Photography 2025
XIII International Photography Workshop
July 4 to 19, 2025
Director: Hisao Suzuki
Teaching Team: Júlia de Balle, Flavio Coddou, Fumi Suzuki
Duration: 15 days
Teaching load Workshop: 115 hours
Open Program load: 6 hours
Level: Beginners / Advanced
Language: Spanish / English
Place: Barberí Space, Olot (Girona), Spain
REGISTRATIONS CLOSED
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.
Terms
Admission process by open call
First Call
Friday, March 14, 2025. Registrations open.
Friday, April 25, 2025. Registration deadline.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Communication of admissions, waiting list and denials.
Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Tuition payment deadline.
Second Call
Friday, May 9, 2025. Notification of waiting list admissions. Registrations open.
Friday, May 16, 2025. Registration deadline.
Friday, May 23, 2025. Tuition payment deadline.
Call extension
Friday, May 30, 2025. Registrations deadline.
Friday, June 6, 2025. Tuition payment deadline.
Friday, May 30, 2025. Deadline for cancellations, admitted in the first and second call.
Friday, June 6, 2025. Deadline for cancellations, admitted in the extended call.
XIII International Photography Workshop
Friday, July 4, 2025: Start of the workshop.
Saturday, July 12, 2025: Excursion to the new Perelada winery.
Saturday, July 19, 2025: End of the workshop.
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.
We will delve deeper into interdisciplinarity, integrating participants from the Photography workshop into the groups of the Architecture and Landscape workshop who will contribute to their projects the ability to communicate with suggestive images that transmit atmospheres and intentions.
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 cinema and architecture.
Excursion to the work of RCR - 12 July 2025
As part of the Summer Workshop program, we will take a guided tour of the new Perelada winery where the keys to the project will be analyzed. This visit is included in the RCR Summer Workshop 2025 Program.
Excursion to the work of RCR (optional) - July 5 and 6, 2025
To visit the work of RCR in Olot and surroundings you have two options:
1- Visit on your own, with the help of the exclusive graphic material, which we will share with you.
2- Hire the EXTENDED experience, organized by our EuroLAB collaborators. They organize an itinerary with cocktail included. For price and booking information, fill in the form.
Computer Skills and Technical Requirements
Software
Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign.
Technical Requirements
Camera and tripod (recommended).
Computer with recommended minimum screen resolution of 1440px.
Updated browser to access Google Drive for storage and synchronisation services of the workshop contents, collaborative work and archiving of exercises.
Install WhatsApp instant messaging on the mobile phone for information and organisation through RCR chat groups.
Exercise: Atmospheres
Atmospheres are a subjective and emotional dimension of space, born from the interaction between physical and intangible elements. Beyond appearance, they connect people with what is deep and meaningful.
Shared exercise with Architecture and Landscape: The Sagrada Família in today’s Barcelona
The workshop takes a transdisciplinary approach combining architecture, landscape, and visual arts, fostering cooperation and mutual learning. The case study is the Sagrada Família, begun by Gaudí in 1882, and its pending integration into the city through a mountain-to-sea connection.
Exercise directed by Hisao Suzuki with the coordination of Júlia de Balle, the tutoring of Flavio Coddou and the assistance of Fumi Suzuki.
Sketch: The Sagrada Família in modern-day Barcelona, Series 1, June 2024. Gouache with ink and pencil on Canson Imagine paper 200 g/m². 23×32.5 cm. 24-203_E01
Intern Program · Cloister of the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia · Barcelona · Conference Juan de Dios Trias de Bes · Monday, July 7, 2025
Exercise: The Sagrada Família in modern-day Barcelona · Conference · Architectural Considerations on the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia · Juan de Dios Trias de Bes
Juan Trias de Bes (Barcelona, Spain, 1964) is an architect from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB-UPC) 1991. He opened his professional studio, TdB Architects, in 1992 in Barcelona, where he maintains the activity of building and urban planning. In 2013 he obtained the qualification “cum laude” for his doctoral thesis “Material Architectures” at the ETSAB. He authorises institutional works, such as the Academy of Medical Sciences headquarters, the Grífols Laboratories headquarters, the ESADE University in Sant Cugat, and the Natura Bissè headquarters and factory. In rehabilitation, he credits interventions such as the Hotel Mandarin, the modernist Burés House or the restoration of Palau Moxò. In research, he is a member of the Technological Innovation Laboratory (LITEIS) of the UIC Barcelona, where he directs the Research Department “hARQware Chair”. In teaching, he is responsible for the Architectural Design area of the UIC School of Architecture in Barcelona. In humanities, he is a Member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors, a Founder of the Catalan Society of Architecture and Health, a Member of the Research Advisory Council of the Antonio Gaudí Study Center and the Board of Trustees of the Foundation of the Construction Board of the Temple of the Sagrada Família.
Intern Program · Editing Workshop · Monday, July 14, 2025
Editing Workshop: Photo Selection and Storytelling · Tomoko Sakamoto
Tomoko Sakamoto (Tokyo, Japan, 1973) is an architect from Waseda University in Tokyo. She collaborates with EMBT Arquitectes Associats (1998-2001) and as an editor of books on architecture, design and art at the publishing house Actar (2000-2012). In 2012 she founded the studio spread with David Lorente, with whom she has developed several publishing projects and exhibitions.
