Online masterclass - Photography in times of global uncertainty

We are happy to announce an online masterclass with Italian duo The Cool Couple - "LOL: Photography in times of global uncertainty"The masterclass will focus on supporting participants' personal researches that aim to address some of the key issues of the present time. Through a series of group and individual meetings, the class will review, discuss and conceptualise the produced materials. The participants will improve their projects by gaining a deeper understanding of the methodology behind a coherent artistic project and will be invited to evaluate and experiment with a wide range of visual languages and methods of presentation, often pushing photography to its boundaries. 

Course dates : 19 February - 9 April 2021 (once a week). 
Application deadline : 11 February 2021. 

More information and applications here

Middle Town Part I: Trabzon - book dummies

Here are the four book dummies produced by the project participants during our first Middle Town project workshop in Trabzon, Turkey (10-16 March 2012). We made four book dummies about Trabzon and it was an amazing learning exercise.

Meistarklase "Landscape and Manscape"

Aicinām fotogrāfus līdz 10. aprīlim pieteikties 2 dienu meistarklasei ar Islandiešu fotogrāfu un foto-redaktoru Pallu Stefanssonu! Meistarklase ainavas un cilvēku ietekmētās ainavas tematikā notiks 20.-21. aprīlī Rīgā un Bolderājā.
We invite photographers to apply for a 2-day masterclass with Icelandic photographer Páll Stefánsson (Iceland Review Magazine) "Landscape and Manscape: The Edge of Riga" on 20-21 April! Applications accepted till 10th April.

ISSP 2011 video is released

Whilst in preparation for the 2012 ISSP edition, we have just completed the short ISSP 2011 video. 
Sweet summer vibes!...

ISSP Skolas autora vakars: fotogrāfe Katrina Tang (EST)

Trešdien, 22.februarī plkst 18:30 ISSP Skolas vieslekciju programmas ietvaros notiks tikšanās ar Igauņu modes fotogrāfi Katrīnu Tang (fashion and editorial photography), kura rādīs/stāstīs par saviem projektiem.

ISSP 2012 - dates

Dear all, for your information, the International Summer School of Photography will this year take place in Kuldiga on 4-12 August 2012. We are in process of putting together the programme. Applications will be announced as usual around end of March - stay tuned & check this site a little later.

 

 

 

Middle Town project participants

The participants of the new project "Middle Town: Picturing the Unspectacular" have been confirmed. The selected photographers are:  Diāna Tamane, Iveta Vaivode, Ieva Epnere and Artis Silenieks from Latvia, Muge Yilmaz, Volkan Kiziltunc, Yigit Tanel Kacar and Zeynep Beler from Turkey, Nico Baumgarten from Germany, Michela Palermo from Italy, Karolina Wojtasik from Poland and Andris Feldmanis from Estonia. Congratulations guys!

 

Autora vakars fotomuzejā - Ēriks Lusito: pagrimuma semiotika

ISSP Skola sadarbībā ar Latvijas Fotogrāfijas muzeju aicina uz tikšanos ar fotogrāfu Ēriku Lusito (FR): “Pēc dzelzs priekškara. Padomju impērijas mantojums – pagrimuma semiotika” piektdien, 3. februarī, plkst. 18:00, Latvijas Fotogrāfijas muzejā.