2022 Visualising Climate Crisis Intensive Workshop in Bratislava

Deadline: 27-Oct-22

NOOR, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Slovak Press Photo have joined forces to organise a tuition-free, advanced photography workshop for visual storytellers from the Visegrad countries (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland) entirely dedicated to creating impactful visual stories on the climate crisis.

The Visualising Climate Crisis Intensive Workshop will be led by NOOR mentor, multi-award winning photojournalist Kadir van Lohuizen, who has worked extensively on covering the effects of the climate crisis, and Esther Horvath, award winning Hungarian photographer and a Fellow at International League of Conservation Photographers. The workshop will empower a selected group of 12 participants from four Central European countries (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland) by facilitating the development of their journalistic, investigative skills and visual mastery over the photographic medium.

The tuition-free workshop will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia between 21 and 24 of November 2022.

Details

• By creating stories that expose the impact of the climate crisis on a regional scale, the workshop facilitates long-term capacity building for local visual storytellers, and supports their professional development. This educational programme elevates the level of local communication around urgent climate issues, in order to raise awareness, spark discussion and inspire action .
• The workshop is divided in two phases: a physical 4-day intensive workshop, and an online mentoring program lasting for minimum 4 months during the production phase of the works.
• During the workshop, the candidates will learn theoretical and technical skills from the tutors, to boost the development of their own visual practices. Participants will discuss, share and learn about the development of a long-term photographic project. Esther and Kadir, who excel at creating compelling visual narratives  on the climate crisis, will support the candidates as they develop their stories. Together with the candidates, they will work on the (re)conceptualising, sequencing, and editing of the storytelling projects.
• After the completion of the 4-day workshop, the participants will be given a period of a minimum of 4 months to create new bodies of research-based climate photojournalism, based on the initial idea developed during the physical workshop, under the guidance of the tutors via online review, discussion and mentorship. This will allow for the creation of thorough, expansive and high-quality visual journalism.

Criteria

• Applicants must be from one of the Visegrad countries: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.
• All prospective participants must apply with their portfolio, or a selection of images. The application process will be implemented through Picter, an accessible and easy-to-use online resource dedicated to easily navigate and fairly review photography and visual content for contests.
• The prospective applicants will be required to send in a motivation letter outlining the project they would like to focus on during the workshop, accompanied by a portfolio of images. They highly encourage applicants to apply with coherent bodies of work, a series of images or visual stories as opposed to portfolios of single images.
• The jury, composed of the two tutors, NOOR’s education team, and local experts from V4 countries, will select the 12 candidates (3 from each of the 4 Visegrad countries) based on the quality of their work, factoring in critical aspects such as gender parity, inclusivity and equality, as well as the relevance and feasibility of the proposed projects.

Requirements

• Profile
  • First name
  • Last name
  • Gender
  • Between 18 and 100 years old (by Oct 08, 2022)
  • Residing in Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary
  • Nationality
  • Biography with up to 1500 characters
  • CV with up to 2000 characters (or PDF file)
  • Phone
• Upload
  • 1 to 2 projects per submission
  • 1 to 20 files per project
  • Allowed file types: JPG
  • At least 1500px on the long edge
• Descriptions
  • Project title
  • Project description
  • Project year
  • Project location
  • Image description
  • Image title
  • Image location
  • Image date (year)
  • Motivation Letter

For more information, visit https://contests.picter.com/noor2022-visualising-climate-crisis-intensive-workshop