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The Photography Master Retreat: A one-week, mentor-led retreat for photographers held in the south of France every year in July, right after the opening week of Les Rencontres d'Arles.

A summer workshop for photographers to rethink their work, refocus on their trajectory, and recharge their artistic batteries. ­

The Photography Master Retreat   /   Deadline: 03/04/18

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The Photography Master Retreat is a unique, one-week, mentor-led retreat for photographers held in the south of France every year in July, right after the opening week of Les Rencontres d'Arles.
The Photography Master Retreat, fourth edition, will be held July 7-14, 2018 for a select group of fourteen participants, chosen by the mentors from submitted applications. Call for application ends March 4, 2018.
The retreat is designed for established and emerging photographers – fine art, conceptual, or documentary – who are passionate about their work and want to take it to the next level.
Three internationally acclaimed mentors will guide, advise and inspire the chosen participants: Elisabeth Biondi, curator and former Visuals Editor of The New Yorker; Lyle Rexer, critic, curator and educator; and artist-educator Martine Fougeron.
This memorable, immersive experience, set in a remote hamlet in the south of France, is not a shooting trip but a rare chance for photographers to rethink their work, refocus on their trajectory, and recharge their artistic batteries. ­

Location

South of France

Fees

free

Eligibility

The Photography Master Retreat is designed for professional, emerging professional, serious advanced, and aspiring photographers in any genre – fine art, conceptual, or documentary – who are passionate about their existing work and committed about taking it to the next level.

The Photography Master Retreat is a one-of-a-kind, career-enhancing opportunity for established and emerging photographers to engage in artistic introspection and professional critique.

It's not a shooting trip but a rare chance to pause, reflect on your work, and bond with peers who are passionate about photography. It is designed for a select group of 14 artists who have to apply.

Requirements

The Photography Master Retreat is not a practice-based photography session – those are everywhere, in every wonderful location around the world (you shoot and you learn how to do things.) This is the only retreat where photographers are asked to reflect. Where the main activity is to look at the work you are making and have made, and think about what it actually means. What's good about it, what's most important, what's you about it? What is it that's yours, and to let that come out in a variety of different ways, and let the other things fall away. What you should walk away with is a better sense of yourself as a photographer, and perhaps a better sense of yourself as a person.

Considerations

HOW THE MENTORS WORK.

The Photography Master Retreat emphasizes intensive review and discussion of each participant's process and work. The three mentors are committed to taking individual students to their highest photographic potential in a creative, supportive, and enjoyable environment.

Portfolio reviews, supportive critique, discussions, and opportunities for introspection are all integral components of this special program. The mentors schedule each day working with the larger group (14 participants maximum), smaller groups, as well as individual one-on-one sessions.



THE BEGINNING OF A NEW COURSE OF ACTION.

The Photography Master Retreat is not based on an ideology or a predetermined aesthetic approach – it engages each participant's work on its own terms, and seeks the best ways to improve and enrich the photographic encounter.

A week in Esparon becomes a path to better and more conscious work. Together we explore photographic ideas and process in depth, allowing you to the time and space to rethink your aesthetic and your path forward.

Evaluation Criteria

The Photography Master Retreat selection committee will review all submissions and choose 14 participants. Call for application deadline is: March 4, 20128.

Is it your time to seize this unique opportunity to rethink your work... refocus your trajectory... and recharge your artistic batteries?

The Photography Master Retreat was founded in 2014 as an annual, one-week, immersive workshop in her family home by Martine Fougeron, herself a celebrated photographer and artist, as well as faculty at International Center of Photography, New York. She is one of the three mentors at the retreat. The other two are also renowned in the world of photography, Elisabeth Biondi, Visuals Editor, 1996-2011 at The New Yorker, also an independent curator and writer; Lyle Rexer, a critic and curator – both faculty at the School of Visual Arts, New York.

Contact Information

Martine Fougeron
757 East 133rd Street
NY, NY 10454

P: 1-917-6228755
W: https://www.thephotographymasterretreat.com
E: application@thephotographymasterretreat.com