DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND REPORTAGE

iedmadrid.com SPECIALIZATION COURSE 20 credits*

Cover photo: Paul Kranzler, Linz09, reportage, 2009

Ricardo Cases, Paloma al aire, photobook, 2011

Course directors: Paul Kranzler and Ricardo Cases.

Course coordinator: Marta Orozco.

Credits: 20*.

Start date: October 2015

End of course: January 2016

Schedule: 10 am to 14:00 pm. Monday to Thursday. Selected production

workshops and Master Classes may include varying schedules.

This course is one of three modules, which can be combined in the form of a

Master Programme for Professional Photography.

Aimed at: students with degrees in Photography, Fine Arts, Media, Advertising

or Communication. Young image-makers who want to specialise in the practice

of professional photography; Photographers working in the media who want to

develop their own style, in their professional and personal work.

Entry requirements:

· Curriculum vitae.

· Letter of interest.

· Technical knowledge in photography is mandatory (One Year Photography at

IED Madrid or comparable); basic experience with post-production skills and a

familiarity with audiovisual formats is also required.

· Project Portfolio.

· Personal interview as deemed necessary by the Academic Coordination Team.

· It is necessary for students to have their own camera to participate in the course.

Language: The lessons will be taught in English (in the event of holding any

activity in Spanish, simultaneous translation into English will be available).

Certification: At the end of the course, an accredited certificate will be awarded

for having completed it satisfactorily.

Attendance: Class attendance is mandatory and will be necessary to obtain an

accredited certificate.

Price: 1.100 € registration + 3.000 € course fee.

Accommodation in Madrid (optional): hospitality@madrid.ied.es

Admissions: +34 914 480 444. info@madrid.ied.es

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Related courses:

Master of Professional Photography

European Master of Fine Art Photography

Photobook International Specialization Course

Specialization Course in Contemporary Art Photography

Specialization Course in Fashion and Lifestyle Photography

Specialization Course in Advertising and Editorial Photography

Curso de Fotografía de Arquitectura

Curso de Verano de Introducción a la Fotografía

DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND REPORTAGE

iedmadrid.com SPECIALIZATION COURSE 20 credits*

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A s the first of three modules that form the Master Programme for Professional Photography at the IED Madrid, this specialization course is dedicated to documentary and reportage. It also

includes transferable knowledge in copyright issues, media relations, communication theory, ethics of the image, retouching and colour correction, new documentary practice, location management, and contracts. A strong and appealing personal work can make the difference when trying to convince magazines and publishers. Based on this assumption, the enhancement of the students’ professional skills in documentary photography is complemented by developing a personal body of work.

The co-directors of this course are good examples of a new breed of photographers who see their documentary work embedded in the artistic field. They are also docents of the European Master of Fine Art Photography and will tutor the students in the creation of a personal artistic project that will go far beyond pure technical excellence.

Students will enter the world of reportage through a network of lecturers, teacher, tutors, and the program’s directors. They have the opportunity to further their studies in the framework of the Master Programme for Professional Photography and to promote the final project through our contributing partners, with the ends of publication and distribution.

Introduction

Paul Kranzler, Linz09, reportage, 2009

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Objectives

The main objectives of this course are:

• Offer students a view of current tendencies in documentary photography and audio-visual reportage.

• Implement the tools and knowledge used in the photography industry.

• Introduce different modes of practice in documentary photography.

• Reflect on the role of the photographer within the media.

• Experience, through a personal project, what it’s like to create a story that is good enough to be published.

• Examine photographic practices within contemporary media contexts.

• Show the cultural value of photography, forms of collaboration and creative funding models.

• Analyse the challenges and limitations of the market in times of strong media convergence and downsizing.

Professional opportunities

This course offers students the chance to access the field of professional photography, which has a high demand in many fields:

• Press and media photographer• Editorial photographer• Post-production artist• Picture editor• Agency Assistant

Final project of David Rojas, alumn of European Master of Fine Art Photography, 2013

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Methodology

This course is characterized by a hands-on approach and dedication to practical issues, in the context of a highly competitive industry.

The classes include discussions on case studies; practical contemporary working methods in the field of production and post-production; visits to artists’ studios and exhibitions; Master classes with outstanding professionals; assignments; individual and group exercises.

