Photographic Workshop with J H Engström

Stord, Norway 11. – 18. June 2010

Minimum 10, maximum 13 participants,
skilled amateur or professional photographers.
Black & White / Color, filmbased / digital

     J H ENGSTRÖM
     is one on Sweden’s most remarkable photographers.
     Born in Karlstad, Sweden 1969, he grew up there but also lived and spent a lot of time in France and Paris
    during his childhood and adolescence. His work is highly personal and the poetry is always present.
    He exhibits all over the world and publish books on a regular basis. Among his books are Trying to Dance                 (Journal, 2004) which was shortlisted for the Deutche Börse Photography Prize in 2005, Haunts (Steidl, 2006) and     From Back Home with Anders Petersen (Max Ström, 2009) which was awarded best photobook at the Arles Photo     festival 2009.
    In total he has published six books.

For more about JH and his works, see:
http://www.jhengstrom.com
http://www.galerievu.com/series.php?id_photographe=17
See also http://www.lensculture.com/engstrom.html   http://www.lensculture.com/from-back-home.html

            THE WORKSHOP
            will concentrate on a very personal approach to photography.
            The students will be asked to within themselves find the story, the core of what they are showing in their
            photographs. The workshop will be totally focused on content and not on technique.
            It is also in the concept of the workshop that it will end in an open process rather than in a finalized work.
            As JH says: “I want to start something, not to end something….”

            The venue for the workshop is the island of Stord, which is situated at the entrance of the Hardanger fjord, on
          the west coast of Norway. The island has approximately 20.000 inhabitants, and is blessed with the magic light
            of the North!
            All lectures will be held at our studio, no less than a former Kingdom Hall of Jehovas Witnesses… Participants
            will stay at a small hotel 10 minutes’ walk from the studio. At the hotel there will be a darkroom with facilities for
            black-and-white film processing, and print making (mainly contact prints).
            Should you wish to work digitally you will need to bring all necessary equipment.

            We will serve lunch in our garden every day, this is included in the workshop-fee. Also included are a welcome
            dinner and a farewell-dinner. Beverages (beer/wine/mineralwater) are included with all lunches and the welcome-dinner.

            COSTS: All prices are in Norwegian Kroner (NOK)
            Workshop fee:                                                                                  NOK 8900,-
            (Including warm lunches every day, 2 dinners
            and darkroom chemicals)

            Hotel: (Please note that all participants must stay at this hotel.)

            Pr. person in a double room, total for 7 nights:                                       NOK 2975,-
            (including breakfast and a cold evening meal)

            Pr. person in a single room, total for 7 nights:                                        NOK 4550,-
            (including breakfast and a cold evening meal)

J H Engström

            REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT:
            We need your registration as soon as possible. Send us an e-mail, and as long as the workshop is not full, a space
            will be reserved for you. You will receive a registration form and an invoice for a deposit of NOK 2700,- Your space
            will be confirmed when the deposit has been paid.

            We will not be able to return your deposit after March 1st., should you decide to withdraw from the
            workshop after this date.

            The rest of the fee is to be paid in two instalments: NOK 3100,- by April 15th, and NOK 3100,-
            by May 15^th 2010.
            (You may also pay the total amount of NOK 6200,- by April 15th if you prefer, to save transfer costs).

            Accommodation is to be paid directly to the hotel upon your departure.

            HOW TO GET HERE:
            Depending on where you travel from, Stord is normally easiest to reach by air.
            There are direct flights to Stord from Oslo (Danish Air Transport), alternatively you can travel via Bergen or Haugesund.
            From Bergen you can take a boat or a bus (approx. 2 hours’ travel). Ryanair also have flights from London to Haugesund,
            and from Haugesund to Stord it is only 1,5 hours by bus.

            If you have any questions, send us an e-mail!
            See also our suggested links below.

            Regards
            Catherine Cameron & Oyvind Hjelmen                       e-mail: oh@oyvindhjelmen.com

SUGGESTED LINKS:

Stord:                                                                         Currency converter:
www.stordkommune.no                                               www.xe.com/ucc/

Airlines:                                                                      Catherine & Oyvind:
www.dat.dk                                                                  www.catherinecameron.com
www.sas.no                                                                 www.oyvindhjelmen.com
www.ryanair.com
www.norwegian.com