Day of the Dead Photo Experience 2016 in Oaxaca

DAY OF THE DEAD PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE 2016

OCT. 31 – NOV. 2 IN OAXACA HIGHLIGHTS • •

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SESIONES FOTOGRAFICAS DIA Y NOCHE TÉCNICA Y ENFOQUE ESTILO FOTOGRAFIA DE CALLE APRENDIZAJE EN HACER FOTOS CON CONTENIDO: CONTAR UNA HISTORIA A TRAVES DE UNA IMAGEN SELECCIÓN Y EDICIÓN DE LAS FOTOS EN UN PROYECTO FOTOGRAFICO REVISIONES IMAGENES Y RETROALIMENTACION INFORMACIÓN HISTÓRICA ANTROPOLÓGICA GRACIAS A NUESTRA GUIA CARMEN SUBIA RUTA DEL MEZCAL OPORTUNIDADES DE PUBLICACION EN UNA REVISTA DE FOTOGRAFIA PRUEBA Y UTILIZO CAMARAS FUJIFILM

AFTER THE SUCCESS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE 2015 AND GUELAGUETZA PHOTOGRAPHY EXPEDITION 2016 …we will visit the pantheons at night, shall we drink chocolate and bread with people who spend time with loved ones, and we will visit a little village where there will be a typical parade. In addition we will taste the original mezcal and we could also paint our face like skulls, mixing us with the locals…

Find your unique vision through this anthropological and photographic experience, discovering the Mexican ancestral rites with Alex Coghe

WITH THIS WORKSHOP YOU WILL LEARN: FIND YOUR VISION TELLING A STORY THROUGH AN IMAGE

This is a totally practical photography workshop focused on learning and improving the technique with particular focus on the content and telling a story through our images, for an authentic human and cultural experience in ancient rituals of the dead in Oaxaca. At the end of this workshop, participants will have a technical knowledge and a different approach to photography using their own camera for visual storytelling, street photography, photojournalism and portraits that we will be doing during the 3 days.

USING FLASH OVERCOMING FEAR GETTING CLOSE TO YOUR SUBJECTS USE SEVERAL APPROACHES: STREET PHOTOGRAPHY, PHOTOJOURNA LISM, DOCUMENTARY PORTRAIT

Date: 31 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2 Duration: 3 DAYS Location: Oaxaca Cost: MX$ 5000 (ABOUT 270 US$) LANGUAGES: SPANISH, ENGLISH

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THIS WORKSHOP INCLUDES: CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION, UNLIMITED FEEDBACK AFTER THIS WORKSHOP WITH A REAL MENTORING PROGRAM, MY GUIDE TO STREET PHOTOGRAPHY, PUBLICA TION OPPORTUNITIES ON MY BLOG AND MAGAZINE, MERCHANDISING BY FUJIFILM MEXICO.

Payment: BANORTE BANK ACCOUNT: CARMEN ESTELA SUBIA PACHECO - NUMBER 0234024449 KEY ACCOUNT 00234024449 072 180 8

THIS WORKSHOP DOESN’T INCLUDE: HOTELS AND TRANSPORT, MEALS, TIPPING, ALCOHOL AND ANY ADDITIONAL TRANSPORT.

Limited to 10 participants, but the workshop will be held with a minimum of 4 participants.

Small group. Personal attention. Beginners and more experienced photographers are welcome. Any type of camera.

Workshop Leader: Alex Coghe. Historical Guide: Carmen Subia

DEADLINE INSCRIPTIONS: October 20 Contact: alex@alexcoghe.com Tel. 5544931226

ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP

Process Photographers will

participate to this workshop will know my approach with people and I will be share my passion and knowledge as a street photographer and photojournalist with my students: I’m going to provide great experiences, vision, and my comments on their work will be opportunities allowing to become a stronger photographer, taking the utmost from this photographic. anthropol ogical and human experience.

I’m very motivated and excited about this workshop. The Day Of The Dead Photography Experience is an intensive workshop with a unique combination of my criticism about your work as my one-on-one workshops. You will participate to a real photographic experience, with all my experience and availability as an

instructor through revisions and comments on the pictures made.

Through group and individual discussions I will inspire all the photographers every day of this workshop.

From the point of view of content it is a complete photo experience because Oaxaca is still the most sincere and genuine Mexico, a place portrayed by many acknowledged masters of worldwide photography . The Day of the Dead Photography Experience has the objective of offering different photo opportunities taking photos during those magical days: let’s make a photographic work focused on Mexican culture and ancient traditions, doing portraits and candid photographs of people living in places and enliven their ancestral history in Oaxaca.

WE RECOMMEND HOTEL POSADA DEL MARQUES

Calle 20 de Noviembre # 906 Col. Centro – Oaxaca PHONE NUMBERS 019515161417 019515160746 HOTEL Email : reservaciones@hotelposadadelmarques.com

www.alexcoghe.com

Your Workshop Leader is Alex Coghe Alex Coghe is an Italian established editor and photographer currently based in Mexico City whose professional activity ranges from photojournalism to fashion photography. Internationally recognized for his street photography he worked on assignment for Leica Camera AG in 2013 for “People of Chapultepec” a photo story published on the Leica X catalog distributed worldwide. Currently he is documenting “life in the barrio”, showing the daily life in popular neighborhoods of Mexico City, and his most recent work published has been ITALIA, DOLCE VITA: 100 photographs between Rome, Florence and Turin dedicated to his documentation of Italians and their lifestyle, always filtered by his vision as a street photographer. He already has many books published along with prestigious collaborations and important exhibitions in the Los Angeles and Miami (US), Roma, La Spezia, Viterbo (Italy), Hamburg (Germany) and Barcelona (Spain). As a publisher and editor he started this year The Street Photographer Notebook, a monthly edition pdf ebook magazine. He is also a photo trainer giving workshops in three different languages on his own but also for institutes and at the University of Communication in Mexico City. Starting from this year Alex is an official Fujifilm X Photographer.

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KEEP IN MIND:

DSLR or Mirrorless with normal or wideangle lens focal length or zoom and / or compact camera and / mobile phone with camera Flash (for night shots) Enough memory cards for the 3-day workshop Extra batteries and battery charger Pen and notepad Comfortable walking shoes, sunscreen, sunhat

Before the workshop begins, I’ll send you guide to street photography THE ART OF SEEING, complete informations on the DAY OF THE DEAD PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE, and other useful informations to make your experience the best possible.

You can also book online:

http://www.alexcoghe.com/day-of-the-dead-workshop/

DON'T MISS THIS FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE. For any information send us an e-mail to: alex@alexcoghe.com