Simon Roberts during his Workshop

The didactic plan is composed of

• Workshops with professionals from the industry

• Personal Project tutoring by the course directors

• Master Classes with well known artists

• Assignments

• Personal project

• Written and oral presentations

• Discussion and critique in class

• Creative use of technology and learning-by-doing philosophy

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Workshops:

Ricardo Cases: Finding your voice in documentary photography Ricardo Cases may be one of the best examples to show what Spanish photography can offer today: a self-conscious and direct aesthetic that underlines a critical perspective with a humorous - or even ironic touch, and – most importantly – a true passion for the photographic medium. His workshop will guide you to take full control of the medium’s rhetoric, and get ready to push its limits.

Paul Kranzler: Getting the picture, constructing the story Paul Kranzler’s imagery is based on an analytical and narrative approach to photography. Wide-ranging in approach, his work easily mixes genres and techniques, and his series often are combinations of portraits, still-lifes, landscapes and even nudes. He will show the students how to dominate the photographic technique in order to construct a meaningful story.

Edmund Clark: Contemporary documentary practice Edmund Clark uses photography, found imagery and text to explore links between representation and politics. He is best known for his work on Guantanamo: If the Light Goes Out (2010) and the project Still Life Killing Time (2007). His workshop will analyse contemporary uses of the documentary rhetoric in photography.

Silvia Omedes: Truth and ethics in reportage Silvia Omedes is an independent curator, picture editor, and founding director of the Photographic Social Vision Foundation in Barcelona, a nonprofit platform that supports photojournalism through exhibitions, conferences, and workshops. In her workshop, Silvia will question the use of photography as a truth telling medium, advocating for projects that raise our awareness for social issues on a global basis.

Programme

Visit with Gonzalo Golpe, editor

Cristina de Middel, Afronautas

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Programme

Seminars and practical exercises:

Camerawork I & II In these practical sessions, the students will explore different camera types formats used in documentary and reportage photography. They will learn how to dominate lens system, exposure (relationship aperture/speed/sensibility) and depth of field for their story-telling. Color theory, time control and composition will be taught in classroom and

- most importantly - in the street, with the camera in your hand.

New Documentary Practice Photographers are not only image producers but also consumers, mediators and agents. They have to show responsibility for the impact of their picture in an image-devouring media industry. Photographers are never just observers, they also take part in the events they cover. Contemporary documentary practice is well aware of this dilemma, which has been also at the center of postmodernist thinking. In this module we analyse how to escape the paradox situation by introducing the photographer’s subject view as a defining factor for final outcome of the image.

Professional Retouching and Colour Correction for reportage Histograms, selective color, selection tools and layers will be explained in depth, in order to understand the basic retouching techniques for reportage and documentary-style photography. Professional software such as Photoshop, Bridge, Lightroom and Capture One will be used to convert Raw format images into photographs ready for publication.

Communication Theory and Practice Digitalization has rendered photography equally capable of producing absolutely instant images. Digital cameras have long learnt to record video, and video cameras store photographs. Mobile phones do both, and transmit the imagery directly to the Internet. That is not to say, of course, that forms mixing still and moving images are something new. They are present in the medium of film since its inception, yet digitalization engenders a new relationship with technology: photographers no longer need to fully understand the technology they are employing. The computer is a black box that we do not have to open; we merely need to know how to use it. Learning consists in locating and filtering information, what counts is access to the necessary know-how, in a frenetic technological spiral. But also in the knowledge of the basic principles of information and communication theory.

Documentary video As photography has been fully integrated with video by means of digital convergence, the current generation of artists has become very careful at designing the “end products” of their photographic process. This module will introduce the student to working with moving images and editing them in professional software.

Distribution Platforms Even as pixels replace print, and as newspapers and magazines undergo wrenching surgery, there is still a market for reportage photography. However, it has changed radically in the last decade, and will never be the same anymore in what many people call the “post-photographic” era. New distribution platforms pop up every day, some of them are remakes of old mechanisms, others use the genuinely new potential if the Internet in innovative ways.

Studio visits Students will have the unique opportunity to visit Martin Parr’s studio in London, and to meet Simon Roberts in his studio in Brighton. This trip will take place in late 2014 and will be one of the highlights of the programme.

