This exciting five-day workshop full of exchanges, experiments and immersions will mainly focus on how to express a sensitive, personal view of the world. It will be about the stories around us, about others, an other, a place, a time, a desire and also ourselves. Bruno Boudjelal will closely follow the participants in carrying out a personal project, helping them to weave, compose and structure a group of photographs by his side. Editing, discussions and the choice of distance will play a key role. Whatever the subject, their goal will be to transcribe in images not necessarily what they see but what they feel or would like others to feel. The approach is based on the many different kinds of opportunities Arles has to offer. They will largely depend on each person’s experience, goals and sensibility. Everyone will receive careful attention. The last day will focus on finalizing and presenting the series.

BRUNO BOUDJELAL
As a Frenchman of Algerian origins, photography for Bruno Boudjelal is a lifestyle in which he endlessly questions his own identity and confronts us with our own. When his father decided to return to Algeria, he went with him and began to uncover a country, a family, landscapes that spoke to him, a world scarred by violence and individuals whose conversations forced him to question his sense of self. Creating both a diary and testimony, Boudjelal travelled Algeria for ten years. He used both black and white and colour and became increasingly aware of his subjective point of view; one marked by his personal history but curious enough to bring daily life into perspective. His work is often published, exhibited and awarded - he receives the Nadar Price in 2015 for his book  "Algérie, clos comme on ferme un livre? ».
He is represented bu Vu’ Agency.

Website : agencevu.com

PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Face-to-face training
Location: historic center of Arles
Mobility: stairs to access the building and for several interior rooms (contact us)
Number of participants: between 6 and 10 people
Start of the photo course on the first day: 10:00am
End of the photo course on the last day: 7:00pm followed by a group presentation until 9:00pm
Hours on other days: 9:30am - 12:30pm and 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Possibility to bring your meal and eat on site during the lunch break


CONTENT
Daily shooting
Selection session on computer and/or reading draw
Study and analysis of the photographs taken
Daily reflections and discussions to define the characteristics of a personal approach
Analysis of the different central stages of a photographic production
“Final editing” session in order to produce a homogeneous series
Finalization of a series on digital file, printed then hung

OBJECTIVES & TARGETED SKILLS
Understand different stages of producing a photographic series:
- Take photos;
- Finalize a “coherent” set of digital photographs on a reporting theme: editing, printing and distribution of the series during the end-of-training exhibition.

ACCESS MODALITY AND TIMES
After receipt of the registration and self-positioning form, a telephone or message exchange can be carried out. Registration is definitively validated after acceptance of the training contract and receipt of the 30% deposit after a 14-day withdrawal period.

TEACHING MEANS
Supervision by a professional trainer/photographer
The trainer reads the registration and self-positioning form in advance in order to adapt the process and the means to the objectives.

TECHNICAL MEANS
Mac computer stations / card reader
Video projector
Flash and LED lighting on request
Hybrid digital camera on request
A library of photographic works


HAVE (IDEALLY)
2 memory cards (to keep your photos)
Possibly hard drive (mac compatible) or your computer if you wish
Interview and individualized assessment upon entry into training
Carrying out practical exercises continuously evaluated by the trainer
Oral assessment at the end of training


FORMALIZATION AT THE END OF THE TRAINING

Certificate of end of training

ACCESSIBILITY AND DISABILITY

Presence of stairs to access the training location, certain classrooms and shooting locations. Currently, no access ramp or elevator. Whether you are recognized as having a disability or not, we are at your disposal for any information, and will do everything possible to facilitate your welcome.

CONTACTS AND INFORMATION
Les Rencontres d'Arles
Siret: 309 952 489 000 32
Activity declaration number: 93 13 002 55 13
Marie Couteux & Marion Brun stage@rencontres-arles.com
+33(0) 490 967 606 >rencontres-arles.com/workshops