Introduction to digital graphic design.
objectives:
Identify each participant’s visual
language and define their photographic approach.
Help to conceptualize, develop, realize, and finalize each participant’s project. Discover photography culture.
Learn to critique the work of others, and one’s own, at both theoretical and practical levels.
Give advice and discuss how to present your work to school applications, publishers, prizes, etc.
At the end of the workshop every participant should have a story or a project to present at the final slideshow presentation.

20th October: Introduction and discussion on story ideas with each participant so that at the end of the day everyone has a story to work on.
21st – 25th October: Apart from everyday shooting every participant will have a one-to-one session with the mentor and there would be a group session of 1-2 hrs every day.
26st October: Slideshow presentation of the produced works and a closing party.

Any professional or enthusiast using photography as a means of artistic expression.
Creative art students looking for a different and complementary input to their studies.
Professionals wishing to widen their horizons.
Enthusiasts wanting to consolidate their photography skills.

All the participants will have to come with 1-2 story ideas to work during the workshop. the story idea can be about anything but should be feasible enough to be done within the timeline of the workshop.
All the participants should have a digital camera and a decent laptop to edit the work. don’t worry if you don’t have any high-end equipment, any digital camera would work as long as you’re comfortable with it.

Please send by Email:
15-25 images from your portfolio or from a single series.
A motivation letter explaining why do you want to attend this workshop. (maximum 300 words) (pdf or doc)
A short bio. (pdf or doc)
Zip your files and send it to shimlaphotoworkshops@gmail.com
For more information please feel free to contact us at info@hida.co.in or call us at 0177-2843999, +918679900000, +917018049601

Ashutosh Shaktan was born in Shimla, India (b. 1989), and grew up in different towns all over North India. He is a documentary photographer based out of New Delhi, India. Before getting into photography he majored in labor studies from Delhi school of economics, University of Delhi and later studied photojournalism and documentary photography at Hochschule Hannover – university of applied sciences and arts as a part of the international class. He mostly pursue personal projects for longer periods of time often using different visual techniques to document what he sees and feels. Some of the themes which can be seen in his work are intimacy, violence, sexuality, pain, and desire. He has been a participant of Angkor photo workshops where he was mentored by Sohrab Hura and Antoine d’Agata. He is also the recipient of Fellowship for photography Grant by Visual arts gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi in 2015.