body of work they are currently developing, editing, working on and/or thinking about how to share with audiences. Thus, applicants are encouraged to include this work and indicate what they want to explore in relation to the work in their application portfolio and motivation statement. Below you will find more information on each masterclass.

• Teaching in Warsaw, Poland: Nina Berman, Tanya Habjouqa & Sebastian Liste 
• Teaching in Stockholm, Sweden: Yuri Kozyrev, Jon Lowenstein & Kadir van Lohuizen
• Teaching in Brussels, Belgium: Sanne De Wilde, Benedicte Kurzen & Pep Bonet

Participants can look forward to intensive communication with NOOR photographers and their peers on subjects ranging from how to develop and edit a photographic story or project, to the nuances of the international photo market.

The NOOR-Nikon Academy is a unique opportunity to learn impactful visual storytelling, further develop personal vision, strengthen ongoing projects and gain new knowledge and contacts in an intimate and interactive environment.

Each masterclass is led by a diverse and unique combination of three NOOR photographers. All experienced teachers and lecturers, NOOR photographers are actively engaged in their own documentary practices, current debates in the field and in the development of the next generation of photographic talent.

Since 2009 NOOR and Nikon have partnered on education programs encouraging and supporting young photographic talent around the world. We have built strong collaborations with an international network of young photographers, photography professionals, cultural organizations, journalism and educational institutions. NOOR-Nikon educational programs have successfully trained more than 175 students from more than 64 different countries and counting.

Below please find the Calls for Applications for the 2018 NOOR-Nikon Academy. Calls are now open for the masterclasses in Poland, Sweden & Belgium.

Call for Applications for NOOR-Nikon Poland Masterclass:

Deadline to apply is 29th January 2018.

Apply here

Call for Applications for NOOR-Nikon Sweden Masterclass:

Deadline to apply is 29th January 2018.

Apply here

Call for Applications for NOOR-Nikon Belgium Masterclass.

Deadline to apply is 29th January 2018.

Apply here

For any questions please contact education@noorimages.com.

Reactions from previous NOOR-Nikon educational programs:

“Photography is part education and part evolution of one’s talent. This was my first workshop and it was an enriching experience. I learned more in these days than probably I could have learned in a year working in the field.”

   – Bogdan Chesaru, Romania (NOOR-Nikon Masterclass, Bucharest, Romania)

“The workshop was fantastic! Meeting with NOOR photographers and very talented people from our region is a great opportunity. You should continue organizing programs for regional cooperation among young photographers. I got great tips about storytelling, editing, grants and bookmaking!”

   – Ozge Sebzeci, Turkey (NOOR-Nikon Masterclass, Istanbul, Turkey)

“The masterclass helped to draw an overall picture of my career. The experiences shared by NOOR helps to make a long-term plan.”

   – Elyor Nematov, Kyrgyzstan (NOOR-Nikon Masterclass, Almaty, Kazakhstan)

If you would like to be added to our education mailing list please email education@noorimages.comwith the subject line “Subscribe NOOR Education” with the following information:

• Your full name
• Email address
• City of residence
• Country of residence

Announcing participants of Nikon-NOOR France visual journalism workshop in Bayeux

NOOR Images and the Nikon France Pro Department are pleased to announce the 12 participants selected for the 2017 NOOR-Nikon visual journalism workshop – Developing your Transmedia & Long-term Project with Pep Bonet and Kadir van Lohuizen.

The participants, six male photographers and six female photographers from 10 different countries, were selected from over 60 applicants. We thank all the candidates for sending us their applications and portfolios. The selected twelve are:

Svetlana Bulatova

Rebecca Conway

Farbod Firoozi

Julie Franchet

Nick Jaussi

Marjan Kochak Yazdi

Daniela Koenig

Seif Kousmate

Emilienne Malfatto

Milutin Markovic

Vilhelm Stockstad

Nicola Zolin

The workshop will take place in Bayeux, France, from 3 to 7 October, coinciding with the Rencontres Prix Bayeux-Calvados prize meeting and festival for war correspondents. Organized since 1994, this an annual event that pays tribute to and brings together journalists working in precarious conditions whom enable the public free access to information.

