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Weekend workshop with Herman van den Boom and Anne Kotzan
Herman van den Boom, Crisnee
Landscape photography is one of the main themes in photography . How to photograph a landscape, how do I find my motive, how can I express my views and feelings regarding a landscape in photographic images. These questions and issues are practically and theoretically handled by Herman van den Boom and Anne Kotzan.
In the workshop Herman van den Boom will show how one can react with the camera at certain landscape situations and how one's own principles can be translated into compelling personal imagery. Anne Kotzan will talk in her lecture on the history of travel photography about aspects one can use and apply within one's own photography.
The goal is to develop a new fresh look on how to photograph (urban) landscapes and this based on one's own personal development. The workshop is suitable for beginners, advanced students and professionals. It teaches how one can be inspired and how to convert one's own ideas into personal original images.
Herman van den Boom, Grace Hologne
The focus is on the urban landscape of the Meuse valley in and around Liege. Here one is confronted with the transition from idyllic Haspengouw and Roman landscapes with old farmhouses, castles and abbeys into the remnants of a once thriving mining industry. This region has inspired many photographers and cinematographers, we mention the Dardenne brothers, who with their films about the region won the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival several times, and the world famous German couple Bernd and Hilla Becher.
The docents
In this tradition, Herman van den Boom is photographing for more than 10 years in the Meuse Valley. His work has been exhibited in numerous solo and groupe exhibitions, including the Museum of Photography in Charleroi and the Brussels Bozar. His photographs are regularly published in De Standaard, Het Laatste Nieuws, De Morgen, De Volkskrant and various international journals. He was professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht and Enschede and at the Higher Institute of Arts HISK Antwerp (now Ghent). He was also a finalist in the Sony World Photography Awards.
hermanvandenboom.net/, Facebook
Anne Kotzan writes for various international (Photography ) magazines and newspapers such as PhotoPresse, PhotoNews, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Vogue and is a well-known travel book author.
Herman van den Boom Anne Kotzan
The venue
The location is the Henehoeve Farmstead in the castle village HEKS , just 23 km from Liege.
De Henehoeve, Heks
Program of the workshop
Friday
Check in with welcome drink and dinner . Following talk by Anne Kotzan on travel photography.
Saturday
Breakfast
Brief introduction of the works of each participant. Following photographing the landscape site under guidance of Herman van den Boom.
Lunch at location.
The previous site will be photographically explored individually or in small groups. 8 pm common dinner and film screening.
Sunday
Learning to put together a visually compelling presentation of one's pictures made the day before.
Lunch
Discussing the photo works and presentations along with the other participants.
De Henehoeve, Heks
Information about the workshop:
* Weekend workshop: August, 28th-30th 2015
* Number of participants: max. 8
* Multilingual workshop: German, English, Dutch
* Subscription deadline: August 14th 2015
* The participants are offered two nights in the Henehoeve Farmstead in double rooms
* Full board. lunch on Saturday is not included .
Workshop fee for one weekend: 390.- Euro
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