Special Program 20th anniversary of Les Cols Pavellons · Shooting · Monday, July 14, 2025
In 2025, we commemorate the 20th anniversary of Les Cols Pavellons, a unique project conceived by RCR Arquitectes in 2002 and inaugurated in 2005, adjacent to the two-Michelin-starred restaurant Les Cols in Olot.
The celebration took place on Monday, July 14, with a special program that included visits to the pavilions by participants of the XVIII International Workshop on Architecture and Landscape, as well as a photo session with participants of the XIII International Workshop on Photography.
More than just accommodation, Les Cols Pavellons remains an immersive experience of architecture, landscape, and introspection, and stands as an international benchmark in contemporary architecture—an embodiment of the poetic sensibility of RCR Arquitectes, recipients of the 2017 Pritzker Prize.
Videoclip 10 seconds 2025
Each participant chose a word and filmed a 10-second clip summarizing their experience.
harmony – Fèlix Duart · latencia – Ángela Valdés Muñoz · unravel – Murilo Cremonese de Camargo Faller · redescubrir – Macarena Lavoz · escucha – Marta Rivera Zumárraga · colaborar – Jimena Sancho Martínez · atención – Carlos Gallego Sánchez · fluir – Amalia Nolla Buchner · horizonte – Tirso Domínguez · children – Gonçalo Matos · encuentro – Isabel Romero Rivero · reaccionar – Daniel González Alonso · reflejos – Alberto Figueroa · electricidad – Christian Juan Page · contemplación – Ariadna Polo Garfias · serenity – Cheri Huang · reconectar – Rubén Lahuerta Morales · presencia – Jonathan Witz
Music: Lorde – Oceanic Feeling
Final presentation at the closing ceremony · Saturday, July 19, 2025
Participants: Alberto Figueroa, Mexico · Amalia Teresa Nolla Buchner, Spain · Ángela Valdés Muñoz, Chile · Ariadna Polo Garfias, Mexico · Carlos Gallego Sánchez, Spain · ChienChien Huang, Taiwan · Christian Juan Page, Spain · Fèlix Duart, Spain · Gonçalo Matos, Portugal · Isabel Romero Rivero, Mexico · Jimena Sancho Martínez, Spain · Jonathan Witz, Germany · Jorge Daniel González Alonso, Mexico · Macarena Lavoz, Spain · Marta Rivera Zumárraga, Spain · Murilo Cremonese de Camargo Faller, Brazil · Rubén Lahuerta Morales, Spain · Syam Sreesylam, India · Tirso Domínguez, Mexico.
Partners 2025
RCR Summer Workshop is a program of RCR LAB-A in collaboration with the RCR BUNKA Foundation and with the financial and logistical support of the following institutions and companies, without which it would not be possible to materialise it.
To all of them, our most sincere thanks.
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Teaching Team
Director
Hisao Suzuki (Yamagata, Japan, 1957) is a photographer specialized in architecture. He graduated from the Tokyo School of Photography in 1979. Fascinated by the work of Antoni Gaudí, he moved to Barcelona in 1982, where he has lived since. In 1986, he began collaborating with the magazine El Croquis, becoming its chief photographer. His contribution has been key to the international prestige of the publication, which is now considered one of the most influential media in the dissemination of contemporary architecture. His work has been published in numerous international books and magazines on architecture and design, establishing him as a leading figure in architectural photography. In 2021, Hisao Suzuki donated his photographic archive to the RCR Bunka Foundation, which includes 46,000 images and original files, considered the most important contemporary architecture archive of the last 30 years worldwide. In recognition of his career and cultural contribution, in 2022 he received the Medal of Honor from the Generalitat of Catalonia – Sant Jordi, one of the country’s highest distinctions.
Since 2013, he has directed the International Photography and Audiovisual Workshop, which in 2020 was divided into two parallel workshops, maintaining his leadership in photography and consolidating it as a reference space in the field.
Nature Urban Architecture Art (nuaa) · Instagram
General Coordination
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 several documentaries and currently combines her own projects with external clients as a producer and editor.
Since 2013, she has served as general coordinator and tutor of the International Workshop of Photography and Audiovisual, which in 2020 was divided into two parallel workshops: one focused on Photography and the other on Audiovisual. From 2020 to 2024, she directed the International Workshop of Audiovisual, and she is currently involved in the general coordination of the International Workshop of Photography, working closely with the teaching team.
Flavio Coddou (Brazil, 1975) is a freelance photographer, architect, and designer. He graduated from PUCCAMP (Brazil) and the École d’Architecture de La Villette (Paris) in 1998. He moved to Europe in 2002 and to Barcelona in 2006. He has been working as an architectural photographer since 2012. In 2015, he participated in the III International Audiovisual and Photography Workshop, where he came closer to the techniques of Hisao Suzuki. He is a multicultural professional with a graphic eye and a narrative mindset.
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. Since 2023, she has also been part of the International Photography Workshop team as an assistant, providing support in various areas of production and workshop development.
