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SUMMER WORKSHOP 2025

Bruno BOUDJELAL

Transcribing emotions

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

CONTACTS AND INFORMATION
Fabrice Courthial & Marie Couteux
stage@rencontres-arles.com
+33(0) 490 967 606

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This exciting five-day workshop full of exchanges, experiments and immersions will mainly focus on how to express a sensitive, personal view of the world. It will be about the stories around us, about others, an other, a place, a time, a desire and also ourselves. Bruno Boudjelal will closely follow the participants in carrying out a personal project, helping them to weave, compose and structure a group of photographs by his side. Editing, discussions and the choice of distance will play a key role. Whatever the subject, their goal will be to transcribe in images not necessarily what they see but what they feel or would like others to feel. The approach is based on the many different kinds of opportunities Arles has to offer. They will largely depend on each person’s experience, goals and sensibility. Everyone will receive careful attention. The last day will focus on finalizing and presenting the series.
©Bruno Boudjelal
As a Frenchman of Algerian origins, photography for Bruno Boudjelal is a lifestyle in which he endlessly questions his own identity and confronts us with our own. When his father decided to return to Algeria, he went with him and began to uncover a country, a family, landscapes that spoke to him, a world scarred by violence and individuals whose conversations forced him to question his sense of self. Creating both a diary and testimony, Boudjelal travelled Algeria for ten years. He used both black and white and colour and became increasingly aware of his subjective point of view; one marked by his personal history but curious enough to bring daily life into perspective. His work is often published, exhibited and awarded - he receives the Nadar Price in 2015 for his book  "Algérie, clos comme on ferme un livre? ».
He is represented bu Vu’ Agency.

Website : agencevu.com
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.



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