Adventure photography is a cross-sectional art that needs an extraordinary capability to adapt, both professionally and personally, to an endless series of situations. First of all, it is vital to simply learn how to travel. Which means dealing with different people of all cultures and always bring the best out of them. And at the same time being able to travel with every possible mean of transportation through often uncharted territories exploiting all their photographic potential. It is necessary to study and train a lot, to know and respect foreign countries and cultures, putting a great deal of physical effort into the building process of the story. This workshop will teach you how to move in harmony through unexpected and unknown environments, while mastering photographic techniques useful in any situation and learning every other trick to shoot a great outdoor story.
Next appointment to be held in Milan on March 10/11 - Cost is 300 Euros per person. Workshop suitable for everybody. Lessons will be in italian. Info and reservation: workshop@parallelozero.com - Tel. 02.89281630
Street photography is a specialization more and more appreciated and sought after by magazines and a significant section of the non-editorial market. It is a complex art that requests journalistic intuition, discretion, rapidity and the ability to move through often difficult urban environments. The skills of a seasoned photojournalist are combined with the sensibility of a portrait and landscape photographer, an original eye for urban landscapes and architecture. Sometimes, photographing urban and extra-urban realities and its inhabitants can prove, even for an experienced photojournalist, a demanding task. During this workshop, one of our more experienced Street&Travel photojournalists will share with participants his techniques and secrets, both in the theorical phase and in a practical shooting excercise in town.
Next appointment is on March 24/25 in Milano. This course will have a full day of theory and half a day of photo shooting in the city followed by an afternoon of portfolios reading. Suitable for everyone. Basic digital equipment, necessary. Cost: 300 euros. Lesson will be in italian - Infos and reservations: workshop@parallelozero.com - Tel. 02.89281630
Africa gave to modern world abstract art, explicit rhythm and the gestures of dance. They are immaterial commodities, halfway between matter and spirit. Thus, it happens that traveling in Africa resembles a journey through the element that physicists call dark matter, the invisible mass of particles that fills up most of the Universe. We do not know how to look at this dark matter, but without it, the world as we know it would not exist. Yet, signs of its' existence appear. In the Black Continent you move through the presence-absence of the ancestors (visible in the sculptures and lingering over daily life practices); through the difficult mono-perception of the aesthetics of gesture and sound ("Listen to the dance and watch the music" they say in the Congo); through the rich matter of misery, of famine, of drought, of catastrophe. The Africa of men and culture, contrary to that of landscapes, glows of a black light: how do you point your lens, adjust focus and exposure, shoot, and end up writing with that light - in fine "photo-graphy" - a portrait of alien men, gestures, sounds, dwellings, costumes, objects and thoughts?
Next workshop to be held on 14/15 April in Milan. Main teachers will be anthropologist Alberto Salza and photographer Bruno Zanzottera. Cost is 300 euros per person. More info writing to workshop@parallelozero.com - Tel. +39 02.89281630.