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 :)

issp_2010_poster

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.

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!

photo: Grace Gelder ISSP 2009, from Deniss and Baboushka

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

21st Century calling: to receive regular ISSP news updates, become a fan of ISSP Page on Facebook! :)

Photo: Kai-Olaf Hesse, aus Depot_Bilder

ISSP in cooperation with BerlinPhotoWorkshops and Goethe- Institut Riga presents a workshop in Riga:

A workshop by Kai-Olaf Hesse

Photoworks presentation: sequence, context & strategies or How To Get Your Work Out in Public

2 days | 4-5 December 2009 | 10:00 – 18:00

The workshop addresses the prerequisites for the content and design of an image series, or sequence, which shall be brought together to come up with best possible form of presentation - projection, exhibition, book, or other - for the respective body of work. Beyond the technical requirements, the most decisive criteria for a successful presentation of photographs is the choice of the subject matter/topic and the corresponding structure of the images - sequencing - as well as the selection and design of the materials for the final set up.
Read more »

The date and time of the ISSP 2009 Vernissage in Riga is 3 December 2009, 18:30, at Goethe Institute !

The exhibition will feature a selection of most vivid works (5 per workshop), to be selected by ISSP teachers. We also very much hope to present the ISSP 2010 Catalogue!
Everyone is cordially invited!

In connection with the Opening we also present first ISSP workshop in Riga: Photoworks presentation: sequence, context & strategies or How To Get Your Work Out in Public by Kai Olaf Hesse from BerlinPhotoWorkshops. Two days, December 4-5, applications till November 20. More information coming soon!

Hallelujah! After a couple weeks of struggle with technicalities, the Gallery of ISSP 2009 final works is available online - see here !

If you still notice any small mistakes, please contact us!

We have launched a new activity - a series of ISSP club meetings in Riga! The club evenings will take place with an approximate regularity of every second week. In the programme: ISSP participants’ presentation of completed or ongoing projects, invited artists’ talks, and a special selection of photography-related movies. The main motivation is to keep up the contacts and networking among the ISSP participants.
All ISSP friends are welcome! Information on upcoming events - in your mailboxes, or at ISSP Facebook group.

Ps. Thanks to Jānis & Red Roofs Hotel for location support!

The ISSP 2009 is sadly over … But, the ISSP Exhibition will remain open to the public in Ludza for a good duration of over a month - till 27 September 2009.

52 photographers from 13 countries display the results of their creative searches in Ludza and its surroundings during the week of International Summer School of Photography (1-8 August 2009). 

Location in Ludza: kinoteatris ‘Latgale’, Skolas iela 26, open during the cinema screenings (Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings) or by prior arrangement. Welcome! 

The Exhibition will open at Goethe Institute in Riga on 3 December 2009. We also hope to see the 2009 ISSP Catalogue coming to life. 

ps. THANKS for all the participants and friends for the amazing week! …
pps. More information on upcoming activities : @ ISSP Facebook Group

photo credits: Ģirts Raģelis - for more of his sparkling ISSP documentation see
http://www.flickr.com/photos/86mm/sets/72157621905529105/

ISSP ir oficiāli gaisā un gribam paziņot ka ISSP vakara programma 2.-5. augustā un ISSP noslēguma pasākums 8.augustā ir atvērti apmekletājiem.

ISSP vakara programma pielikumā. Visi fotogrāfijas mīli ir laipni lūgti! 
Dalība: bezmaksas. Noklūšana: ar vilcienu Rīga - Ludza vai privāto auto (skat. atrašanās vieta). Palikšanas iespējas: teltī vai brīvajās gultasvietās (pēc pieejamības). ISSP vakara programma norisinās angļu valodā. 
Par savu ierašanos lūdzam paziņot organizātoriem iepriekš - skat. kontakti. 
 

(summary in English): ISSP 2009 is officially launched by now! :) The evening programme Sunday - Wednesday, as well as the Gala Event and the Opening of the Exhibition on Saturday 8 August is open for guests and visitors!

The updated ISSP 2009 programme and information for participants are downloadable here. Please write to us if you have any more questions.

52 young photographers from 13 countries have confirmed their participation - click to see the final list of ISSP 2009 participants.

Looking forward to seeing all of you in person soon!

The ISSP Selection committee has completed its work evaluating 2009 applications. It was a hard task to select the best 50 (52!) out of 108 - and we did receive more quality applications than we could accept…

Congratulations to the chosen ones! ;) We are looking forward to hearing your participation confirmations soon. And, yes, over ten applicants are currently in the waiting list, in case any places free up.

We also want to thank everyone who applied this year - we really appreciate the interest and hope you try again next year. All of the applicants will very soon receive emails informing of the status.

Hey hey! The admission of applications for ISSP 2009 has been completed yesterday - we have received over 100 applications, from over 20 (!) countries. Thanks to all of you for your interest!

The selected participants shall be announced on this site in the beginning of June. We will also inform all the applicants by email.

