This workshop is designed for photographers who wish to clarify their vision and purpose within their documentary work.
Join American photographer Matt Black (Magnum Photos Agency) for an intensive workshop designed to help you develop and refine your photographic storytelling skills. Intended both for those wishing to delve deeper into an existing project and for those wanting to start something new, Matt challenges you to think critically about your work and to consider your vision, your voice, and the role of your work in the world.
This workshop includes discussions and exchanges designed to challenge you to think carefully about your photography and how it can engage the public and promote a purpose. The intersection between personal and public, documentary versus interpretative, and historical versus contemporary are all topics for our group discussions, as we strive to bring our work from a private vision to a broader public role.
Schedule for the workshop
Venue: Palazzo Gopcevich, Sala Didattica (I° floor)
Via Gioacchino Rossini, 4, 34121 Trieste (google maps)
Dates: Thursday, October 23rd and Friday, October 24th
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday, October 23rd
9:00-12:00 | Presentation by Matt Black
13:00 - 17:00 | Roundtable discussion of participants portfolios' followed by a brief overnight assignment.
Each participant must bring portfolio of 20-50 photos
Friday, October 24th
9:00-12:00 | Review of participants' assignments
13:00 - 17:00 | Discussion of outputs: websites, films, books and exhibitions
Not from Trieste?
Write to info@triestephotodays.com and we will put you in contact with the best hotels in the city that reserve rooms specifically for the festival! You can book your room at a fixed price with guaranteed availability.
This way you don’t have to think about anything, just enjoy your weekend dedicated to photography.
Participation
Workshop for 12 participants.
Participation is reserved for members of Exhibit Around APS (registration by filling out the workshop registration form).
To participate, bring a portfolio of 20-50 photos and a camera or a device that can take pictures (smartphone, tablet, etc.).
Any updates will be posted on this page.
Enrollment Fee
600 € + Exhibit Around 2025 membership card (20 €)
Early bird promo until August 31st and until places are filled:
480 € + Exhibit Around 2025 membership card (20 €)
Hurry, places are limited!
Register for the Workshop and Exhibit Around APS
Payment
- PayPal to paypal@exhibitaround.com or www.paypal.me/ExhibitAroundAPS (+20 €)
- Bank Transfer to Exhibit Around APS
IBAN: IT34P0306909606100000186758
BIC/SWIFT: BCITITMM
Bank: Banca Intesa – Milano, Piazza Ferrari 10, bank code: 55000
Reason for Payment: “Your Name + Workshop Black” - Cash at the Exhibit Around APS office: via San Francesco 6, Trieste, Italy (by appointment: 040 372 0617)
Instructor: Matt Black
Matt Black comes from California's Central Valley, a rural and agricultural area in the heart of the state. Between 2014 and 2020, he traveled over 100,000 miles across 46 states for his project "American Geography," published by Thames and Hudson in 2021, accompanied by a traveling exhibition that opened at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg. Other works include "The Dry Land," about the impact of drought on agricultural communities in California, and "The Monster in the Mountains," about the disappearance of 43 students in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. Both of these projects, accompanied by short films, were published by The New Yorker.
Matt's work has appeared regularly in the US and international press, including TIME Magazine, The New Yorker, Le Monde, and Internazionale. He has been awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Prize three times, received the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Award, and has received grants from the Emerson Collective and the National Geographic Society.
Other recognitions include the National Press Photographers Association, the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the California Arts Council, and World Press Photo. He was nominated to join Magnum Photos in 2015 and became a full member in 2019.
