SUMMER WORKSHOP 2025

Antoine D'AGATA

Intimate diary : at limits of photographic act

From Mon 28 July to Fri 01 August 2025

35 hours on 5 day(s)

820,00€ - 5 jours - Tarif en autofinancement 2025

First payment of 30%: 14 days after registration (withdrawal period expires)
Second payment of 70%: After starting the course

contact & information
Marie Couteux & Fabrice Courthial
stage@rencontres-arles.com
0490967606

Stage complet

This workshop revolves around photography as a means for asserting a personal perception of the world. Looking beyond the purely documentary, images making up a diary or inventory allow their inventor to cut free from the constraints underlying the transcription of objective reality.
Antoine d’Agata's concern is to pare down the photographic act to the need to recount ordinary or extreme experiences.

Each participant will be asked to examine the ultimate goal of his approach, to play an active part in his own images, and to work on the texture of reality. Since images, like words, only take on meaning when brought together, the workshop will focus on finding the most relevant form for each individual stance. Working with Antoine d’Agata, participants must be ready to photograph intensively throughout the workshop and to extend the limits of their approach. They will have to confront their obsessions and contradictions as they shape a series of images conveying in real or fictional terms their private relationship with the world.

THE WORKSHOP IS HELD IN FRENCH

ANTOINE D'AGATA
A Magnum member since 2004, Antoine d’Agata won the Nièpce Prize in 2001. His many books include Stigma and Insomnia (Images en Manoeuvres) and Vortex (Atlantica) and Ice (Images en manoeuvre).Images that push back the boundaries of reportages make Antoine d’Agata one of France's most fascinating photographers.
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Face-to-face training course
Location: historic center of Arles
Mobility: stairs to access the building and for several interior rooms (contact us)
Number of participants: between 6 and 10 people
Start of the photo course on the first day: 10:00 a.m.
End of the photo course on the last day: 7:00 p.m. followed by a group presentation until 9:00 p.m.
Hours on other days: 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Possibility to bring your own meal and eat on site during the lunch break

CONTENT
Daily shooting
Selection session on computer and/or on reading print
Study and analysis of the photographs taken
Daily reflections and discussions to define the characteristics of a personal approach
Analysis of the different central stages of a photographic production
“Final editing” session in order to produce a series homogeneous
Finalization of a series on digital file, printed then hung

OBJECTIVES
- Understand different stages of the production of a photographic series: take shots
- Finalize a “coherent” set of digital photographs on a personal theme

SKILLS TARGETED
- Be able to conduct a photoshoot session independently
- Succeed in selecting a coherent set of photographs on a personal theme

PRE-REQUISITES
None.

TARGET AUDIENCE
Anyone wishing to develop their photographic practice. Amateur photographers, novices or experienced. People working or studying in the field of image, communication, journalism, architecture… Professional photographers wishing to explore a new field, a new technique.

PRICES
see the price list according to the duration and type of support. Request a quote

BRING (IDEALLY)
- A selection of about 30 images showing your practice (preferably on paper / format of your choice) / Highly recommended to get to know the trainer.
- Your camera with charger, batteries ... (Free loan possible on request)
- 2 memory cards (to keep your photos)
- Possibly hard drive (mac compatible) or your computer if you wish

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ACCESS
After receiving the registration and self-positioning form, a telephone or message exchange may be made. Registration is definitively validated after acceptance of the training contract and receipt of the 30% deposit after a 14-day withdrawal period.

TEACHING METHODS
Supervision by a professional trainer/photographer
The trainer reads the registration and self-positioning form in advance in order to adapt the process and methods to the objectives.

TECHNICAL METHODS
Mac computer workstations/card reader
Video projector
Flash and LED lighting on request
Hybrid digital camera on request
A library of photographic works

ASSESSMENT
- Interview and individualized assessment upon entering the training
- Carrying out practical exercises continuously assessed by the trainer
- Oral assessment at the end of the training

FORMALIZATION AT THE END OF THE TRAINING
Certificate of completion of training

ACCESSIBILITY AND DISABILITY
Whether you are recognized as having a disability or not, we are at your disposal for any information, and will do everything possible to support you, adapt the content, the materials, the pace and facilitate your reception.
For any further information please contact Mr Fabrice Courthial at 04.90.96.76.06

CONDITIONS OF ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH REDUCED MOBILITY
Presence of stairs to access the training location
Building with stairs to access certain classrooms and shooting locations.
No access ramp or elevator.