SUMMER WORKSHOP 2025

Martin BOGREN

A way of seeing

From Mon 04 August to Fri 08 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 immersive course takes participants on a quest for their own photography, revealing as much about them as about others, the near, the far and the moment before or after. The intense five-day course is open to all but especially to those who want to deepen their personal approach and develop their photographic language.

Martin Bogren will discuss their earlier work and share methods and approaches, and guide the participants through their means and intentions.

They will undertake a personal project which aims, beyond making a series, to develop an individual language and to trust their hunches.

The course will focus on content more than technology, alternating between individual sessions and group discussions about the projects underway. Thought and editing processes will gradually give shape to a body of work.The course will seek to develop the participants’ presence in their own photography, and encourage them to assert their ways of seeing.

WORKSHOP IN ENGLISH

MARTIN BORGEN
Martin Bogren (b-67) is a Swedish photographer based in Berlin. Over the years, his work has been built through several long-term projects devoted to a personal approach.
Encounters during travels (Notes, 2008, Italia, 2016), joy of first discoveries (Ocean, 2008), or even adolescent spleen (Lowlands, 2011, Tractors boys, 2013, Embraces, 2014): his series reveal the impatient desire to escape boredom, to discover somewhere else. He approaches his subjects with the distance of a mute witness, a subtle and benevolent observer, and combines through his grainy black and white photographs, all in shades of gray, a documentary approach and a sensitive affirmation of his subjective vision.

Martin has been a member of Galerie VU' in Paris since 2013 and a member of the Temps Zero collective since 2018.

Winner of numerous grants and national prizes in Sweden, his work is regularly exhibited internationally and is included in several prestigious collections – including those of the Forografiska Museet (Stockholm), the Oregon Art Museum (Portland) and the National Library of France paris).
He is the author of several highly acclaimed works, including: Tractor Boys (Dewi Lewis), Italia (Max Ström) and August Song (L’Artière).

www.martinbogren.net

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.