Master class with Cristina de Middel Cristina De Middel is a Spanish photographer who is currently based in London. She has been working for different newspapers in Spain and with NGOs such as Doctors Without Borders and the Spanish Red Cross for more than 8 years. In her photographic practice, she combines strictly documentary assignments with personal projects, which that have been awarded and exhibited internationally, including a nomination for the Deutsche Börse Prize and the Infinity Award from the ICP in New York. Her artistic work deliberately asks the audience to question the language and the veracity of photography as a document, and plays with reconstructions or archetypes that blur the border between reality and fiction.

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Direction

Ricardo Cases (Orihuela, España, 1971)www.ricardocases.es

Lives and works in Madrid and Valencia. Holds a degree in Journalism by the University of The Basque Country. Since 2011 he has been teaching at the European Master of Fine Art Photography in IED Madrid. He is a member of the Blank Paper collective and runs a publishing project called Fiesta Ediciones. His book Paloma al aire has achieved wide recognition since its publication in 2011.

Paul Kranzler (Linz, Austria, 1979)www.paulkranzler.com

He works as a freelance photographer and his work has been published in magazines such as Dazed & Confused London, Hotshoe Phot. Int., Camera Austria Graz, Der Standard, Album Vienna, Neon-Magazin Munich, Vogue L’uomo Italy and Brand Eins Magazin Hamburg and The New Yorker, to name just a few. Known for his personal work, especially for the projects Land of Milk and Honey (2005) and Brut (2010), he has shown his work at festivals and exhibitions all over the world.

Ricardo Cases, La ciudad que soy series, 2009

Paul Kranzler, Monopol Magazin, Cindy Sherman

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Docents

Nicolás Combarroarchivodecreadores.es/artist/nicolas-combarro/107 Independent artist and curator. In 2004, he founds the audio-visual production company No Hay Penas, together with renown photographer Alberto García-Alix. Jorge Fuembuenawww.jorgefuembuena.com Grant winner and alumn of the European Master of Fine Art Photography, 2013.

Víctor Garridowww.victor-garrido.com Photographer and retouching specialist, for clients such as Fiesta ediciones, EMPTY Studio and the prestigious *S,C,P,F Agency.

Iraida Lombardíairaidalombardia.comPhotographer and alumn of IED Madrid’s Photobook Course, she is now the director of the Architecture Photography course.

José Oterojoseaotero.wordpress.com Artist and educator in the field of communication; docent at the IED Madrid

Joan Villaplanawww.joanvillaplana.com Photographer and director of the One Year Photography course at IED Madrid

Workshops Teachers

Edmund Clarkwww.edmundclark.com Recent works ‘Guantanamo: If The Light Goes Out’ and ‘Control Order House’ engage with state censorship to explore the hidden experiences and spaces of control in the

‘Global War on Terror’.

Jakob Feiglwww.neon.de Picture editor of NEON Magazine, since 2003.

Silvia Omedesphotographicsocialvision.org Founding president of Photographic Social Vision, a private non-profit foundation that has been active for ten years in Barcelona as a platform for promoting photojournalism, and organizing documentary photographic exhibitions, such as the prestigious World Press Photo.

Edmund Clark, Camp Six, Shackles Nicolás Combarro, Untitled (Arquitectura Oculta Series), 2013

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Master Classes & Studio Visits

Martin Parr www.martinparr.com The world-famous British photographer and Magnum-Member Martin Parr is also a collector of photobooks and curator. Since 2011, he has been teaching at IED Madrid’s European Master of Fine Art Photography.

Simon Robertswww.simoncroberts.com British photographer who works for publication such as the Financial Times, as well as publishing his works in the form of photobooks, such as Motherland and We English.

Cristina de Middelwww.lademiddel.com Cristina De Middel is a Spanish photographer who is currently based in London. In her photographic practice, she combines strictly documentary assignments with personal projects.

Master class with Martin Parr, November 2011

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Welcome to the IED Madrid

M ore than forty-five years ago, the IED emerged as an educational institution

working in all design disciplines, visual communication and fashion, and boasts nine schools in Spain, Italy and Brazil.

The IED has been present in Madrid for more than fifteen years, with two schools that serve 1,400 students. They are both set in the city centre, next to the neighbourhoods of Malasaña and Gran Vía.

At present, the IED Madrid is a Private Centre for Higher Education in Design, offering Higher Qualifications that are equivalent to university degrees, as well as MA and postgraduate courses, one-year courses, Executive, specialisation and summer courses.

