In this stimulating two-day course, the city will be pretext for many explorations to help participants develop a personal practice. They will share their experience and goals before stating their intentions and beginning to shoot. The goal will be to tell the city’s story through the people who live there, work there or are just passing through.

The participants’ approaches can be very different depending on their sensibilities and interests. Playing with silhouettes crossing streets and squares, meeting people to make portraits and recording traces of human activity will be some of the opportunities and avenues to explore.

The photographs made each day will be analyzed and edited, helping the participants narrow down their aesthetic and technical choices, find coherence and gradually create dialogue between the images.

Looking at photographic books will also help stimulate the participants.

CONTENT:
- Study and analysis of the photographs taken
- Daily shooting
- Technical session with a digital camera
- Definition of a personal subject
- Selections of the photographs taken

BRING:
- A selection of around 30 images attesting to your practice (preferably on paper/format of your choice)
- Your camera, charger and cables
- 2 or 3 memory cards
- A Mac-compatible hard drive or your computer if you wish
- Clothing, bag, shoes, etc. appropriate for spending several hours outdoors.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
- Number of participants: 4 to 8
- Begins: 9:30am on Saturday
- Ends: 6:30pm on Sunday
- Location: historic center near the Arles arena GOALS:
- Learn the various steps involved in creating a photo series
- Develop a point of view based on a selection of photographs

TEACHING METHOD
- Taught by an instructor (contact us for more information)

EQUIPMENT
- Mac computers
- A photo library (app. 500 references)
- Various kinds of lighting systems, studio accessories, tripod, etc.

EVALUATION
- Private end-of-course interview and evaluation
- The instructor continuously evaluates the personal series
- Oral end-of-course evaluation

FORMALISATION AT THE END OF THE COURSE
- End-of-course certificate