INSTITUTE BLOG

BOOK: David Chancellor and Rena Effendi publishing with Schilt

Schilt Publishing will be publishing monographs by INSTITUTE artists David Chancellor [Hunters] and Rena Effendi [Liquid Land].

http://www.schiltpublishing.com/

TEARSHEET: Rena Effendi photographs "Radicals Rising" for The New Yorker

INSTITUTE at the Sony World Photography Awards

© Robert Leslie

David Chancellor was also at the awards but was MIA for the shoot - Sorry David

L-R - Frank Evers, Zed Nelson, Kate Peters, Rena Effendi, Matt Shonfeld, Rob Hornstra, Cassie Machado, Nadav Kander, Jodi Bieber, Simon Norfolk

Congratulations to Tonights Finalists at the Sony World Photography Awards

After sweeping last weekend's World Press Photo Awards (more than any other agency), INSTITUTE Artists are doing it again, with four of our Artists taking home Finalists Awards at tonight's Sony World Photography Awards.  Congrats to all of our Finalists and we look forward to celebrating with you tonight!  

Rena Effendi - Still Life Finalist

Rob Hornstra - Art & Culture (Finalist)

David Chancellor - Nature & Wildlife (Finalist)

Simon Norfolk - 2 Finalists Awards (People, Architecture)

WORKSHOP: "Shooting a Compelling Human Portrait" For Intermediate Photographers with Rena Effendi

Rena Effendi's Brief: 

In this workshop I would like to discuss various ways of working on a social, environmental and psychological portrait - be it a portrait of one person or a community of individuals. Photography students will receive an assignment to produce a portrait story about an individual or a group of people.

Such portrait assignments are very common in the editorial world and in the workshop we shall discuss the elements constituting a successful portrait. We will talk about approaching a stranger, building close rapport with your subject, breaking down the barriers of communication. I would like to push the boundaries of traditional understanding of photographic reportage. I will share both examples of my own work and of other photographers that have extraordinary vision and approach to storytelling. I will show examples of complex and global stories told by portraying a small family or single person. A single portrait of an individual can be powerful enough to affect social change.

London is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world, yet there is still a divide between the various communities based on their social, ethnic, economic and cultural status. In the international melting pot of London, you will be able to single out a small group of individuals or perhaps even one person in order to portray their daily life, focusing not only on their actions, but their character, emotional expressions and the environment that surrounds them.

I encourage the participants to “infiltrate” the given group and spend a full day with them, be it one person, one family or several people from one community. Find people that interest you personally, whose lives and cultures fascinate you, only in personal approach you will find passion and motivation that are the key ingredients to make this work.  In the interests of time, I suggest that the photographer focuses on building relationships with a smaller number of people (1 – 3 people, perhaps closely related, family or friends). I encourage photographers to locate and approach their chosen group before the workshop and resolve the access issue to be able to concentrate on the shooting assignment during the workshop. 

Schedule:

• Friday 27th April, Introductory Seminar: 17:30 - 20:30.
• Saturday 28th April, Independent Shooting: All day on location.
• Sunday 29th April, Editing & Critique: 09:00 - 18:30. 

You also get!

• The chosen best image from each participant will be printed and exhibited at Somerset House as part of the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition!
• As part of this workshop, you will also be upgraded, for free, to Premium Membership on the WPO website!

To learn more and book tickets

http://www.worldphoto.org/festivals-and-events/events/city-project-london-with-rena-effendi/

TEARSHEET: Rena Effendi photographs for Marie Claire

 

EXHIBITION: Rena Effendi in Dialectics of Strangers' Vision: IRAN

AWARDS: WORLD PRESS PHOTO & SONY

INSTITUTE artists have recently been doing rather well with numerous wins in photography and documentary film making.

Paolo Woods won a 3rd prize for Daily Life for his Radio Days work

Guillaume Herbaut won a 2nd prize in Portraits for The New Amazons

Simon Norfolk won a 3rd prize for Portrait Stories for his work Burke + Norfolk

Rob Hornstra won 1st prize in Arts & Entertainment for Sochi Singers

These are the INSTITUTE finalists

Simon Norfolk - finalist for People and Architecture (Fine Art)

David Chancellor - finalist for Nature & Wildlife

Rob Hornstra - finalist for Arts and Culture

Rena Effendi - finalist for Still Life (Fine Art)

Rena Effendi & Paolo Woods - Magnum Emergency Fund 2012 Grantees

VIDEO: Rena Effendi talks about her Zaman 'Time in Turkey' contribution