During the five-day program, NOOR photographers and agency co-founders Pep Bonet (ES) and Kadir van Lohuizen (NL) will share key insights, experiences and tools to help workshop participants develop their own long term transmedia projects. The program includes one on one portfolio reviews with each tutor, group editing sessions, along with presentations and discussions covering everything from transmedia project conception, budget development and production, to collaboration and dissemination. Tuition and meals during the workshop are free through the generous support of Nikon France.

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Open call for applications: tuition-free workshop with Pep Bonet & Kadir van Lohuizen

Developing your Transmedia & Long-term Project: a Workshop with Pep Bonet & Kadir van Lohuizen (NOOR)

With 2017 marking the 10th anniversary of NOOR Images and the 100th anniversary of Nikon, together we celebrate our continued collaboration. On this occasion NOOR Images and the Nikon France Pro Department invite visual journalists and documentary photographers to apply for the 2017 NOOR-Nikon visual journalism workshop – Developing your Transmedia & Long-term Project with Pep Bonet and Kadir van Lohuizen.

The workshop will take place in Bayeux, France, from 3 to 7 October, coinciding with the Rencontres Prix Bayeux-Calvados prize meeting and festival for war correspondents. Organized since 1994, this is an annual event that pays tribute to and brings together journalists working in precarious conditions whom enable the public free access to information. The workshop program will make this most of this context, integrating special events from the program and connecting workshop participants to the inspirational and important network of attendees.

The workshop is open to young and aspiring visual journalists, including those intending to work in conflict zones and potentially dangerous environments, as well as those interested in developing a transmedia practice.

During the five-day program (see below), NOOR photographers and agency co-founders Pep Bonet (ES) and Kadir van Lohuizen (NL) will share key insights, experiences and tools to help workshop participants develop their own long term transmedia projects. The program includes one on one portfolio reviews with each tutor, group editing sessions, along with presentations and discussions covering everything from transmedia project conception, budget development and production, to collaboration and dissemination.

Participants can get the most out of the experience when they come to the workshop with a body of work they are currently editing, working on and/or thinking about how to share with audiences. The workshop will be an intense, intimate, creative, productive and inspiring experience. Participants will come away from it not only with new knowledge, ideas, tools and motivation, but also with a new network of colleagues – all of which will push their projects and practice further.

Where: Place Gauquelin-Despallieres, Bayeux, France during the Rencontres Prix Bayeux-Calvados prize meeting and festival for war correspondents.

Who: 7-12 participants

KEY DATES

Workshop: 3-7 October 2017

Deadline to Apply: 20 August 2017, 11:59pm (CET)

Notification of Selection: 5 September 2017

THE TUTORS

Pep Bonet (Spain, 1974) is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer who has travelled extensively capturing profound moments that represent the unbalanced world in which we live. His longer-term projects focus on African issues, with his most well-known project being ‘Faith in Chaos’, a photo essay on the aftermath of the war in Sierra Leone. He is also known for a long-term reportage on the rock ‘n roll band Motörhead. Pep was a recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Humanistic Grant in Photography in 2005, the Horbach Award in 2015, and has won three World Press Photo Awards in 2007, 2009 and 2013. Pep frequently lectures on photography, multimedia and film, and lives in Mallorca, Spain.

Kadir van Lohuizen (The Netherlands, 1963) 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. Kadir has received numerous prizes and awards in photojournalism. In 2000 and 2002 Kadir was a jury member of the World Press Photo contest and is currently on the supervisory board of the World Press Photo foundation. Kadir is a frequent lecturer and photography teacher and is based in Amsterdam.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM OUTLINE

3 October, Tuesday: Day One

Afternoon

• Welcome from Nikon France & NOOR

• Outline workshop program

• Participant introductions

• Visit festival exhibitions together

• Pep Bonet presentation & discussion: going from stills to film & mixing medias

Evening

• Welcome dinner

4 October, Wednesday: Day Two

Morning

• Kadir van Lohuizen presentation & discussion: pre-production and planning a transmedia project

• One on one portfolio reviews – each participant will have reviews from both Kadir & Pep

Afternoon

• Continue one on one portfolio reviews

• Pep presentation & discussion: production & technique on a budget

5 October, Thursday: Day Three

Morning

• Pep & Kadir presentation & discussion on their collaborative transmedia project on human trafficking, gaining access and interviews.

