September 7th - 12th 2020
Arrival Sunday 6th - Departure Sunday 13th September 2020
Conducted by Mimi Mollica
Special Guest Tutor - Martin Parr
Mimi Mollica
Martin Parr
PROGRAM - 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.
On Monday 7th and Saturday 12th we’ll be joined by acclaimed documentary photographer, editor and curator Martin Parr who will review the participants current projects with group critiques on the Monday initial session and on the following Saturday he will engage in looking at and giving his insight on the FRACTURE work produced over the Masterclass.
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, where we will be working on the collective project FRACTURE about the areas affected by the devastating earthquake of Belice Valley of 1968.
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.
On our last day we will conclude our experience by creating a presentation of the work done over the workshop days and we’ll enjoy a wrap-up party in our farmhouse.
ABOUT Martin Parr
Martin Parr is one of the best-known documentary photographers of his generation. With over 100 books of his own published, and another 30 edited by Parr, his photographic legacy is already established. Parr also acts as a curator and editor. He has curated two photography festivals, Arles in 2004 and Brighton Biennial in 2010. More recently Parr curated the Barbican exhibition, Strange and Familiar. Parr has been a member of the Magnum agency since 1994 and was President from 2013 - 2017. In 2013 Parr was appointed the visiting professor of photography at the University of Ulster. Parr’s work has been collected by many of the major museums, from the Tate, the Pompidou and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Martin Parr established the Martin Parr Foundation in 2017.
ABOUT Mimi Mollica
Mimi Mollica is an award winning documentary photographer based in London. His photo essays deal with social issues and topics related to identity, environment, migration and human transitions. Mimi’s seminal work "Terra Nostra" was published as a monograph with Dewi Lewis Publishing in 2017 while his editorial work has appeared in numerous prestigious magazines including The Guardian Weekend Magazine, Newsweek Japan, The NYT Lens blog, Sunday Times Magazine, Granta Magazine and many more. Mimi’s documentary work has been featured in several books including Street Photography Now (T&H), C- Photo Street (Ivory Press), Photographers Sketchbook (T&H), In The Life Of Cities (Lars Muller) plus more. In early 2015 Mimi founded the Offspring Photo Meet, an incubator organisation that promotes advancement and talent in photography.
Fees vary from £1200 to £2200 - fill in your application form to choose your type of accommodation.
The Farmhouse panoramic view of the exteriors
The Farmhouse main living area
The Country House exterior
The Country House main living space
FEE INCLUDES:
Tuition fee
Accommodation
All in-house meals and drinks
Airport Transfers
Group Van Hire with chauffeur
Day Trips
FEE EXCLUDES:
Flights
Meals and drinks out of the farmhouse
Any Stationary/Electronic/Photographic Equipment
You should bring the following :
Digital camera, lenses, memory cards, batteries, cables and adapters
Preferably your laptop computer
Preferably small prints of your work
PLEASE NOTE:
Participants will be picked up as a group from Palermo airport on Sunday 6th (time tbc) and will be dropped off back to Palermo airport on Sunday 13th in the afternoon or early evening.
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 dinners are freshly prepared daily in-house and all drinks are included in the Masterclass fee.
APPLY HERE
Applications deadline 15th March 2020