Photography
XII International Photography Workshop
July 1 to 15, 2024
Director: Hisao Suzuki
Teaching Team: Júlia de Balle, Theo Domini, Fumi Suzuki
Duration: 15 days
Teaching load: 115 hours
Open Program load: 8 hours
Level: Beginners / Advanced
Language: Spanish / English
Place: Barberí Space, Olot (Girona), Spain
Aim
The aim is to expand theoretical and practical knowledge about photography in the representation of space and architecture, starting from the approach to the work of RCR Arquitectes and the photography of Hisao Suzuki. The exercises combine reflection on the work process and its implementation from a conscious approach to space and everything that surrounds us, thus contributing to the awakening of the senses and stimulating the creation of communicative, adaptable images to the new digital formats and social media trends, and that make us experience, want to touch, listen and be in this place.
Program
Creative Workshop. Group work in an exercise shared with the Architecture and Landscape Workshop to contribute to communicating a creative proposal suggestively and effectively through the production of photographs, putting the knowledge learned into practice. Joint visit to the project site.
Internal Program. Conferences on the camera and photography and editing and publishing, and specific to Audiovisual on audiovisual language, storytelling and editing: work workflow with Adobe Premiere Pro.
Reviews. Internal corrections with Hisao Suzuki and the teaching team. Reviews with RCR Arquitectes.
Excursion to RCR’s work. A guided tour of the Perelada wineries, where the keys to the project will be analyzed.
Open Program. Thematic lecture series on architecture and photography.
The schedule may be subject to change.
Colloquia
In this edition, we offer, as a novelty, the opportunity to talk with the architecture teams invited to the Open Program 2024 under the theme of sharing.
Participants will be able to exchange with Carles Oliver Barceló about his experience in environmentally friendly collective housing in the Balearic Islands, with a member of the Lacol architects’ cooperative in Barcelona who has demonstrated the viability of other ways of living by sharing, and with the studio French winner of the 2021 Pritzker Prize, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, whose architectural practice is governed by the maxim of never demolish, eliminate or replace, always add, transform and reuse.
Computer Skills and Technical Requirements
Software
Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign.
Technical Requirements
Camera and tripod (recommended).
Computer with a recommended minimum screen resolution of 1440px.
Up-to-date browser for accessing the e-learning platform and downloading and uploading content.
Exercise: Sharing
Shared creativity refers to relational processes where different fields of knowledge are integrated. It allows complex problems to be addressed from an interdisciplinary perspective. With this idea in mind we will approach the exercises of the Architecture and Landscape workshop in a transdisciplinary way, contributing from the visual arts a sensory and analytical component to the creative process. In this way, we seek participation, exchanging ideas, cooperation and mutual teamwork learning.
Exercise directed by Hisao Suzuki with the coordination and tutoring of Júlia de Balle and the assistance of Fumi Suzuki.
Shared exercise with Architecture and Landscape: The Sagrada Família in modern-day Barcelona
The construction of the Sagrada Família church, the work of Antoni Gaudí, began in 1882 and is still in progress. Gaudí proposed inserting the church into the urban fabric of the Eixample district of Barcelona by its representativeness and symbolism. This question has yet to be resolved and is included in the exercise with an approach to the mountain-sea connection to articulate a global strategy as an intervention instrument. The exercise was initiated in the last edition and will build on the results of the previous workshop.
Sketch: The Sagrada Família in modern-day Barcelona, Series 1, June 2022. Gouache with ink and pencil on Canson Imagine paper 200 g/m². 23×32.5 cm. 22-203_E01
Shared exercise with Architecture and Landscape: Management Centre of La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park
The volcanic area of La Garrotxa is the best example of a volcanic landscape with exceptional landscape value in the Iberian Peninsula. The boom in tourism has led to the need to increase the management services of the natural park, which is currently spread over two sites. The Natural Park Management Centre on the Parc Nou in Olot is intended to act as a hinge between the city, the urban, and the natural park.
Sketch: La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park Management Centre, Series 1, June 2022. Gouache with ink and pencil on Canson Imagine paper 200 g/m². 23×32,5 cm. 22-203_E02
Conditions
Places available: 24 places
Profile: The course targets people over 18 from any creative discipline.
Registration: It is necessary to fill out the form at Registration.
Registration fee: 50 euros (non-refundable).
Admission process: All those registered will take part.
Admission criteria: Assessment of CV portfolio.
Tuition fee: 700 euros.
Inclusions: The tuition fee includes the costs of the workshop program. The participant assumes the expenses related to travel, maintenance, and accommodation.
Method of payment: Through the Stripe platform.
Certificates of participation: Certificates issued by RCR.
Calendar
Admission Process by Open Call
Friday, December 22, 2023. Start of registrations.
Friday, April 12, 2024. Registration deadline.
Friday, April 19, 2024. Communication of admissions and denials.
Friday, April 26, 2024. Deadline for payment of tuition fees. Deadline extended to Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
Friday, May 24, 2024. Cancellation deadline.
XII International Photography Workshop
Monday, July 1, 2024: Start of the workshop
Saturday, July 6, 2024: Excursion to the new Perelada winery
Friday, July 15, 2024: Closure of the workshop
Teaching Team
Director
Hisao Suzuki (Yamagata, Japan, 1957) graduated from the Tokyo School of Photography in 1979. Fascinated by the architecture of Antoni Gaudí, he arrived in Barcelona in 1982 and settled there. In 1986 he began to collaborate with the magazine El Croquis and became its main photographer; in this way, he contributed to the recognition of the publication as the means of disseminating contemporary architecture with the most international prestige. His photographs have also been published in numerous books and other global architecture and design magazines.
General Coordination and Tutor
Júlia de Balle (Barcelona, Spain, 1986) holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in Barcelona (2009). After completing her studies in Berlin, she joined the RCR Arquitectes team as a communication and audiovisual creative coordinator. She has directed two documentaries and currently combines work for external clients as a producer and editor of her projects.
Assistant
Fumi Suzuki (Premià de Mar, Spain, 1990) holds a diploma in Social Education from the University of Barcelona (2011). Since 2020, she has been collaborating as a photography assistant to Hisao Suzuki, accompanying him in various reports and organizing the photographic archive of the NUAA Gallery / Hisao Suzuki Photography.