• Editing participants’ work in small groups

Afternoon

• Continue small groups editing session

• Kadir presentation on project proposals & pitching

• Participants work on final presentations with tutors available for feedback

6 October, Friday: Day Four

Morning

• Guest speaker journalist Lucas Menget (RadioFrance, Canal+, FRANCE 24 & more) will present & discuss his experience, projects and work with NOOR and Upfront

• Participants final projected presentations

Afternoon

• Recap on final presentations

• Kadir and Pep presentation & discussion: covering conflict and ethics.

• Kadir and Pep final presentation & discussion: dissemination and reaching your audience: editorial, film, exhibition, digital platforms

Evening

• Nikon party

7 October, Saturday: Day Five

Morning

• Visit to observe Prix Bayeux-Calvados jury in action

Afternoon

• Book signing with Pep

Evening

• Prix Bayeux-Calvados Awards ceremony at Chapitteau, followed by the Awards Dinner

PRACTICALITIES

Tuition and meals during the workshop are free through the generous support of Nikon France. There cost of the accommodation package is EUR 350. Nikon France and Prix Bayeux-Calvados offer workshop participants access to all professional events happening around the Rencontres Prix Bayeux-Calvados, including the Nikon party on Friday 6 October and the awards ceremony on 7 October.

Please note – all participants are responsible for arranging their own travel and expenses to and from Bayeux. Possession of a passport and travel insurance is required to apply.

Please do bring a laptop and hard drive to show, share and store your work. It’s not necessary to bring your recording equipment, but you are welcome to do so. Nikon will provide some equipment during the workshop for demonstration and testing.

REQUIREMENTS

• Basic experience (two to three years) in documentary photography or photojournalism in professional or educational setting

• English fluency (the workshop will be conducted in English)

• Good technical understanding of your camera equipment

TO APPLY

Complete the Application Form, including your motivation (200 words maximum), relevant work experience (200 words maximum), relevant education & trainings experience (200 words maximum) & a description of the project you are currently working on (200 words maximum).

The form will also prompt you to submit an image portfolio which must be submitted as a PDF and include the following:

> No more than 40 images in total including:

   > At least one photo story (minimum 8 images, maximum 20 images)

   > No more than 8 single images (images which are not part of a photo story)

> All images should be accompanied by a short caption including the date the photo was made

> For any photo story, please include a title and short introduction

There are also fields for applicants to include up to three Vimeo links for video

The application deadline is 11:59pm CET, Sunday, 20 August 2017

Organized with the generous support of Nikon France.

Announcing participants of kazakhstan documentary photography training program

Together with Soros Foundation Kazakhstan, NOOR Education is happy to announce the ten participants selected for the 2017 Kazakhstan NOOR-SFK Documentary Photography Training Program.

The program has been developed to encourage and support photojournalists, documentary photographers and visual storytellers from Kazakhstan. Over the course of the program, participants will develop a social-interest photo story under the guidance of Tanya Habjouqa, Sebastian Liste and NOOR Alumni – Timur Karpov, Elyor Nematov and Daria Tuminas. The training will include online sessions and field work during August and September to prepare participants for the intensive four-day workshop taking place in Almaty from 12 to 15 October 2017.

The participants, six male photographers and four female photographers, were selected from over 50 applicants from Kazakhstan. We thank all candidates for sending over their applications and all the time you have spent on your portfolio. The selected ten are: 

Oleg Bitner

Timur Epov

Maria Grinkevich

Bahtiyar Kelis

Viktoriya Li

Bek Maratov

Sanat Ongarbaev

Vladimir Tretyakov

Lyailya Turlybekova

The training program is free-of-cost for participants and it is made possible through the generous support of Soros Foundation Kazakhstan and Open Society Foundation’s Documentary Photography Project, with additional support from Nikon Kazakhstan and through partnership with MediaNet.

