We are very 21st century - and you? :) We are glad to announce that the applications for the double master-class by Vanessa Winship and George Georgiou in Riga are officially open! The workshop will take place on 27-28 March 2010 and is organized in cooperation with kim? Full information on the workshop is available here: Winship&Georgiou workshop outline.

To apply, send a short description of your photographers’ background and motivation for participation (max 1500 characters) and indicating a preferred master-class (Vanessa Winship or George Georgiou) to office@issp.lv. Also please include a website or a couple of images from the photographic project/s you would like to discuss during the class. Applications deadline is 16 March 2010. We will generally accept applications and allocate seats in the master-classes on ‘first-come-first-serve’ basis.

Hey  hey! Just in case anybody doubts it - ISSP 2010 will take place this year, disregarding all the crises!!! And it will be greater than ever, with fantastic teachers, and of course, fantastic students!:) The dates are 31 July - 8 August 2010, in Ezersala, Ludza. We are actively working on the preparations and fundraising - lets keep our fingers crossed for our yet-unconfirmed supporters and sponsors, as we hope to keep the fees down as usual… We plan to announce the applications by the beginning of April 2010! btw, we have received two applications already - using the 2009 form. these are considered too late… upps… too early ;-)) Yes, its true - Vanessa Winship is coming to visit us again, together with her partner, another great photographer George Georgiou! The schedule of public events that we are planning in cooperation with kim? : 23 March 2010, 19:00 - Vanessa Winship and George Georgiou: artist talk & works presentation - open event for all interested 27-28 March 2010 (2 full days) - “Documentary practice and narrative, the long term project”: double master-class, workshop - previous application required ISSP saistītais projekts Alfa Foto Lab ir izsludinājis on-line izglītības programmu un konkursu jauno fotogrāfu - Latvijas profesionālo un augstāko izglītības iestāžu studentu- radošiem projektiem. Galvenā balva - iespēja piedalīties SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD 2010 STUDENT FOCUS darbnīcās Kannās šī gada aprīlī! Pieteikumus vai reģistrēt līdz 7.martam! Visiem interesentiem ir iespēja izglītoties, sekojot līdzi interaktīvām lekcijām un prezentācijām tiešsaistes foto darbnīcā! Fotogrāfs Arnis Balčus par fotogrāfiju sērijas sagatavošanu, mākslas kritiķis Vilnis Vējš par veiksmīga rakstiska pamatojuma veidošanu savai sērijai, fotogrāfs un kurators Peters Kornišs (Peter Korniss, Budapešta, Ungārija) - par saviem radošiem meklējumiem, kas atspoguļojas viņa 1967.-2009. kolekcijā Transformācija… Visa tālākā informācija: www.alfafotolab.lv Good news! The ISSP 2009 Exhibition at Goethe Institute is prolonged till 20 March 2010! GI is open for public every working day till 8 pm and on Saturdays till 3:30. Address: Old Town, Torņa iela 1. More information about the Exhibition, and where to locate the ISSP 2009 Catalogue, you can find in 2009 news board. You are most welcome to attend the ISSP 2009 Exhibition at Goethe Institute Riga (Torņu iela 1, entrance from Klosteru iela). The Exhibition is open Mondays-Fridays 09:00 – 20:00, Saturdays: 09:00 – 15:30, till 31 January 2010! Interested in ISSP 2009 Catalogue? You can see it and even buy it at: - Galerija Istaba, Kr.Barona 31a - book and design concept store Lukabuka, 11.novembra krastmala 35 - ¼ Satori bookstore, Lāčplēša 3 - (possibly) META-cafe/bookshop at Spīķeri,1. We are happy to announce that the ISSP 2009 results are about to be presented in Riga - the ISSP 2009 Exhibition opens on 3 December 2009, 18:30 at Goethe-Institute Riga! All the participants, family and friends of the International Summer School of Photography are invited! The exhibition will feature selected final works of 25 young photographers (5 from each workshop, selected by the ISSP teachers) as well as the entire collection of the ISSP 2009 final projects in the slide-show format and the ISSP 2009 Catalogue, to be released at the Opening. Selected authors: Jānis Klimanovs (LV), Laura Vancāne (LV), Toms Norde (LV), Viola Pinci (IT), Raitis Gorbacēvičs (LV), Liāna Ivete Beņķe (LV), Zane Asare (LV), Dejan Veranic (SI), Petr Antonov (RU), Natalie Becker (DE), Anna Block (RU), Zenons Narbuts (LV), Gatis Ozoliņš (LV), Andrejs Kovaļovs (LV), Igor Trepeshchenok (LV), Grace Gelder (UK), Kaspars Breidaks (LV), Pauliina Kempainnen (FI), Christel Ooms (NL), Kristīne Sergejeva (LV), Oskars Pastars (LV), Andrejs Strokins (LV), Birgit Püve (EE), Donatelle Liens (FR), Elīna Ruka (LV)

Thanks to Goethe Institute Riga, Culture Capital Fund, MAP Latvija, EPSON, Poligrafijas Aģentūra and Rabit!! for their support. The Exhibition will be on from 04.12.2009 till 31.01.2010 (mondays-fridays 09:00 – 20:00, saturdays: 09:00 – 15:30) photo: Mārtiņš Zilgalvis. For more photos from the opening see http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=125329&id=167189447631&ref=mf

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