A documentary photography workshop, given by Elisabete Maisão, takes place from 27 to 29 April, at CAPa (Center for Performing Arts of the Algarve), in Faro.
In this workshop, works by relevant authors in the field of documentary photography will be analyzed. You will also learn how to develop your own projects.
In addition to the photographic technique and aesthetics, the logistics of fieldwork will be explored, prior research on the local culture, ethical aspects in approaching strangers that one intends to photograph and the social responsibility and imagetic respect of those involved in the image.
In terms of photographic devices, the workshop will explain how to select the appropriate device for each photographic identity and how to organize a personal portfolio and means to use for dissemination
of the works produced.
According to their interests, each student will be encouraged to develop a personal project that will then be analyzed.
Elisabete Maisão (Lisbon) is a photographer and activist. He started his career in photography working in fashion magazines and events and, in 2006, he opened his own studio, “Nouvelle Photo”.
In 2008, he moved to Amsterdam, where he worked at the “EYE – Film Institute of Nederlands” and established himself as a freelancer, continuing to train in photography. In 2011, he inaugurated a new phase of work, traveling and documenting the daily lives of different cultures, work that resulted in his first book, “Turning the wheels – Nepal”.
At the end of 2012 he worked as a photojournalist in Rio de Janeiro. He was part of the Magnum team, assisting photographer David Alan Harvey in the “Offside Brazil” project, during the 2014 World Cup.
Back in Europe, he was involved with the great theme: “the refugee crisis”. Between 2015 and 2016 she traveled to numerous refugee camps in Europe and the Middle East, working as a photographer and volunteer. In Lebanon, he guided photography workshops for children, which was at the origin of the “Hopen” project.
In 2017, back in Rio de Janeiro, she held an artistic residency at Casa Rio, which resulted in the exhibition “Na Rota dos Refugiados” and led her to develop the “Hopen” project in Roraima, with indigenous refugees from Venezuela. She was the guest artist of the 11th Mostra de Cinema e Human Rights, where she exhibited the result of this trip under the title “Places of Refuge”.
This workshop costs 20 euros. The necessary equipment is an analogue, digital, amateur or professional camera, or even a mobile phone.
Registration is open until April 25 and can be done by sending an email to [email protected], indicating name, age, telephone number.
The workshop takes place on the 27th, Friday, from 19:00 pm to 22:00 pm, and on the 28th and 29th, from 10:00 am to 13:00 pm and from 14:30 pm to 17:30 pm.
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