Visual Storytelling Masterclass in Georgia

VISUAL STORYTELLING: ORIGINAL MASTERCLASS WITH YURI KOZYREV

 In village Shenako, Tusheti, Georgia
 Saturday July 22 to Thursday, July 28 2017

NOOR & Tbilisi Photo Festival are excited to invite you for Original Masterclass in the remote village of Shenako, 2000 meters high in the Greater Caucasus mountain range. This awe-inspiring hamlet of shepherds and horsemen was chosen for its breathtaking landscape and its photographic legacy in the name of Shalva Alkhanaidze, whose brilliant mid-20th century images of Tushetian life reveal a world of raw passion and somber frankness.

The Masterclass aims both to help photographers develop a personal photographic language and to discover Georgia by exploring one of its most enchanting regions.

During these six days, Yuri will collaborate closely with each photographer on developing and refining their individual photographic stories. He will also share with participants his professional expertise and discuss the ethics of “getting close”. The workshop will include theoretical discussions, portfolio reviews and practical shooting assignments, making this workshop a fascinating learning experience.

At this Masterclass, Yuri will also present his stories  produced for the world’s leading publications. He will focus on editing and image sequencing and discuss how to get into places, how not to run after spot news and tell the story that is unseen. He will also explain how to approach personal stories and stay human to the subjects of your story.

THE TBILISI PHOTO FESTIVAL

The Tbilisi Photo Festival was launched in 2010, in partnership with Les Rencontres d’Arles. It is the first annual international photography festival in the Caucasus and has proven to be not only the most respected festival of photography in the region but one of the most highly esteemed cultural events in the Caucasus.

TBILISI PHOTO FESTIVAL Masterclasses takes pride in ensuring that participants are completely taken care of from the moment of their arrival until the time of departure. This year, Tbilisi Photo Festival has partnered with AtlasGlobal Airlines, who will provide all participants a 30 percent discount on flights from every European city to Tbilisi.

The philosophy of these Masterclasses is to combine a friendly atmosphere in a country where people are famous for their hospitality with hard-working sessions to give shape to one’s inner eye. Developing photographic language requires being engaged on the ground and understanding how crucial editing is to creating a coherent series. 

Participants will be driven up to an elevation of 2000 meters along a breathtaking road through the Tusheti National Park to Shenako, where they will be lodged at a family-run guest house. Days will be spent exploring ancient villages made of slate, stone and wood with respect to local customs and traditions (a mix of Christian and pre-Christian paganism). In these protected areas settlements cling impossibly to the sides of mountains while the people are true mountaineers who have been forging their lives in tune with the rugged natural environment for generations. Participants will be flown out of Shenako by helicopter, weather permitting.

WHO CAN JOIN THIS WORKSHOP?

Anyone who has a passion for the still image: professional and amateur photographers, artists and students of photography and art.

We believe that every individual has the capacity to build their own visual language when passion for the imageco-exist with the proper guidance.

FINAL PRESENTATION

Each participant will prepare a slideshow from the final selection of their work, with the assistance of their instructors. These slideshows will be publicly projected on the last evening of the Masterclass on a wide screen. For Shenako’s residents, it will be the first ever public photography screening in the village and a unique opportunity to see firsthand their guest’s perceptions of their remarkable world.

WHAT TO BRING

• A portfolio of approx. 30 images, including few photographic stories and singles

• Your digital camera, one lens only & its accessories (extra batteries, memory cards, cable for image transfer to a computer, USB key, external hard disk, etc).
• A notebook or recording device to facilitate note-taking during the Masterclass.
• Your personal computer, if possible.
• Clothing suitable for the mountains, including appropriate footwear. Remember, night time can get quite chilly.

