Havana, Cuba Workshop: Nov. 18th – 22nd, 2018

Portrait of an old woman in the old city of Havana. Cuba, December 15, 2015.

During a catholic ritualistic procession a woman becomes overwhelmed with emotion. Havana, Cuba, December, 2015. Tens of thousands of pilgrims meet annually on Saint Lazaro Day to pray and make offerings to Saint Lazaro.

On the way home from college, Havana, Cuba, 2014.

People waiting a taxi stop in Havna, Cuba, December 11, 2015.

 All photographs  ©  Stephen Dupont

Havana, Cuba Workshop: Nov. 18th – 22nd, 2018

We are taking bookings for our Havana, Cuba Workshop in November 2018. Invest in your photography and yourself. Our photography workshops have a reputation for extending our participants photography in a quantum way. Yes, it will be a challenging experience but you will be amongst like-minded people and it will be affirmative and fortifying every minute of every day. We will fast track your photography authorship to a higher aesthetic.

This workshop is open to all regardless of your level of photography practice. We are invested in teaching all genres of photography from traditional documentary to contemporary art photography and much in-between. Stephen Dupont and I have decades of experience and can impart knowledge that an online photography course or YouTube Video is incapable of achieving.

Stephen has been making photographs like the ones above and like the photographs in  Havana Particular  in Cuba for half his life. He is immensely knowledgeable about Cuba and has an empathy and connection with local Cubans that few Westerners have achieved.

An introductory get-together will be held on the evening prior to the workshop’s formal start in Havana. Like any working documentary photographer, you will be given an assignment brief to interpret as you wish. (The brief will be announced prior to the workshop to give you time to research possible subjects before you arrive.) Stephen and I critique and edit your work one-on-one, and also take part in evening projections and discussions along with local Cuban photographers. The aim is to produce a documentary photo essay with a striking visual narrative, to be shown on the final evening of the workshop.

If you are passionate about your photography and wish to evolve your photography aesthetic than read below. Feel free to contact Stephen or me with any questions you have or to request a registration form, please contact: jack@jackpicone.com and/or stephendupont@bigpond.com

Cost: A special price of US$1,850 includes all workshop sessions. Workshop cost does not include travel costs to Cuba and accommodation. A US$500 (non-refundable secures a place on the workshop) with the balance to be paid no less than one month before the workshop starting date.

The final deadline for registration is Thursday, Oct. 18th.

Application: Our workshops are strictly limited to 15 participants. Havana is a very popular workshop destination, so please do book early to avoid disappointment.

Links:

Jack Picone

http://www.jackpicone.com/

Stephen Dupont

http://www.stephendupont.com/

Please Note: We advise that all participants take out medical/travel insurance for the Cuba workshop. Also, due to unforeseen circumstances, workshop dates can be subject to change. However, this is rare.