Till very soon! :)

Good news - the teacher for workshop nr.5 of ISSP 2009 is finally confirmed! Vanessa Winship (UK) will be giving a workshop on Environmental portrait. Vanessa is a double winner of World Press Photo Competition (1998 and 2008) and a Photographer of the Year 2008 of SONY World Photography Awards. We are very happy for this solution and grateful to SONY for special support. See www.vanessawinship.com for more on the latest addition to ISSP 2009 teachers’ group.
Ps. Applications to ISSP still open until 17 May 2009!

Dear all! The term for submitting ISSP Applications has been prolonged till 17 May 2009!
We apologise for the delay with 5th workshop announcement, and hope to have the information on the web-site by the end of this week.

Looking forward to receiving your applications!!

The problems with the webpage and mails are finally solved, with the migration to a new friendly Skynet server! Just in case your mail to office@issp.lv is still for some strange reason coming back, the back-up address is issp.office@gmail.com

Hey hey! We are glad to announce that the application process for the 4th International Summer School of Photography (ISSP) is now open. ISSP 2009 will take place in Ludza, Latvia from 1 to 9 August 2009.

ISSP 2009 will traditionally offer 5 thematic workshops, led by distingushed photographers and teachers. 50 participants will be selected based on their application forms. Participation is open to students from Latvia and other countries.

The applications will be accepted until 3 May 2009, and the results of selection process notified during second half of May. See information on the workshops and how to apply at this very website! (Btw, now newly refurbished, on much more reasonable CMS and with Comments option on the news!:)).

Download info poster

And here it comes (finally!!) Some visual impressions on the International Summer School of Photography 2008 by Arno Geens (a special ISSP correspondent and Jos World representative):

And our classics - documentation of ISSP Final Exibition installation and opening in Ludza on August 9, 2008 - by Ģirts Raģelis (ISSP 2006 and 2008 participant):

Sunny hallo to everyone!!

Now for sure, the ISSP 2009 shall take place on 1-9 August 2009 at the same location in Ludza.

Information on this year’s workshops and teachers, and the application forms shall appear on the updated web-site very soon - on 1st week of April. The deadline for participants applications will be 1st week of May.

Stay tuned! And happy spring coming!

Yo! The ISSP 2008 Catalogue has been released at the opening of the ISSP 2008 Gala Exhibition at Goethe Institute Riga on 6 October 2008.

The Exhibition will remain open to public at Goethe Institute Riga, Torna iela 1, from 6.10. till 1.11.2008, Mondays – Fridays 9:00-20:00, Saturdays 9:00-15:30

Click here for an abstract of the Exhibition in Latvian. The Catalogue is available for purchase at Gallery Istaba, Kr.Barona 31a.

Uff, its over now… Alas, all the great things come to an end… but only to give way to new beginnings. With all due self-criticism (particularly towards the technicalities of the digital lab), we have to admit that the event was next to perfect! A quick glance at the participants evaluation forms - over 4/5 of the students rated their ISSP experience as ‘excellent’… Read more »

The ISSP evening programme is open for interested visitors - please see the programme of evening events and practical information here. SFVS vakara programma ir atvērta apmeklētājiem - pasākumu programma un praktiskā informācija pieejama šeit. Laipni lūgti Ludzas rajona Zvirgzdenes pagastā!! :)

The practical information for ISSP 2008 participants can be downloaded here. If you have any other questions, you are welcome to contact the organisers. We are looking forward to seeing you on 2nd August in Ezersala!… Enjoy, and see you soon!!!

The ISSP 2007 Catalogue is a collection of 15 photo-series created by the ISSP students for the final exhibition in August 2007. An independent jury: art historian and curator Inese Baranovska, photographer Alnis Stakle and painter Andris Eglitis was engaged in the production of the catalogue by selecting three brightest photo-series from each of the 5 thematic workshops. The publication is a documentary of the creative results of the ISSP. It also provides a summary insight into artistic explorations of new authors, at the same time reflecting the current tendencies in young contemporary photography.

We thank all of the ISSP 2007 students, teachers, and all those involved in producing this beautiful material! Read more »

November 29, 2007: The ISSP 2006 Catalogue has received the Latvia Photography Award of the Year 2007 in the nomination of “Photoalbum or Photography Book of the Year”! Read more »

exibition LUDZA 2007

from 12.11. to 1.12.2007.
Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 20:00,
Saturday: 9:00 - 15:30
at Goethe institute in Riga, Torna iela 1

opening on Monday, 12 November 2007, 18:00

opening words by:
Baiba Tetere, ISSP organiser and curator
Rudolf de Baey, Director of Goethe Institute

Special thanks to:
SONY & Hewlett-Packard Latvija

Jauna SFVS aktivitāte – izstāde Fotogrāfa dienasgrāmata

Rīgā, Andrejsalā, biedrības Orbīta telpās “Elektrocehs”, 12.jūlijā 18:00 tiks atklāta izstāde Fotogrāfa dienasgrāmata. Tajā tiks eksponēti jauno fotogrāfu, Starptautiskās fotogrāfijas vasaras skolas 2006 absolventu īpaši izstādei radītas foto - dienasgrāmatas.

Izstādē piedalās jaunie fotogrāfi Krista Burāne, Mikus Kļaviņs, Uldis Daugaviņs, Sabīne Mežkaze, Viesturs Pinka, Viktorija Krone, Asnate Bočkis, Edgars Širokovs. Read more »