SPOKEN LANGUAGES

English, Russian, Georgian

MORE INFORMATION

Contact Elina Valaité,  Masterclass coordinator  (she speaks English, Russian and Georgian).

email: masterclass@tbilisiphotofestival.com

 ACCOMMODATION

In Tbilisi, participants will stay at a modern, comfortable and secure hostel conveniently located in the center of the city.  Fabrika is an old Soviet sewing factory that has been repurposed into a fabulously modern hostel and cool urban space in an old Tbilisi neighborhood.

http://fabrikatbilisi.com/hostel/

In Shenako, participants will stay at a rustic family-run guesthouse.

PRICE

The cost of the 6 days of masterclass is € 950 euro

The accomodation ready package price is € 600, including:

•  Transfers from and to Airport in Tbilisi
•  Accommodation in Tbilisi and Shenko
•  Trips by car during the masterclass in Shenako
•  3 meals per day during the stay in Georgia
•  Travel from Tbilisi to Shenko by car and from Shenako to Tbilisi by helicopter

 The number of participants is limited to 8.

The participants that will register before May 15th , will get the special 10% discount on the price of the masterclass.
 

MORE INFORMATION

Contact Elina Valaité,  Masterclass coordinator  (she speaks English, Russian and Georgian).

email: masterclass@tbilisiphotofestival.com

Call for applications: Documentary Photography Training in Kazakhstan

NOOR – SFK DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR KAZAKHSTANI PHOTOGRAPHERS TAUGHT BY TANYA HABJOUQA AND SEBASTIÁN LISTE

12-15 OCTOBER 2017 IN ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN

DEADLINE TO APPLY: 2 JULY 2017

NOOR Foundation and Soros Foundation Kazakhstan are pleased to invite Kazakhstani photographers to apply for a free-of-cost, intensive training in documentary photography and visual storytelling led by NOOR photographers Tanya Habjouqa (US/Jordan) and Sebastián Liste (ES).

As visual storytellers – documentary photographers create, select, combine, sequence and present their photographs to craft them into visual narratives. These visual narratives use photographs, captions, text and supporting media to bring attention to and communicate important stories for a broader public to engage with. This training program is a unique opportunity to learn and develop the skills, tools and commitment needed to produce impactful visual storytelling.

During the intensive training, ten participants will have the opportunity to cover a social-interest photo story under the guidance of NOOR photographers and NOOR Education alumni. In an intimate and interactive environment, the program will impart skills, tools and ethical principles to aspiring visual storytellers to conceptualize, produce, photography, edit and present their own photo stories.

Participants will be coached and mentored while they work on their own photo stories in the field and then come together with Tanya and Sebastián in Almaty to work to refine, edit and present their work.

We encourage all young Kazakhstani photographers with an interest documentary photography, photojournalism, visual journalism and visual storytelling to apply.

This program is also made possible through the generous support of Soros Foundation Kazakhstanand Open Society Foundation’s Documentary Photography Project, with additional support from Nikon Kazakhstan and through partnership with MediaNet.

TUTORS

Tanya Habjouqa (US / Jordan, 1975) is a documentary photographer specializing in gender, social, and human rights issues in the Middle East. She approaches her subjects with sensitivity and an eye for the absurd. She is the author of Occupied Pleasures, heralded by TIME magazine and the Smithsonian as one of the best photo books of 2015 (winning a World Press Photo award in 2014). She was the recipient of the Magnum Foundation 2013 Emergency Fund, and mentors grantees from across the Arab region for their “Arab Photographer Documentary Fund” with the Prince Claus Foundation and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture. Tanya is a founding member of Rawiya, the first all female photo collective of the Middle East. She lectures ‘Narrative/ National Identity in Photography’ at Al Quds Bard University.

Sebastián Liste (Spain, 1985) is a documentary photographer and sociologist devoted to documenting the profound cultural changes and contemporary issues in Latin America and the Mediterranean area. In 2010, while getting his Masters degree in Documentary Photography in Barcelona, he won the Ian Parry Scholarship for his project “Urban Quilombo” and was named young editorial photographer of the year at the Lucie Awards. In 2011 Sebastián was selected for the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass. In 2012 he was announced as the Young Reporter of the Year at Visa pour l’Image festival. He was the recipient of the Magnum EF Grant, the Getty Editorial Grant and the Alexia Foundation Grant. He also received the Fotopres grant in Spain to develop a project in Venezuela, and a World Press Photo prize in 2016 for his story “Citizen Journalism in Brazil’s Favelas”. Sebastián Liste is currently based between Spain and Brazil.

