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BerlinPhotoWorkshops has new seminars on offer.

For the first time Peter Oehlmann runs the seminar “(Another) Street View“:

“I would like to invite you to a somewhat different Street View, for an open, questioning and wondering view on the city. – Whether you continue a work or begin a new project, I offer a critical and stimulating support during the process of image selection, editing and issues of presentation.”

For the second time Kai-Olaf Hesse’s one day workshop “Photo book or photo series?” deals with forms of presentation and its context.

“This workshop addresses the prerequisites for the content and design of an image series, which shall then be brought together to construct a photo book. – On the basis of participant’s own works and books, the workshop will discuss possibilities and critical aspects in regard to the presentation of photographs in book form.”

The workshop “Neue Wege” (German only) by Göran Gnaudschun is an opportunity to meet this exceptional artists and lecturer. Göran Gnaudschun’s seminars are characterized by their high intensity.

The focus of the half day workshop on Saturday, 6th March 2010, is the viewing of the participants projects. Göran Gnaudschun provides assistance to clarify the own visual language.

On 20th March 2010 starts Göran Gnaudschun’s seminar “Was Du siehst” at BerlinPhotoWorkshops.

The workshop “What we bought…: Photographische Interventionen in der Kulturlandschaft” by Mark Curran & Kai-Olaf Hesse examines how cultural, human and physical landscape can be mediated through the intervention of photography.

Beginning November 14/15 November 2009 – Applications until November 1st

Göran Gnaudschun’s seminar “Was Du siehst” (What You See) deals with with questions of image conceptions. Short-term applications are possible.

Beginning October 4/5 2009 – Apply now! (German only)

The summer approaches the end and autumn brings new photo seminars in Berlin. Who wants to extend his vision of photography should have a closer look.

Göran Gnaudschun from BerlinPhotoWorkShops deals in his seminar “Was Du siehst” (What You See) with questions of image conceptions.
Kai-Olaf Hesse leads in “City- and Landscape Photography” towards individual visual solutions. In “Photo book or photo series?” Kai-Olaf Hesse argues with forms of presentation and it’s context.

The Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin offers “The photo book” with Jens Liebchen, an introduction to the process of making a poto book.
The seminar “Magnum in Motion” with Adrian Kelterbornechniken (lead producer of Magnum in Motion, New York) leads into the production of multimedia photo essays.

BerlinPhotoWorkshops offers in cooperation with The Sonic Blog Kai-Olaf Hesse’s seminar “The Built Environment and Documentary Strategies” in Duesseldorf. The workshop starts in April 2009 at the studio house in Duesseldorf. The application period ends soon at 31. March 2009.

Further information is available on the workshop page or directly at BerlinPhotoworkshops.

The Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin offers a a seminar with Wolfgang Zurborn: “Die Erfindung des Realen” (The Invention of the Real) starting from April 2009.

Deadline for registration is the 27. March 2009.

Wolfgang Zurborn, born 1956, studied photography and film design at the Fachhochschule Dortmund. Wolfgang Zurborn lives and works in Cologne.

Like every year there are some good workshops offered by German Summer Academies. Here are some highlights:

The Summer Academy Dresden offers portrait photography with Goeran Gnaudschun, Ivan Baschang’s course provides a “Search For Traces” and Donata Wenders shares a “A Personal View on Dresden”.

The Summer academy Essen provides a course of portrait photography with Karin Geiger, Christiane Hantzsch examines the Ruhr area (in respect that Essen is European Capital of Culture in 2010), and Helmut Kloth teaches “Basics of Art Work”.

BerlinPhotoWorkshops has no regular Summer Academy in 2009, but offers nevertheless some courses worth mentioning:
Kai-Olaf Hesse’s workshop “Berlin / Myth as Present” guides through Berlin, looking for images which capture a visual “gut feeling” of the bustling city. And again Goeran Gnaudschun offers a one-week seminar for portrait photography in August.

Although there are some respectable state-run schools for photography in the Rhine Ruhr area, there are quite few high-quality offers of free schools. Based on this I suggested BerlinPhotoWorkshops to offer workshops in the Rhine Ruhr area, hosted in cooperation with The Sonic Blog.

Kai-Olaf Hesse breaks the ground with his seminar “The Built Environment and Documentary Strategies”. The workshop starts in April 2009 at the studio house in Duesseldorf. The application period runs up to 31. March 2009. Further information is available on the workshop page or directly at BerlinPhotoworkshops.

The web page “Fotografiestudium in Deutschland” provides an overview of the photography courses in Germany, completed by a plurality of additional information.

“Fotografiestudium in Deutschland” is a project of the study course Angewandte Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft of the University Duisburg-Essen and of the DGPh.

Nice, but still expandable, is the column “Interviews“, where graduates speak about their experiences.