Workshops

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Goa Center for Alternative Photography (Goa-CAP)
House No. E2 / 268, Dongorpur (Royal Village), Near St. Alex Church, Calangute, Goa, India
Ph: +91 9890063469, +91 9820679662
Email: info@goa-cap.com

Art Residencies
Enroll for Art Residency:
15th April to 15th May 2010

Enroll for Workshops
B&W Photography Residency Workshop - September

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definitely not a Rembrandt
Project Starts: 28th Jan 2010
Ongoing project at
Galerie Daguerre, Goa-CAP, Calangute, Goa

BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY RESIDENCY WORKSHOP
10 days| 6 participants| unlimited fun

13 TO 24, SEPTEMBER 2010

Goa Center for Alternative Photography (Goa-CAP) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in Goa, India. The Goa-CAP is the first conservative art space dedicated exclusively to photography and aims to become a professional and comprehensive platform for the promotion of alternative photography Art in India.

Goa Center for Alternative Photography is pleased to offer exclusive 12 day residential Black and White photography workshop in Goa. Goa is one of the most charming locations in the Indian subcontinent with unparallel beauty. Goa's rich cultural heritage comprises of dances, folk songs, visual arts, music and folk tales rich in content and variety. This unique workshop is designed for both aspiring and professional photographers who would like to experiment and achieve competence and confidence with their camera and process, whilst learning darkroom techniques. You will see Goa and its surroundings as you’ve never seen them before.

Photography is not all about seeing and creating photographs but about studying and practicing "the art of seeing”, followed by translating this view into visual elements. The traditional silver-gelatin black-and-white print conveys the vision with unmatched brilliance and subtlety.

This residency workshop will have time and variety which will dramatically enhance your seeing, and your ability to carry it through to the final print. The workshop discusses how to make the best possible negatives and prints with full tonal range and explores darkroom procedures, safety, printmaking techniques, burning and dodging, toning, archival processing, and print presentation. However You'll learn a great deal about light, about composing a strong B&W image, about B&W developing and processing and interpreting a scene to turn it into your own vision. Through field trips participants will learn to deepen their visual awareness while clarifying their approach, Students shall get an opportunity to explore the artistic aspects of photography: composition, framing, light, tone and texture, gesture and the moment, along with their own personal responses to the visual world and events around them.

WORKSPACE
Goa-CAP has one of the lo-tech, outmoded labs in India. The faculty includes enlargers including black and white and colour heads, 35mm to large format, black and white film development facilities, daylight finishing area, technical support and chemicals. Goa-CAP lab also has daguerreotype studio and Wet plate collodion studio furnished with equipments and chemicals. Goa-CAP also has a variety of cameras for participants, including 35mm SLR film, digital SLRs, medium format, large format cameras and 4x5 feet walk through camera obscura.

Studio is in the midst of several palm trees and stones in the Calangute village. Residents shall have 24-hour access to the studio. Residents receive 24/7 access to Goa-CAP workspace facilities (including black-&-white darkroom, and Alternative Lab), and technical support,

ACCOMMODATION AND LOCATION
You will stay in the Apartment in Calangute near Goa Centre for Alternative Photography. A journey through several villages and hamlets in Goa, will lead you to Calangute beach, set with the backdrop of the Arabian Sea, is truly named the “Queen of the Beaches”. Surrounded by palm and coconut trees, the beach of Calangute is one of the most popular and busiest beaches of Goa. Your stay will be fully catered, including a Goan style breakfast, delicious hot, homemade food will be provided at lunchtimes and during Dinner.

2010 SCHEDULE AND FEES

September - Black and White residency workshop

13 TO 24, SEPTEMBER 2010 - 10 DAYS - RS. 25,000/-

The fee includes studio space, black and white darkroom stuffed with all necessary chemicals, a twin sharing rooms, three meals in a day and group trips.

Spouses may accompany the participants sharing their room for any length of time as a non-studio participant, paying a reduced fee.

To facilitate greater interaction and participation, the number of participants will be restricted to 6 only.

Acceptance will be on first come first serve basis

HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS RESIDENCY WORKSHOP

• First-class teaching by famous Black and White Photographer Ms Sadana.
• Intensive Photography and darkroom sessions including demonstrations, darkroom instruction and critique sessions.
• Photographic tours to various Goa villages, beaches, monuments, architectural heritages and ruins.
• Goan food.
• Workshop accompanied by a professional workshop manager.
• A certificate confirming your successful completion of the workshop.
• With lots fun, music and more

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