NOOR EDUCATION ALUMNI COACHES

Timur Karpov (UZ, Nikon NOOR Saint Petersburg Masterclass alumnus)

Timur Karpov (1990) is Uzbekistan-based documentary photographer. He started to develop his photography talent at age 14. After receiving an Honorary Mention in UNEP International Photography Awards in 2005, photography become Timur’s lifetime passion. His professional career as a freelance photojournalist started in 2008 when he was inspired by NOOR photographer Yuri Kozyrev during the Nikon NOOR Masterclass in St. Petersburg, Russia. From that time, Timur started to work as a stringer for Associated Press and Reuters. An absence of media and the political restrictions of Uzbekistan (whose politics do not accept any criticism and where such criticism can cost a sentence in a prison), opened an opportunity for Timur to develop himself also as a visual multimedia artist, producing video installations for independent theatre performances and commercial videos. In 2012 Timur moved to Moscow to work as a photo editor for Russian news media Lenta.ru where for almost three years he worked with top media professionals. In 2015 Timur started to cover social injustice in Uzbekistan, including covering forced labor and cotton slavery.

Elyor Nematov (UZ/KG, Nikon NOOR Almaty Masterclass alumnus)

Elyor Nematov, was born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan and currently works as a freelance photojournalist, along with conducting documentary photography workshops that train students to produce stories relevant to Central Asia. Previously, he worked as photo editor, photographer and reporter for magazines in Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Elyor has participated in many national and international exhibitions. His first personal project and book ‘Children of Bukhara’ was presented in Tashkent in 2008. In 2012, Elyor received a grant from the Open Society Foundation’s Documentary Photography Project and started his project, ‘I AM A FOREIGNER’ on labor migration from Central Asia with mentorship from Yuri Kozyrev. In 2013 Elyor was a finalist for OSI Foundation’s Audience Engagement Grant. In 2014-2015 he was a Getty Images Reportage Emerging Talent, becoming a contributor for Getty Images in 2015. The same year, he published his project, ‘Father Comes Tomorrow,’ the second chapter of his work on labor migration from Central Asia to Russia. In 2016 Elyor was commissioned by UNwomen for his documentary project ‘Women’s Nature’, covering gender equality and women’s right in Kyrgyzstan. He also launched a new project called Unbreakable Waves in California, USA.

Daria Tuminas (RU, Nikon NOOR Saint Petersburg Masterclass alumna)

Daria Tuminas is a freelance researcher, photographer, and a curator. In 2011, Tuminas graduated from Leiden University’s MA program Film and Photographic Studies with a thesis questioning narrative in photography. In 2012-2014, she was co-organizing a yearly program ‘Dutch Photography Experience’ which included a series of educational events in St. Petersburg as well as an exhibition on Dutch photobooks ‘Undercover’ at the Museum of Contemporary art. The show got a silver prize at European Design Award. In 2014 Daria continued with the next photobook related project – ‘Reading a Photobook’, taking place at the Gallery of Printing in St. Petersburg and consisting of an exhibition, an educational program and a competition on photobook review writing. In 2017,  she was a guest editor of The PhotoBook Review (Aperture) issue No 12. Currently she is woking on organising Unseen Book Market, writes for a number of media and teaches photography related courses at Webster University Leiden and FotoFactory Amsterdam.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Key Dates

Workshop: 12-15 October 2017

Working period & online sessions: August – September 2017

Deadline to apply: 2 July  2017, 23:59 CET

Notification of selection: 21 July 2017

August – September 2017: Working Period

Selected participants are coached and mentored by NOOR photographers, alumni and education team while they work on and shoot their own photo stories:

• 1 August 2017 (in Almaty or online)

Soros Foundation Kazakhstan introduces their field of work on important social, environmental and health issues in Kazakhstan. This can be inspiration or a starting-off point for participants to choose or further develop the topic for the photo story they will shoot before October. 

