Vēlamies paziņot, ka ISSP vakara pasākumu programma Ezersalas internātskolā būs tradicionāli atvērta apmēklētājiem un viesiem.  Pasaulē atzītu fotogrāfu - ISSP pasniedzēju - prezentācijas 1.-3.08., ISSP dalībnieku portfolio prezentācijas 4.08., “kino par foto” vakars 5.08., diskusija par foto-izglītību 6.08., un ISSP Izstādes atklāšana un Gala nakts 7.08. - detalizēto programmu un praktisko info skat. šeit. Viesiem jānodrošinās ar telti vai apmešanas iespējām Ludzā un pārtiku. Laipni lūgti!

The ISSP Evening Programme at Ezersala boarding school (Ludza district) from 1st till 7th August will be traditionally open for interested visitors and guests! Detailed info in English coming soon.

Only four days left till the event… We are in midst of last preparations, looking forward to meeting the fascinating group in Ludza on Saturday! Here is the final update of the ISSP 2010 programme .

Happy arrivals to Latvia, and see you soon…

Mesdames et Messieurs! Here you will find the updated ISSP 2010 programme, list of participants (confirmed), and information for participants.

From 5th till ~11 July a considerable part of ISSP team will be in sunny Arles in France, for the Rencontres d’Arles festival! Any photography education establishments who wish to think about joint cooperation projects, or simply to get to know ISSP and enjoy our company and a glass of french vine together are welcome to contact us. You can write to office@issp.lv. À très bientôt! :)

Already a bit old news, but great nevertheless - the Nordic-Baltic Culture Mobility Programme has supported our project application and we are starting to implement a short-term networking project called “Nordic-Baltic Photography Education Exchange”. From now on, closer links with the Union of Photography Artists in Estonia, Fine Arts department (Photography) of Estonian Arts Academy in Tallinn, and Fine Arts Department (Photography) of Turku Arts Academy in Finland will be build. The aim of the project is to increase the quality of photography education through synergies and information exchange among the partner institutions. You will also have a chance to meet our project partners’ representatives at ISSP in August!

Here is the list of selected ISSP participants by workshop - an amazing group from 24 countries! covering 4 continents! :)
Special thanks to our evaluation committee - Arnis Balčus and Iveta Vaivode - for the difficult job of evaluating applications, since there were so many excellent ones…
A notification of the selection results has been sent to every applicant by email.

We are looking forward for participants’ confirmations and to seeing this colorful company come to Ludza!

Dear all, we have completed the selection process and are getting ready to announce the results. The list of ISSP selected participants will be announced to applicants by email and on this site today - tomorrow.

Dear all, the ISSP Application period is now closed. We have received 182 applications from a total of 41 countries. The runners-up after Latvia (54) are Germany (15), Italy/Russia (11), UK (10), and Finland/Turkey (7). The furthest ones are Canada/US, South Africa, and Hong Kong. We seem to have gone global this year. This is truly exciting, thank you all!

We are looking forward for evaluating the applications! The results of participants’ selection will be known by the end of the month - everyone who applied will hear from us. Have a great month of May! :)

Just a reminder: the deadline for the ISSP 2010 Applications is 10 May 2010 as announced and will not be prolonged. We will be accepting applications till 24:00 Monday, 10th of May. Any applications arriving later will only be considered for the Waiting list, if at all.

Ps. We are already very excited about the amazing collection of applications that have already arrived (by now from 28 countries, 4 continents)! We wish you all good luck and are looking forward for the selection process!

We all try again and are looking forward to host Aaron Shuman in Riga this weekend, provided no more volcano surprises coming up. The lecture “Whatever Was Splendid: New American Photographs” will take place at kim? at 19:00 on Saturday 1 May 2010.

The workshop AESTETICS OF NOSTALGIA will run this weekend, 1-2 May. You are welcome to apply for several vacant places till this Friday, 30 April!

THE APPLICATIONS TO ISSP 2010 ARE WELCOME TILL 10TH MAY WITHOUT CHANGES.

The Application form now works in all browsers! In case you encounter a problem, write to us at office@issp.lv.

We have already received first 10 applications from an incredible mixture of 7 countries! :) Looking forward for more!

Hey hey! We are pleased to announce that the applications for the International Summer School of Photography 2010 are officially open. The deadline for applications is 10 May 2010. We will accept 60 students in total this year.
One small note! - our newly introduced on-line Application form still refuses to make friends with Safari browser, so problems with uploading photos there. Thus you will be on safer side if you use any other browser than Safari if you want to apply immediately. We are working on this problem, so hopefully everything works everywhere soon!
And of course, we are looking forward to seeing your applications!
And please, spread the news :)

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The new OnLine Application form will materialize Very Soon (all of our fingers crossed). Meanwhile, the complete information on ISSP 2010 is already here. Take a look and prepare yourselves!

In framework of US culture month in Riga “Made in USA“, we are pleased to invite applications to an ISSP-run workshop AESTHETICS OF NOSTALGIA by a great photographer, editor, writer and curator Aaron Shuman. The workshop shall take place on 17-18 April 2010, at kim? Riga.

The two days course combines lectures, critique, and individual photographing by participants to explore in depth the subject of NOSTALGIA. See complete workshop description here, and apply till 15 April!

NB! a public lecture “Whatever Was Splendid: New American Photographs” will take place at kim? at 19:00 on 15 April 2010. All photography lovers are invited.

Aaron Schuman’s exhibition “Once Upon A Time in the West” will be open at FK Gallery at kim? from 17 April till 9 May 2010.

Once Upon a Time in the West © Aaron Schuman

We are happy to present the fantastic collection of ISSP 2010 workshops! Please see Workshops & teachers. The electronic Application form will appear online very soon.

Sunny greetings from ISSP team :)

Spring greetings to everyone!

The masterclass with Vanessa and George went great - 25 great participants from 8 countries, and a new notion of ’slow photography’… you can find some photos at our Facebook group…

Attention! We plan to announce Applications for ISSP 2010 as of 8th April!
For now, we are proud to present the ISSP 2010 workshop teachers:

Veronique Bourgoin (France) www.bourgoin.name

Ville Lenkkeri (Finland/Sweden) www.villelenkkeri.com

Peter Bialobrzeski (Germany) www.bialobrzeski.de

Roger Ballen (South Africa) www.rogerballen.com

Andrei Polikanov (Russia) http://www.rusrep.ru

George Georgiou (UK), www.georgegeorgiou.net

More information coming very soon. Happy Easter!

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.

from 'Sweet Nothings', by Vanessa Winship

from 'Faultlines' by George Georgiou

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

photo: Mārtiņš Zilgalvis

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.