During this five-day course, photography will often take on the characteristics of a passport, a wonderful open-sesame to explore new places but also a delightful pretext to approach and meet others.

The portrait will be the focus of attention. First, Yohanne Lamoulère will ask everybody about their photographic sensibility and experiences before exploring with them various facets and practices involved in making portraits. The approach will favor natural light to fully focus on people and their environment.

The portrait will often be considered a trio, a balance to be found between three protagonists: the photographed person, the photographer and the setting, in this case the city or its surroundings.

The photographers will be able to make their presence and position felt. That presence will be visible in the models’ eyes and body posture or in props that can be used to add a touch of fiction to the portraits.

This approach can be built largely with the person or persons photographed, in the choice of places, artifices and attitudes. The peripheral actor, the city, will be treated in part through the others and how they envisage and shape it.

On the last day of this exciting five-day course, participants will present a personal series, a look at the city through those who live, work and pass through it, a group of images made of faces, bodies, objects, peripheries, walls and openings, a set of photographs that will tell a story—real, imaginary or a bit of both.

The Workshop is held in french (with English translation if necessary).


YOHANNE LAMOULERE
Born 1980 in Nîmes, Yohanne Lamoulère spent her teen years in the Comoros before graduating from the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie d’Arles in 2004 and settling in Marseille. A member of the Tendance Floue collective, her favorite themes are city outskirts and the insularity of the shape-shifting forms they take. She wrote Faux Bourgs (Le Bec en l’air, 2018), a compilation of her work on the city of Marseille. She also belongs to the Zirlib collective with stage director Mohamed El Khatib and works for the French and international press. In 2021 she made her first film, L’œil Noir.
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Website: Yihanne Lamoulère
Instagram: @yohannelamoulere


PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Face-to-face training
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 meal and eat on site during the lunch break

CONTENT
- Study and analysis of the photographs taken
- Daily shooting
- Technical session with a digital camera
- Definition of a personal subject
- Selections of the photographs taken

BRING
- A selection of around 30 images attesting to your practice (preferably on paper/format of your choice)
- Your camera, charger and cables
- 2 or 3 memory cards
- A Mac-compatible hard drive or your computer if you wish
- Clothing, bag, shoes, etc. appropriate for spending several hours outdoors.

TEACHING METHOD
- Taught by an instructor (contact us for more information)

EQUIPMENT
- Mac computers
- A photo library (app. 500 references)
- Various kinds of lighting systems, studio accessories, tripod, etc.

EVALUATION
- Private end-of-course interview and evaluation
- The instructor continuously evaluates the personal series
- Oral end-of-course evaluation

FORMALISATION AT THE END OF THE COURSE
- End-of-course certificate

CONTACTS AND INFORMATION
Les Rencontres d’Arles
Siret: 309 952 489 000 32
Activity declaration number: 93 13 002 55 13
Marie Couteux & Marion Brun stage@rencontres-arles.com
+33(0) 490 967 606