The works were developed within six different Masterclasses that took place from August 1st to 9th in PelÄi, Latvia.
Workshop No. 3 - Human Nature
By Anna Fox, in cooperation with Andrew Bruce
This workshop is about telling tales; using
photography to reveal stories about the local environment and community, and
perhaps also reveal something about our human nature today.
During the workshop the students researched,
exploreed and considered the relationships between humans and nature in the local
area of Kuldīga. They sought out people who were willing to share their
stories about the nature that surrounds them - from simple things such as
walking the dog, to hunting or life as a farmer, or perhaps memorable tales
about their first contact with nature (big or small) – all of them had a
story to tell either from the past or from the present. The challenge was to
collect these stories and then translate them into a visual interpretation, in a
way creating modern local myths.
The participants discovered new ways of
combining photography with other mediums and approaches with the aim of telling
stories. At the end of the workshop the students and the master designed a book together that
included all the work the participants had made. A book of
modern-day myths, an assemblage of folk tales about the essence of human nature
in Kuldīga today.
List of Participants:
Alex
Morvan (France)
Alexander
Mihalkovich (Belarus)
Baiba
Buceniece (Latvia)
Bea
Uhart (Belgium)
Celina
Bordino (Argentina)
Costanza
De Rogatis (Venezuela)
Iwauko
Murakami (Japan)
Karlis
Bergs (Latvia)
Kumiko Motoki (Japan)
Lauris
Aizupietis (Latvia)
Maria
Baoli (Spain)
Maxim
Sarychau (Belarus)
