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Enjoy the culture of Crete while learning how to shoot compelling images as you begin your humanitarian and artistic documentary.

This workshop is for photographers who want to make images in the humanistic genre with an artistic slant for a personal body of work on Crete. Greek-American Stella Johnson has spent the last 3 years photographing and teaching workshops in Crete and has made invaluable contacts for her students.

Participants in the Crete Documentary Workshop learn how to approach the local baker or the women drinking coffee with their neighbors on their stoops. Stella helps students begin a documentary project with a family of farmers or fishermen and demonstrates how to make intimate, well-crafted photographs that grab the viewer while capturing the essence of the subject. The goal is to learn how to make contact and to follow through with one subject. Stella teaches how to develop a personal style of shooting, see and use all sources of light, abstract the details and make strong compositions. She assists students in determining and defining their interests and ideas while learning how to shoot compelling images that tell a story.

The class works with Greek teaching assistants who photograph with the group and act as translators and guides. This adds to the experience of getting an insider’s perspective of the culture, which is incredibly helpful and illuminating.

The class takes a historical look at photographic documentary traditions and major practitioners. Participants are out each day photographing an area, a segment of the culture or a person, depending on individual documentary interests. Stella meets privately and in class for daily critique as she reviews images, shares her professional experiences working on stories in remote destinations and explores what it takes to develop the strong relationships necessary to work on long term projects.

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