«VISUAL NARRATIVES AND STORYTELLING »
A Hands-on Documentary Photography Workshop
with award-winning photographer Myrto Papadopoulos
10, 11 and 12 March 2023
6x6 Centre for Photography, Limassol, Cyprus
The documentary genre is one of the most powerful tools for telling stories and creating narratives. It continues to provide audiences with unique experiences, representing life and providing in-depth observations and reflections on culture, politics, ideologies, and people.
In this intensive hands-on three-day photographic workshop, participants will get to learn about the process, the methods, and the multiple ways that a visual narrative can be constructed. They will be encouraged to develop their own creative practices and expansive modes of storytelling, while exploring strategies for working in the field. The workshop will help participants transform their photography into a robust narrative by telling a story in new and creative visual ways.
The workshop includes:
· Hands-on photographic exercises around the city of Limassol
· Theory on methodology & structure
· Live Editing Session
Schedule:
The three-day workshop will be conducted in a small group and is organised in stages:
Friday, 10 March 18:30 - 20:30: Methodology, critical thinking, and development (Introduction / Theory)
Saturday, 11 March 09:00 - 16:00 -Hands-on photography workshop #1: Exploring the «Identity and the Coast of Limassol»
Sunday, 12 March 09:00 - 16:00 -Hands-on photography workshop #2 and the process of editing
Minimum Requirement:
The participants must own and feel comfortable to use a DSLR / mirrorless camera.
Language: English
Participation Fee: €260 (includes V.A.T. and food / drinks)
Limited Number of Participants
About the tutor:
Myrto Papadopoulos works on long-form narratives investigating Documentary Photography and the medium's limits. Pushing the traditional boundaries she seeks to construct a new language with her visual narratives, experimenting with new tools and other media (cross-media). Papadopoulos was born in Greece and began her studies as a fine art student majoring in painting and photography. In 2006, she applied for a documentary photography degree at the ICP (International Centre of Photography) in New York where she was granted a scholarship. She has been an IMEDD fellow for 2019 – 2020 supported by the Niarchos Foundation and nominated for the Prix Pictet and the Magnum Foundation grant. From early on in her career, she has collaborated with major media international outlets and clients such as Smithsonian Magazine, Dior, National Geographic, TIME Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post, among many others. She is represented by Redux Pictures in New York.
Her work has been presented internationally in various solo and group exhibitions and it is included in private collections.
Selected shows:
Mois off De La Photo 2008, Paris PHOTOQUAI Museé Quai Branly 2009, Paris LOOK3 Between Festival 2010, Virginia DUMBO Arts Festival 2011, New York Athens Photo Festival 2011 - Solo exhibition Flash Forward Exhibition 2013, Toronto & Washington DC Lishui Photography Festival 2015, China Tositsa Foundation 2016, Athens - Solo exhibition TBLISI Photo Festival 2018 PHotoESPAÑA 2019, Madrid - OFFLAND, official section Athens Photo Festival 2019 - official section, The Benaki museum Athens Photo Festival 2020 - curator of “The Journal Exhibition”, The Benaki museum. Athens Photo Festival 2022- official section, "Persephone Pauses" curated by Laura Moya, The Benaki museum.