Refine your vision, strengthen your voice, and deepen your photographic practice alongside Magnum photographer Jérôme Sessini.
In this intensive week-long workshop, you will undertake a photographic project with Philadelphia’s dynamic cultural amalgam and cityscape as your backdrop. Through in-depth critique and analysis — both technical and creative — Jérôme will help you uncover the deeper meaning behind your images and guide you towards formulating a personal photographic intention.
Jérôme Sessini has decades of experience working on assignments for magazines and newspapers. He also worked extensively in the US, and most specifically in Philadelphia. His understanding of working under time constraints and pulling together a comprehensive story in just a few days will be integral to this workshop.
Through the practice of observation and finding purpose, you’ll learn to create work that resonates with authenticity and depth. “As an instructor, my guiding principle is raising awareness of intention. My approach is more about sensitizing than strictly teaching: exploring what it truly means to be a photographer, and how to initiate a personal process,” says Jérôme.
Welcome drinks with participants, Magnum photographers and Magnum staff
AM: Each participant shares their background, project ideas and objectives for this workshop.
PM: Individual Shooting – Individually or in small groups, participants explore the city and start shooting.
AM: Group reviews – Jérôme will discuss process, the importance of personal storytelling, and how to find compelling angles on themes of personal interest.
PM: Individual Shooting – Individually or in small groups, participants continue shooting and working on their project.
AM: Group reviews – Review of participants’ images. Group critique focusing on composition, mood, and narrative potential.
PM: Individual Shooting – Individually or in small groups, participants continue shooting and working on their project.
AM: One-to-one review* – When not in a review session, participants continue shooting their projects.
PM: One-to-one review* – When not in a review session, participants continue shooting their projects.
*A schedule will be sent to you one week before the start of the workshop.
AM: Group reviews – Reviewing everyone’s work produced during the week, Jérôme Sessini will select the best images for the night screening.
PM: Participants are free to rest, visit the city.
Evening: Screening – Magnum photographers, the Learn staff and all participants will gather together to celebrate the end of the workshop and look at what has been produced throughout the week.