• 3 August (online)

Online tutorial from tutors Tanya and Sebastián on documentary story concepts and planning for work in the field. The tutors will advise participants on important considerations and steps for moving forward with a photo story. 

• 10 August (online)

Online brainstorm and coaching session between participants and NOOR alumni coaches during which participants’ story ideas are discussed and refined.

• August – September (in the field and online)

Participants shoot on their story and can reach out to their coach for advice.

• 10 September (online) 

Participants send their stories to Tanya and Sebastián for review and receive feedback from these tutors to move forward in their final month of shooting and refining their stories. 

12-15 October, Almaty: Workshop

Participants and tutors come together in Almaty to work on editing and presenting participants’ visual stories. During the four-day workshop the participants can look forward to intensive communication and exchange with NOOR photographers and their peers in the form of tutor presentations, one on one reviews, group review and editing sessions. 

© Maarten de Kok, Nikon NOOR Academy Workshop in Amsterdam

DETAILS

This program is free of charge and includes daily lunch and a welcome dinner during the workshop in Almaty. For participants residing outside of Almaty, return travel and accommodation in Almaty is also covered.

REQUIREMENTS

• Basic experience in photography (especially photojournalism and documentary photography)
• English or Russian fluency (the workshop will be conducted in English with translation to Russian)
• Good technical understanding of your camera equipment

TO APPLY

1. Complete the Application Form, including your motivation (200 words maximum), relevant work experience (200 words maximum), relevant education experience (200 words maximum) & one to three photo story ideas (200 words maximum)
2. The form will also prompt you to submit an image portfolio which must be submitted as a PDF and include the following:

• At least one photo story (minimum 8 images, maximum 20 images)
• No more than 8 single images (images which are not part of a photo story)
• All images should be accompanied by a short caption including the date the photo was made
• For any photo story, please include a title and short introduction

 For questions please contact:

Soros Foundation Kazakhstan

Aliya Sharipbayeva

Media Program Coordinator

Mob.: +7 8  771  990 7475

Tel.:  +7 727 2503 811, 258 89 83 (#107)

E-mail: asharipbayeva@soros.kz 

NOOR Education

 education@noorimages.com

+31 20 6060 780

Workshop with Nina Berman in Slovakia

NOOR, the SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO Foundation, in collaboration with the Open Society Foundation, invite you to attend a workshop with Nina Berman (USA) on documentary photography, the ethical limits in photography and media activism strategies to support minorities. The workshop will take place in the office of the SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO Foundation in the Zichy Palace at Ventúrska 9, Bratislava, Slovakia, on 25–26 June 2017.

WORKSHOP

The two-day workshop with 10–15 photographers will be conducted by renowned photographer Nina Berman, professor at Columbia University, NY. The workshop will consist of intensive group communication on the following topics: 

• Editing;
• Combining pictures and texts;
• Graphical design and layout;
• Work with participants’ portfolios;
• Creative discussions;
• Outdoor shooting on an assigned topic and final screening of the stories;
• Media activism strategies to support minorities.

The participants will share experiences, work on portfolios, improve editing skills, learn how topick up and develop stories, and improve graphical design skills. The workshop consists of intensive communication with the photographers on different subjects and outdoor shooting on an assigned topic. It is a unique opportunity to learn impactful visual storytelling, develop a personal vision, and gain new knowledge and contacts in an intimate and interactive environment.

The workshop is intended for professional photographers and students working in the field of reportage and documentary photography and editors. The workshop will be conducted in English.

DATES AND PLACE

25 June 2017 – 09.00 – 18.00 o’clock:

• Registration – meeting of the participants in the office of the SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO
Foundation at Ventúrska 9, Bratislava
• all-day workshop – theory + practice

26 June 2017 – 9.00 – 18.00 o’clock:

• all-day workshop
Lunch will be served in the form of a buffet.

FEE

The workshop fee is €135. 00. The reduced fee for students is €25. 00. 

