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Retreat Masterclass September 2019


  • Photography Retreat Masterclass SP14 Sicilia, 91013 Italy (map)

9th - 14th September 2019

Apply by July 20th 2019

Guest Expert - Dewi Lewis

On co-ordinated arrival to Palermo airport the participants will be picked up in a group and brought to the farmhouse in San Giovanni Vecchio, about 40 minutes away. After settling in, we will give you a tour of the house and its facilities followed by, depending on the time you reach us, a welcoming lunch or dinner.

The following days will be busy with portfolio review sessions providing in-depth focus on each photographer's work, group discussion and presentations, guided tours off the beaten track to visit and photograph near-by places. And of course we’ll indulge in some free time, when the participants are invited to make use of the swimming pool, explore the surroundings and relax and savour the Sicilian country living.

At lunch and dinner we will be eating together as a big family taking this opportunity to extend our daily discussions on photography and just to simply share a bonding opportunity over some delicious and typically Sicilian food.

Our Guest Expert, British publishers Dewi Lewis will join us at the workshop so that we together work on editing, sequencing, design and approaching potential outlets for your story.

On our last day we will conclude our experience by wrapping up, pondering of possible outcomes with the promise to keep in touch for future follow-ups!


Slight changes of program are possible depending on the agreed time of arrival/departure of the group.
Breakfast will be a self-catering continental style selection of coffee, teas, bread, jams and marmalades, as well as milk and cereals.
In-house lunches and dinner will offer simple family-recipes meals, typically consisting of pasta, vegetables, meat and fish. Usually we rely on local and seasonal produce. 

Local wine will be served with evening meals.


Mimi Mollica - Tutor & Host

Mollica’s multi-awarded work has been widely featured in various prestigious publications ranging from The Guardian Weekend Magazine, Financial Times Weekend Magazine, The New York Times Lens, Newsweek Japan, Sunday Times Magazine, Internazionale, C Photo, Granta Magazine, among many others. Exhibition highlights include Somerset House, London 2013, The Rencontres D’Arles 2011, London Street Photography 2011, Contributed Gallery, Berlin 2010, Jerwood Space, London 2010, Milk Gallery, New York City and Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff 2010 and European Parliament, Strasbourg 2009 plus more.

In 2015 Mimi founded the Offspring Photo Meet, a yearly event that champions artistic talent and celebrates photography through a series of portfolio reviews and a cultural programming of talks, panel discussions, projections and more. (photomeet.org)

Dewi Lewis - Dewi Lewis Publishing

Publisher and curator. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and was awarded the Society’s inaugural RPS Award for Outstanding Service to Photography in 2009. In 2012, the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation presented him with an award for Outstanding Contribution to Photography Publishing. Lewis has acted as a jury member for several major competitions and as a portfolio reviewer at international photography events including Fotofest and Review Santa Fe (both USA), Lodz Festival (Poland) and PHotoEspaña (Spain). He was a ‘Master’ for the 2009, 2010 and 2011 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclasses.Along with his own book, Publishing Photography (1992), he writes occasional texts on photography and has curated exhibitions including a survey show of the British magazine Picture Post for the 2010 Atri Festival.


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