DIRECTED BY
JH ENGSTRÖM
JH Engström is an internationally acclaimed photographer who has exhibited all over the world and released numerous books: Shelter (Bokförlaget DN), Trying to Dance (Journal), Haunts (Steidl), CDG/JHE (Steidl), From Back Home (together with Anders Petersen, MaxStröm) and La Residence (Journal), among others. He also makes films.
For the past fifteen years JH has held workshops regularly all over Europe and has also lectured at the ICP in New York. He considers the workshop a part of his development as a photographer and artist and always strives to bring out the best of the participants.
''After my long experience of five day workshops, I got the idea to create a longer workshop : ATELIER SMEDSBY. I wanted to spread out the possibilities of contact between the participants and me, since time is such an important tool in the photographic process. To me workshops are about starting a bigger process. A workshop should not end when it ends. Maybe it doesn't even start until it ends. And that's a great thing. One of the main goals of this yearlong workshop will be to open up and embrace each other's fears and weaknesses as well as our strengths of course. To press the shutter is not that difficult. It's much more difficult to have the courage to make photographs that are talking about things that really matter to each and every one of us. Let's be courageous!''.
CO-ORDINATED BY
MARGOT WALLARD
Margot Wallard was for many years the first assistant of the workshop organisation« Atelier Reflexe », created by Veronique Bourgoin. The focus at Atelier Reflexe was to treat the photographic research as artistic expression.
She has also worked on many other International Photographic projects as an organiser.
She has spent a year working as artist Anselm Kiefer´s assistant.
Her photographic works have been exhibited in internationally at galleries and festivals.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES :
- Identify each participant’s visual language and define their photographic approach.
- Encourage participants to realize both personal and assigned projects.
- Follow the evolution of a photography project.
- Help to develop, realize, and finalize each participant’s project.
- Learn to critique the work of others, and one’s own, at both theoretical and practical levels.
- Discover photography culture.
DESCRIPTION :
The Atelier Smedsby workshop is a one-year distance learning class incorporating three individual/group meetings in Paris.
In between meetings in Paris, the participants will report monthly on the progress of their works via e-mail or Skype.
During these monthly reports, they will be able to ask questions, demonstrate the evolution of their work, receive evaluation and feedback and thus move forward in the accomplishment of their personal projects.
These monthly reports are the base of the workshop and we expect them to be well prepared by the participants. Of course the participants will have the possibility to communicate with Atelier Smedsby also between these monthly reports as well.
All year round, participants will also be able to communicate with each other using the Smedsby Workshop Blog. This blog will be the workshop’s interactive platform for work, information and exchange. It will be regularly updated by organisers JH Engström and Margot Wallard.
These updates will include exhibitions, books and films suggestions and encourage discussions between participants on the blog throughout the year.
Date of the workshop : May 2013 - May 2014
1st meeting (start of workshop) : Presentation of workshop and organizers. Group introduction of each participant, presenting and defining each person’s work. Individual meetings the next day to set up the photography project to be carried out during the year.
2nd meeting : October / Group presentation of work accomplished since the first meeting. Critique and direction for the continuation of the projects.
3rd meeting : May / Finalization and realization of works created during the year. Proposal for the continuation of certain projects.
All meetings will end around a communal dinner.
15 participants maximum
PARTICIPANTS :
- Any professional or enthusiast using photography as a means of expression.
- Creative art students looking for a different and complimentary input to their studies.
- Professionals wishing to widen their horizons.
- Enthusiasts wanting to consolidate their photography skills.
TECHNICAL DETAILS :
- Classes will be held in English and French.
- All participants need to provide their own equipment.
- Internet access will be provided at the rue du Faubourg St Martin workshop where meetings will be held. It will also be possible (within reasonable limits) to use a scanner, printer and video projector.
ENROLMENT PROCEDURE :
Via the Smedsby Workshop Blog: Please send:
- The completed enrolment form. (Scroll down and click on "Annexe" at end of this page)
- A short CV.
- Some ID with photo.
- 10 images (JPG format, maximum size 1024, 72 dpi)
- A written presentation of yourself and your work (one A4 page minimum)
Everything should be sent by mail, except the enrolment form with your signature on it.
For all questions or further information, please don’t hesitate to contact us by e-mail: contact@atelier-smedsby.com
Last enrolment date : 15th of April 2013
PARTICIPANT PREPARATION :
At the first meeting, participants need to present their work, finished, or in process, so each person needs to bring printed or digital images, books or portfolios.
WORKSHOP PRICE :
3000 euros for the year. This price does not include production, travel, or accommodation for the meetings. A 50% deposit by bank transfer is required once you have been accepted to the Atelier Smedsby workshop, and the remaining 50% one week after the start of the workshop.
ACCOMMODATION :
We can provide a list of hotels for accommodation in Paris.
Meetings will be held at:
ATELIER SMEDSBY 52 rue du faubourg st Martin, 75010 Paris