The participants are required to pay the fee by bank transfer until 23 June 2017 or in cash on 25 June 2016 in the office of the SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO Foundation at Ventúrska 9, Bratislava.
IBAN: SK7702000000003607367451 BIC: SUBASKBX

Please, indicate your name and surname when transferring the payment. 

The workshop is organised with the financial support of the SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO Foundation and the Open Society Foundation.

HOW TO APPLY

Please, send your application to: info@slovak-press-photo.sk by Friday 23 June 2017, with the subject line: ‘Nina Berman Workshop’.

To apply send:

• your contact details;
• information about your experience with photography, including education/ training and practical experience;
• a document proving payment of the workshop fee.
The participants are required to bring to the workshop:
• their photographic portfolio – min. 3 and max. 5 photo series (min. 10 images per series);
• short introduction for each story;
• laptop and camera.

The organisers reserve the right to select the participants from among the applicants if their number exceeds the set limit.

The selected participants will receive further instructions before the beginning of the workshop.

For more information contact:

SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO Foundation
Björnsonova 16, 811 05 Bratislava
slovakpressphoto@gmail.com
info@slovak-press-photo.sk

workshop with nina berman in slovakia

NOOR, the SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO Foundation, in collaboration with the Open Society Foundation, invite you to attend a workshop with Nina Berman (USA) on documentary photography, the ethical limits in photography and media activism strategies to support minorities. The workshop will take place in the office of the SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO Foundation in the Zichy Palace at Ventúrska 9, Bratislava, Slovakia, on 25–26 June 2017.

WORKSHOP

The two-day workshop with 10–15 photographers will be conducted by renowned photographer Nina Berman, professor at Columbia University, NY. The workshop will consist of intensive group communication on the following topics: 

• Editing;
• Combining pictures and texts;
• Graphical design and layout;
• Work with participants’ portfolios;
• Creative discussions;
• Outdoor shooting on an assigned topic and final screening of the stories;
• Media activism strategies to support minorities.

The participants will share experiences, work on portfolios, improve editing skills, learn how to pick up and develop stories, and improve graphical design skills. The workshop consists of intensive communication with the photographers on different subjects and outdoor shooting on an assigned topic. It is a unique opportunity to learn impactful visual storytelling, develop a personal vision, and gain new knowledge and contacts in an intimate and interactive environment.

The workshop is intended for professional photographers and students working in the field of reportage and documentary photography and editors. The workshop will be conducted in English.

DATES AND PLACE

25 June 2017 – 09.00 – 18.00 o’clock:

• Registration – meeting of the participants in the office of the SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO
Foundation at Ventúrska 9, Bratislava
• all-day workshop – theory + practice

26 June 2017 – 9.00 – 18.00 o’clock:

• all-day workshop
Lunch will be served in the form of a buffet.

FEE

The workshop fee is €135. 00. The reduced fee for students is €25. 00. 

The participants are required to pay the fee by bank transfer until 23 June 2017 or in cash on 25 June 2016 in the office of the SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO Foundation at Ventúrska 9, Bratislava.
IBAN: SK7702000000003607367451 BIC: SUBASKBX

Please, indicate your name and surname when transferring the payment. 

The workshop is organised with the financial support of the SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO Foundation and the Open Society Foundation.

HOW TO APPLY

Please, send your application to: info@slovak-press-photo.sk by Friday 23 June 2017, with the subject line: ‘Nina Berman Workshop’.

To apply send:

• your contact details;
• information about your experience with photography, including education/ training and practical experience;
• a document proving payment of the workshop fee.
The participants are required to bring to the workshop:
• their photographic portfolio – min. 3 and max. 5 photo series (min. 10 images per series);
• short introduction for each story;
• laptop and camera.

The organisers reserve the right to select the participants from among the applicants if their number exceeds the set limit.

The selected participants will receive further instructions before the beginning of the workshop.

For more information contact:

SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO Foundation
Björnsonova 16, 811 05 Bratislava
slovakpressphoto@gmail.com
info@slovak-press-photo.sk

Photo: © Nina Berman / NOOR