Manchester Photographic is pleased to welcome the WPO in Late February and the whole of March, 2012.
The WPO global theme for 2011/2012 is ‘Portraits of a City‘.
City Projects events is an on going WPO programme which is designed to connect enthusiastic and professional photographers with a global project.
WPO arranges workshops led by established professional photographers, In Manchester, we are proud to announce that it will be Jez Coulson and Kevin Cummins, each of whom interpret the theme with their own unique style.
Workshop dates – 24th Feb 2012 – 26th Feb 2012
Exhibition Dates – 1st March – 30th March 2012.
Schedule: The workshop will consist of a 3-4 hour evening masterclass and two full days of independent shooting and editing and critique. For full details of the workshops see the WPO City Projects page.
What to expect!
- 3 days of workshops, with leading photographers.
- A selection of the work produced during this city project will be printed and exhibited at the Manchester Photographic Gallery, Thursday 1st March – Saturday 30th March, 2012.
- Participants registering for this workshop, will also be upgraded for free to Premium member on the WPO website!
Jez Coulson
Jez Coulson is a British photojournalist and ‘reportage artist’ based in New York.
Jez Coulson, photojournalist and reportage artist, will lead his workshop exploring the dynamics of reportage photography on the streets of Manchester. From the central St Annes Sq Markets through some of the smaller out lying street markets “The Economics of the Street” workshop will seek to explore the life of the City through the commerce conducted out on its streets. He will touch upon the philosophy and mind-set of reportage photography but look specifically at strategy and techniques for achieving certain types of pictures, exploring skills such as using extremely slow shutter speeds, hand held or shooting reflections.
There will be practical guidance on showing participants how to work in public spaces and interact successfully with members of the public as a ‘reportage photographer’. Jez will also talk about being a photo-blogger and give practical guidance on how to run a successful photo blog and increase digital presence.
“The Economics of the Street”……… the market stalls and the burger wagons……… the traders and their customers…….. the stands and the goods………… the deals and the money…….. the grind of setting up early and going home late………. the T-shirts and the CDs…… the antiques and the combat jackets……. the covered and the open ……… the upscale and the down beat…….. trading in all weather………. ” Come on now ladies any three you like for a fiver. ” ………. ” All the bargains from the sweet man! “…….. the people and their shopping ……… the old man selling his shoes ……… the grit of basic commerce …………. the life of the city……………… “The Economics of the Street ” – Jez Coulson
For more information about Jez, visit his agent’s website and his personal blog.
Kevin Cummins
Manchester born Kevin Cummins has an international reputation as one of the world’s leading photographers.
Kevin Cummins: biography Manchester born Kevin Cummins has an international reputation as one of the world’s leading photographers.
His iconic portraits of rock musicians as diverse as Joy Division, The Smiths, Manic Street Preachers, Courtney Love and David Bowie have graced magazine covers, galleries and bedroom walls the world over and are included in the collection of The National Portrait Gallery and The V&A amongst others.
Kevin has published five critically acclaimed monographs to date. The sixth: Sometimes the Sky’s Too Bright, a Manic Street Preachers collection, is due for publication in November 2011.
He has lived in London since 1987 but retains strong links with the North West of England.
For more information about Kevin visit his website.
