Passing Through: A four day workshop with Stuart Franklin

The aim of the workshop is to document movement in the city of Groningen. Participants will be asked to capture a sense of journeying and movement that echoes the city's past as a trading town and it's history as a university town and ‘world cycling city’. A typical approach would be to explore the culture of cycling in the city - how people use bikes, where they go, etc. The aim will be to document the city in a fresh and interesting way. The concept ‘passing through’ should give enough scope to explore long and short journeys and understand some of the challenges that documentary photography presents.

Participation Fee: 600 Euros, to be paid in advance.

Provided with fee:
- Hotel room incl breakfast Tuesday Sept 8 through Saturday Sept 12 (four nights).
- Cold lunch Wednesday through Friday served at the Noorderlicht building.
- Tea, coffee and juice whenever working in the Noorderlicht building.
- Printing of a maximum of six exhibition prints (30x40 cm) at the Noorderlicht office.

Programme:
Tuesday Sept 8: arrive in Groningen (2,5 hours by train from Amsterdam)
Wednesday Sept 9: portfolio reviews
Thursday Sept 10: shoot on location in Groningen / printing
Friday Sept 11: shooting / printing / discussing
Saturday Sept 12: reviewing results of workshop (open to the public from 11:00) / finish 12:30

After that on Sat Sept 12: Curator’s talk by Stuart Franklin with photographer Abid Katib: 13:00
And more lectures that day (see Activity Programme).

Equipment: Participants must bring their own photo camera (digital only!) and laptop to work with.

Selection: 10 participants will be selected from all applications.
The deadline for applying is August 28th, 23:00.
Noorderlicht will inform all applicants whether they have been selected or not by Sept 2nd.
After that, the names of those selected will be published on the Noorderlicht website.

Information: Irene Kromhout (festival coordinator): irene@noorderlicht.com