by TravelCurators Editorial | 13 September 2010
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12 days|6 participants|Unlimited experiments|13th-24th, September 2010
Goa Center for Alternative Photography (Goa-CAP) is a non-profit organisation established in Goa, India. It is the first conservative art space dedicated exclusively to photography and aims to become a professional and comprehensive platform for the promotion of alternative photography art in India.
Goa-CAP is pleased to offer an exclusive 12-day residential B&W photography workshop in Goa. This workshop offers time and variety which will deeply enhance your artistic vision and ability to carry it through to the final print. The workshop also includes the following discussions:
- Making the best possible negatives and prints with full tonal range
- Darkroom procedures
- Safety
- Print-making techniques
- Burning and dodging
- Toning
- Archival processing
- Print presentation
You will learn a great deal about light, composing a strong B&W image, B&W developing, processing and interpreting a scene to turn it into your own vision. Through field trips, participants will learn to deepen their visual awareness by clarifying their approach.
The participants will get an opportunity to explore various artistic aspects of photography, such as composition, framing, light, tone and texture, gesture and the moment, along with their own personal responses to the visual world and events around them.
This workshop is designed for aspiring and professional photographers who like to experiment and gain competency with the camera and process. You will explore Goa as never before.
Workspace
Goa-CAP has one of the low-tech, outmoded labs in India. The facility includes enlargers including black, white and colour heads, 35 mm to large format, B&W film development facilities, daylight finishing area, technical support and chemicals. Goa-CAP lab also has daguerreotype studio and wet plate collodion studio furnished with equipment and chemicals. Goa-CAP also has a variety of cameras for participants, including 35 mm SLR film, medium and large format cameras, and 4x5 feet walk through camera obscura.
Studio is in the midst of several palm trees and stones in the Calangute village. Residents shall have 24-hour access to the studio. Residents receive 24/7 access to Goa-CAP workspace facilities (including black-&-white darkroom, and Alternative Lab), and technical support.
Accommodation and Location
Goa is one of the most charming locations in the Indian subcontinent with unmatched beauty. Its rich cultural heritage comprises dances, folk songs, visual arts, music and folk tales.
You will stay at Calangute in an apartment near the Goa Centre for Alternative Photography. A journey through several villages and hamlets in Goa will lead you to the Calangute beach. Your stay will be fully catered with Goan-style breakfast, hot and home-made lunch and dinner.
Schedule and Fees (2010)
Dates: 13th -24th, September 2010
Fee: INR 25,000
The fee includes studio space, black and white darkroom stuffed with all necessary chemicals, a twin-sharing room, three meals in a day and group trips. Spouses may accompany the participants, sharing their room for any length of time as a non-studio participant, for a reduced fee.
To facilitate greater interaction and participation, the number of participants is restricted to 6. Acceptance will be on first-cum-first-serve basis.
Highlights
- First-class coaching by eminent B&W photographer, Ms Sadhana Marwah
- Intensive photography and darkroom sessions including demonstrations, darkroom instruction and critique sessions
- Photographic tours to the Goan villages, beaches, monuments, architectural heritages and ruins
- Workshop accompanied by a professional workshop manager
- Certificate upon completion of the workshop
- Loads of fun and music
Registration
Registrations are processed on a first-cum-first-serve basis. If the slots fill up, registration requests received thereafter will be notified and their deposit cheques will be held, not cashed. If a registered participant is unable to attend, we will notify the next registrant on the waiting list.
Form of Payment: Cheque/DD in favour of SUNLIGHT TRUST payable at Panjim, Goa
Deposit
50% of the workshop fee is required at the time of registration. The balance must be paid prior to the workshop. This deposit is refundable upon cancellation up to 30 days prior to the workshop commencement date.
For further information, contact Edson Dias, Workshop Director (+91) 9822087276
info@goa-cap.com
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