The IED Madrid offers comprehensive training for new design professionals, who are

The IED Madrid is a cultural institution for the dissemination of design and its connections with other disciplines

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aware of the time they are living in and the environmental, social, economic and political needs that will define future societies.

Thanks to the constant relationship between our school and the business world, all of the courses enjoy the support of a range of companies and institutions, such as: Apple, Canal+, Fun&Basics, iGuzzini, Missoni, Philips, Audi, Inditex, Electrolux, VIPS, Lancia, Alitalia, Sony, Vitra, Havaianas and Bombay Sapphire.

In addition, the IED Madrid is a cultural institution disseminating design and its connections with other disciplines, such as architecture, art, film and music. We organise exhibitions, conferences and events linked to our vision of the future, through innovation and experimentation.

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The IED Master is the postgraduate school of the IED Madrid, a dynamic and innovative laboratory, focusing on debate

and research, which offers the best conditions to learn in a strategic environment: a place in which to think about the present and design the future.

The programmes at the IED Master have been designed to offer continuous education, to provide students with efficient training in the fields of design and communication, to face an increasingly demanding market. The training journey we offer combines a cultural context, transverse knowledge and technical specialisation.

All of the courses are characterised by offering students a multidisciplinary and international vision which involves carrying out real world projects in collaboration with companies and professionals from the sector.

At the IED Master we aim to train future professionals who can boast innovative and creative profiles, which is essential nowadays in order to successfully face the demands of the current work market.

We promote multidisciplinary knowledge in the context of design and communication, achieving a wider perspective in terms of the personal and professional development of our students.

We provide rigorous specialisation in each specific professional area, with a teaching methodology that combines theory and practice, to culminate in a final project tutored by the best professionals in the sector.

We teach our students to develop high-quality communication and management skills with regard to the knowledge acquired.

The IED Master programmes are aimed at students holding diplomas and degrees, as well as professionals and freelancers working in the fields of design and communication, and the corporate world. They are designed to offer high-quality training that ensures an opportunity for personal and professional growth.

The Excellence of the IED Master

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Man has always used the image to communicate. Understood as reality

and symbol, it represents the whole and the parts, the real and the fictitious, it transmits emotion and meaning. It is also the link between the word and our experience of the world, as well as being a socialising element. It occupies the most important place in communication and involves people, society and culture.

The multiplication of electronic devices and the diversity of communication channels present us with an almost uninterrupted flow of images. An invasion which determines our way of communicating and has involved a change in our culture.

This circumstance requires a constant generation and updating of visual systems, which decide the communication link between individuals, companies, platforms and networks.

Because of all this, the IED Master Visual Communication School supplies the tools and theoretical and technical foundations necessary to cope with this new scene, based on the following objectives:

• To analyze the current role of the image and pose possible alternatives for the immediate future.

• To delve into theoretical, technical and projectual knowledge of the different fields of audiovisual design.

• To provide the students with a creative vision.

The IED Master Visual Communication School trains competent professional for their incorporation into the work market and entrepreneur activity, by means of the tools and the vision to interact directly with the world as a generating agent of value and change.

The IED Visual Communication School

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The IED Master is constantly in contact with the business world as part of its curriculum, with a relationship that runs parallel to the training course.

Teaching and business are intertwined in each of the courses, enriching the educational experience of the students with case studies, competitions, involvement in projects, etc. This link is consolidated in most programmes with the completion of a final project in which the student makes use of all the knowledge acquired during the course.

To promote these synergies, the IED Madrid has a Business Bureau where agreements with public and private entities are activated, to develop educational content as part of our Career Guidance. The aim is to facilitate access to the employment market and to create a network of professional contacts from the start of the academic year.

Education and business come together in each of the courses, enriching the experience of our students

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Student Services

Companies

The Professional Guidance Department is a service offered by the IED Madrid to its students in order to advise them and bring them closer to the business sector in a personal and professional way.

The services on offer are useful to those who want to carry out practical experience, or are seeking work, and for those who are interested in exploring and defining their work and study options following their studies.

This department provides students with contacts, opportunities and meetings with companies, on the basis that this will help students enter the work market. This service can be enhanced by the attitude and initiatives of the students themselves.

How to take part?

• Students should submit their CV in Word or PDF. They will be included in our database and will take part in all of our selection processes, depending on their personal and professional profile.

• Students are advised to send a motivation letter describing their interests and objectives.

