Participation in the project is open to young photography artists who correspond to the following criteria:
nationals or residents of project countries: Latvia, Turkey, Iceland, Portugal,
18 – 35 years old,
are working in the genre of documentary photography, and have realized individual projects thereof,
are passionate about story-telling, and motivated to actively contribute to joint project output,
are able and willing to work individually and as part of international team, and to support fellow participants,
knowledge of English language is a must, ability to express yourself in English in writing is desirable.
The project participants must commit to:
participation in the project for its entire duration, including kick-off and editing workshops and country presentations;
organizing and carrying out, between September 2011 and April 2012, an artistic residency in one of the project countries (choice of country to be coordinated within the group, duration upon discretion of each participant);
producing, by May 2012, an individual documentary photography project in framework of the “European borderlines” subject, which will combine the results of work in own country and the country of residency.
Timeline of project activities:
April 2011: project launch and announcement of participants applications
by end May 2011: selection of project participants
6-14 August 2011: project kick-off workshop “Visual narratives – European borderlines” in Latvia, as part of International Summer School of Photography 2011 (www.issp.lv)
August 2011 - May 2012: work on individual projects, artistic residencies
May 2012: project editing workshop in Turkey, compiling the joint project output
June 2012: producing multimedia presentation of project output and project publication
June - October 2012 and beyond: presentations in participating countries and at European photography events.
The work on individual projects will be supervised by Vanessa Winship and George Georgiou, including on-line tutoring between the workshops. The participants will also receive regular mentoring and advise from local coordinators/tutors.
Benefits and costs:
Participation in the project workshop at the International Summer School of Photography 2011 and editing workshop in Turkey is free of charge (including accommodation and meals).
Travel costs to both workshops are partially reimbursed (the project budget will cover at least 60% of the travel costs and all necessary visa costs for Turkish participants).
The participants will receive a fixed allowance of USD 405 to support the costs of their artistic production at home, and a fixed allowance to support the costs of residency in foreign country (EUR 875 on average, adjusted to cost of living).
The participants are responsible for covering the rest of their travel costs and residency/production expenditures. NB! The project team expects and encourages all the participants to actively help the fellow participants when visiting their country, including hosting them whenever possible.
To apply:
Submit an electronic Application form, including:
A motivation statement (up to 1000 words) outlining your motivation for taking part in the project and an initial idea of the individual project you would like to implement if selected;
Your artistic CV;
A selection of 20 - 30 images (JPG format max size 300kb each) from 2-3 photography stories taken by you.
Application deadline: 20 May 2011, 24:00
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APPLICATIONS FOR THE PROJECT ARE CLOSED |
The applicants will be pre-selected by project partners, final decision made by project tutors Vanessa Winship and George Georgiou. Selected participants will be informed by the beginning of June 2011.
Contact information:
In case you have questions on the project and application process, please contact the partner organization in your country:
Latvia: office@issp.lv
Turkey: gapo@gapo.org
Portugal: info@maioclaro.com
Iceland: info@peturthomsen.is