Photographic Workshop
Place The workshop will take place in Santiago de Cuba. The islandís first capital, Santiago is a city of hills, lookouts, colonial squares and beautifully preserved buildings. It is a people city with much of the life of the city in the streets, the heart of the city is a park, peopled by lovers, dancers, musicians and sometime hoards of children on bicycles, scooters. This is a city of neighbourhoods, each with its distinct appearance and lifestyle.
The clarity of light blends and fractures colours, a new palette with each hour and every day. Beautiful children, neo-colonial buildings, and a vivacity to life which blends old and new, provide prolific material for the well-placed lens.
Whether you are sticking to black and white, 35mm and multiple lens, or 8 pixels this workshop will provide an intensive experience of composition, history, and techniques. Together you will discover the inside of Cuba, its history, people, and places.
This workshop is available year round. A personalize one on one experience is available as well.
Workshop Leader Rene Silviera, Photographer – Santiago de Cuba
Rene Silviera is one of Santiago de Cubaís leading photographers. As senior photographer for the Office of the Conservador of the City of Santiago de Cuba, he knows and loves this beautiful city and its inhabitants.
Starting in television in his early 20ís he became a noted prize winner of awards for still photography starting in 1987. Since that time there has barely been a year in which he did not win awards, have his work appear in prestigious exhibitions, or in some of Cubaís leading publications. In 2002 he was the chosen photographer for the catalogue for an exhibition of art dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Cubaís foremost hero and poet, Jose Marti, which included 100 of Cubaís leading artists.
Reneís working is exciting in its clarity of vision and its use of vibrant colour. His techniques of composition and use of the special tropical light of this part of Eastern Cuba bring his images off the page. Whether he is photographing every day life, architectural details, or the natural beauty outside the city, Rene brings an affection to his subjects which invites further exploration.
Rene wants workshop participants to come to know and love his city and people through the lens of their cameras. To explore with him the possibilities of tropical light; to take home with them images of faces and places, but to leave a part of their heart in this city by the bay.
Objectives
The workshop is designed for beginning and intermediate level photographers . The learning emphasis of the workshop will be on the special effect of light in tropical countries, candid photography, and photography is rapid movement situations.
This workshop has been designed for still photography. Digital imagery can be processed and examine. If you wish to take video images ñ please let us know and we will make some arrangements.
Day 1 – Arrival
Day 2 – Workshop 1
Meet the leader of your workshop and your translator. Review of the workshop, its Objectives, Content and Process.
Theory and Practice – Part 1 Tropical Light
A City Walk to explore the possibilities of the city for unique and interesting photographs.
Lunch
History of Photography in Cuba – Part 1.
See the images, the photographers and explore their development