Not to be missed …

Celebrated documentary photographer Joseph Rodriguez will conduct a four-day workshop in Cardiff. Shaped by its industrial past and over a century of immigration, the capital of Wales is at a crossroads to redefine itself. Once the world’s largest coal port, Cardiff has become a 21st century cosmopolitan city. Its bustling waterfront and a new skyline of offices and luxury hotels hide an inner core of Edwardian neighbourhoods and sixties council estates.

Photographers who seek to collaborate in a personal way with their subjects are invited to participate with the aim to produce a short visual essay that reflects a deeper, more intimate understanding of a person, a community or themselves. This is a unique opportunity, as never before such an intensive, challenging and intimate workshop has taken place in Cardiff.

During the intensive four days of the workshop, you will be photographing on the streets of Cardiff’s social landscape, creating images that get to the heart of a moment, a person, and a situation. Your images will be discussed during the workshop. Visual presentations and discussions will provide an overview of documentary photography, as well as references for further exploration.

Your instructor, Joseph Rodriguez, is an internationally recognized documentary photographer, born and raised in New York. He is the author ofseveral books and his work has appeared in such publications as The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic and GEO. He has also received awards and grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, Swedish Arts Council, and New York State Foundation for the Arts, among many others. He has been awarded Pictures of the Year International by the National Press Photographers Association and the University of Missouri, in 1990, 1992, 1996 and 2002. Joseph teaches at New York University, the International Center of Photography, New York and has also taught at universities in Scandinavia, Europe and Mexico.

The workshop will be held at Third Floor Gallery in Cardiff, Wales. The cost of the workshop is £200 per person. The course is limited to 12 students. Joseph’s workshops are always sold out in New York so act fast and secure your place sending us a filled out application form by email today.