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11 October 2011 10:00 am

The LIDF Documentary Photography Workshops and Folio Review are organised by London International Documentary Festival with participation from the Guardian Weekend Magazine and Twenty Twenty Agency.

The practices of photography and film-making share a rich history. In the past decade new technologies have caused boundaries to blur and opened up possibilities for professionals and citizen journalists alike. Twenty four photographers will be given the opportunity to take part in a 5-day intensive Documentary Photography workshop lead by internationally acclaimed photographers and photo editors.

The Workshop and Folio Review
Aimed at advanced amateurs or young professionals with a good understanding of photographic practices, the event will lead two intimate groups of 12 individuals through an intensive 5-day program of daily reviews, group critiques, mentoring and editing sessions. Culminating in the exciting opportunity to ‘pitch’ their work for folio review to leading industry professionals. Participants will work together with their peers and a professional photographer to develop their own individual visual language, photographic identity and practical, technical and conceptual skills required to compete in the ever-changing marketplace. The classroom sessions at the beginning and end of each day, will focus on the practice of editing and group critiques. Together these activities form the backbone of the learning process and are integral to the workshop experience. Workshops will be based in central London, with good transport links enabling participants to travel easily around the city. Teaching assistants will be available to assist the instructors and support the participants.

Tutors
Peter Dench (www.peterdench.com) Peter is based in London working primarily in the Ad, Editorial and Portraiture fields of Photography. A distinctive and often quirky style has guaranteed regular commissions from a range of respected international clients. In 2010 Peter was placed 2nd in Advertising at the Sony World Photography Awards.

Clients Include: TIME, New York Times Magazine, STERN, GEO, Sunday Times Magazine, NEWSWEEK, Weekend Guardian, Telegraph Magazine, GQ, Tatler, Marie Claire, CN Traveller, NEON, Liberation, Esquire, Observer Magazine, Observer Sport Monthly, Highlife, Financial Times Magazine.

Peter’s latest exhibition is England Uncensored – A Decade of Photographing the English at Visa pour L’Image Festival of Photojournalism 2011. Peter is also contributing to filmmaking and photography magazine Hungry Eye and creative director at White Cloth Gallery.

Nick Cunard (http://www.nickcunard.co.uk) Nick specialises in location portraiture, human interest feature stories, successfully pitching picture led feature stories direct to national/international editorial, longer term documentary flavored projects for print, web and exhibition, stills and moving images plus words. He is owner at Nick Cunard : Stills Moving, partner at CHI-photo, and contributor at Eyevine.

Shows: Soho Portraits @ L’Opera Quarter Members Club, London 2009; The ‘Stow@ Paddock Bar, Walthamstow Greyhound Stadium, London, 2008; Art Space: Photographs of RA Students and their Studios @ The Royal Academy Café, London, 2006; Head Space: Photographs of Psychotherapeutic Environments @ The Freud Museum, London, 2004.

Clients include: Stern Magazine, The Guardian, London Evening Standard, The Independent on Sunday, Metro International, DFID, CIMA , LDA,

After a stint in India shooting and sourcing human interest feature stories for the UK’s largest independent photo agency Rex Features Nick recently returned to London. He continues to shoot portraits and features for a mainly editorial, corporate and PR client base, but is also actively pushing multi media approaches to photographic story telling . Recent examples of which include a series of audio slideshows for The Guardian website work which is ongoing.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/audioslideshow/2011/jul/20/day-life-mr-whirly-audio-slideshow

Kate Edwards (Picture Editor, Guardian Weekend Magazine)
Kate Edwards has been the picture editor of the Guardian Weekend magazine since 2002. Prior to the Guardian Kate worked on the Buenos Aires Herald and in photo agencies in both London and Buenos Aires. She has judged a number of international photo competitions and participated in portfolio reviews at photography festivals around the world.

Frede Spencer (Founder of the Twenty Twenty Agency)
Born in Denmark 1973, Frede Spencer studied photography in Denmark before moving to England in 1996 to do a BA in Photography at Nottingham Trent. He moved to London in 2000 and started working at Katz Pictures, before moving to Corbis in summer 2004 as an assignment photo editor/agent. Frede now runs his own photographic agency, Twenty Twenty Agency, which represents editorial and commercial photographers. He’s interested in seeing editorial, advertising and portrait images.

Preparation for the Workshop
Photographers should include a portfolio of 5 images when booking for the workshop. Portfolios should reflect your photographic interests and style. You should be comfortable with your equipment as you will be expected to arrive at the workshop ready to photograph. Participants will be asked to arrive with at least one project idea to develop during the workshop. So that everyone can make the most of the intensive sessions, we strongly recommend that each participant conduct preliminary research before the workshop begins, and be aware that they will be responsible for their own project coordination. The preparatory research should include contact liaison, access information and, if appropriate, some preliminary shooting (still or moving image). All projects must be conducted within London and be feasible to complete within the workshop dates. Due to the fast pace of the workshop, we recommend that participants produce and edit their work digitally, using their own laptops.

Tuition
£499

Travel & Accommodation

Participants are expected to make their own arrangements regarding travel and accommodation.

Dates
Workshop 1.
11 – 15th October 2011 10.00 – 18.00

Booking

Please book early to avoid disappointment. Booking closes on Tuesday 4th October 2011.

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Once you have filled in the booking form you will be transferred to the payment page.

For queries please contact: [email protected]