• We offer the chance to hold a personalised meeting with any students who are interested in this service, to offer them guidance, help them tweak their CV, and manage their entry in the work market. Always by prior appointment.

Operation

The IED carries out personalised monitoring of the students and former students who have been through this department and the companies who might be interested in them, in order to share the results of the selection processes.

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Living in Madrid means taking part in an intense and varied student environment

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Studying in Madrid

Madrid is the “campus” of the IED Master. A dynamic, accessible and sustainable

city based on an Avant Garde cultural model.

Thanks to its location in the city centre and the collaboration agreements established with local institutions, such as the Madrid City Hall, the students and collaborators of the IED Madrid enjoy privileged access to the large public centres for culture, arts and education: the Biblioteca Nacional, La Casa Encendida, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Museo del Prado, etc.

Living in Madrid also offers the chance to take part in a lively and varied student atmosphere. The city boasts a rich educational choice (seven public universities, eight private universities) as well as research centres, summer courses, forums, seminars and specialisation courses, to name just a few.

The cultural life of Madrid, the quality and quantity of its museums, cultural centres, theatres, auditoriums and cinemas turn it into a very active cultural centre, which hosts some of the most important cultural events of the year in Spain, such as ARCO and PHotoEspaña.

Dynamic, multicultural, hospitable and tolerant, its character as an open city enhances its image as a space for the exchange of ideas and cultures, and favours a welcoming atmosphere that combines education, culture and fun.

As an economic and financial centre, the home of the main national and international institutions and companies, the daily life in Madrid brings together professionals from all sectors, to constantly generate new professional opportunities.

It is an important link between Europe and Latin America, the

North of Africa and the Middle East, thanks to its historic past and its privileged geo-strategic position.

Its geographical position, infrastructures and human capital, along with its quality of life and projection to the future, turn Madrid into one of the most attractive cities in which to live, study or work.

Hospitality DepartmentThe IED Madrid has launched a new service for international students and for those who live outside Madrid, situated in the Palacio de Altamira.

If you have any doubt or question, please contact us by email at hospitality@madrid.ied.es or by phone on +34 91 448 04 44.

All of the information regarding administrative procedures and student services in Madrid is available in our online Student Guide, at studentguide.es.

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The IED offers Official Degrees in Design – Graphic Design, Product Design, Interior Design (code 28073045), whose training leads to the obtaining of an official and recognized qualification by the Education Department of the Madrid Region, order number 364/2010, of the 2nd of February, 2011. Provisional study plans, pending approval. Itineraries in the process of being regulated by the Madrid Region. The IED also teaches courses leading to its own qualifications, which do not lead to an official qualification, – three-, two- and one-year courses, MAs, advanced training, specialization and summer courses. In some cases, special technical skills will be required.

All courses are attendance-based. For any information on the duration of each course, start and end dates, number of teaching hours and practical hours, please see the leaflets for each department, available to all students. The cost of school material varies depending on the course chose, ranging between €20 and €160. Additionally, the cost of the necessary materials to carry out projects ranges, depending on the course chosen, between €30 and €270. The cost of this material will be the responsibility of each student, taking into account that the IED offers its students the use of its IT, fashion and product design workshops. The courses are taught from Monday to Friday at the premises of the IED, and, occasionally, on Saturdays. The timetable runs from 9:00 to 23:00. The minimum number of registrations to carry out a course is 15 students. The hours mentioned in each programme include teaching hours, project tutorials, practical classes in laboratories and cultural visits, depending on each course.

The IED offers a Professional Guidance Service to its students, as well as the practical experience agreement form (a maximum of 400 hours) and the list of available companies. The registration period opens eleven months before the start of the course, and closes once the available places have been filled. The annual fee is divided into a registration fee and a course fee. The reservation of each place will be formalized by means of the payment of the registration fee. The IED recognizes students’ right to drop out of a course in certain cases. This information, as well as that describing

the causes, formalities and consequences of the resolution of the contract, is included in the general regulations, available to the public at the offices of the Information and Guidance Service and Administration Department.

The IED organizes a yearly competition to offer a grant which may cover the course fee. As of the publication of this leaflet, the IED Master Madrid has a faculty of active professionals made up of 15 PhDs, 145 graduates and 53 professionals with other qualifications. The prices of the courses depend on their duration, the credits offered, the language in which they are taught and the provenance of each student. For more information please write to info@madrid.ied.es.

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