Barcelona-Madrid 5-Day Architecture workshop

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Barcelona-Madrid 5-Day Architecture Sessions

Decoding Fine Art | Celebrating the Architecture Design | Finding Inspiration Instantly

1 WORKSHOP - 2 CITIES - 3 PHASES - 4 PRINCIPLES - 5 DAYS

After making a comeback after 10 years by conducting a successful workshop in Berlin, Joel Tjintjelaar is ready to raise the bar a bit further again and dig even deeper and wider.

This time, we will host a 5-day Fine-art architectural photography workshop from March 20 to and including March 24, 2025, in two iconic and historic Spanish cities: Barcelona and Madrid. With a 6th 'tag-along non-workshop day'.

After attending this workshop, you will have gained valuable insights into fine art and architectural photography that go far beyond the mainstream teaching topics of most other instructors.

Two cities | one workshop | multiple sessions | priceless experiences

We will start in Barcelona and photograph there for the first 2 days. On the morning of day 3, we will travel together by highspeed train to Madrid (2.5-hr ride) and stay and continue the workshop there. After the official workshop days, you are encouraged to join Joel to explore more in Spain on the non-workshop tag-along day.

The workshop on-location in Spain is first preceded by a 4-hour pre-workshop Zoom session to prepare optimally for Spain. As a Post-workshop there will be 2 processing and Image review Zoom sessions.

Four principles

Apart from the combination of signature technical and in-depth theoretical topics, 4 main features of this workshop will run throughout all sessions:

1. The emphasis on the awareness that the unique subjective experience – human consciousness-  is the only source of art
2. Architectural photography is about celebrating the architectural design and the architect. Fine art is about celebrating and expressing the uniquely subjective experience of the artist – consciousness. Together, as a pair and only as a pair, they form fine art architecture.
3. Inspiration through collaboration. Consistently working together, and looking at each other’s work while shooting in the field, is an important way of finding inspiration on the spot. We actively encourage and create the right conditions to enable this.
4. Respect towards each other is the default state of mind. We don’t critique each other’s work explicitly and verbally. We do it implicitly through the visual language in our work. That is how the great artists worked and changed art history. That's how we do it too.

Learn more here on the concept of RAW & Uncharted architecture workshop sessions, the lecture topics, activities, and the objectives.

We are not just visiting the ubiquitous landmarks of Barcelona and Madrid, instead, we will have a meaningful mix of architectural structures that carry historical, cultural, or aesthetic meaning to understand and emphasize the importance of an emotional connection with what we wish to photograph and express. In other words, we are not looking for pretty Instagram images, but for structures to connect with emotionally and express ourselves through. Practical information is below. Click here for more details on the RAW & uncharted sessions.

**PRACTICAL INFORMATION**

WHAT YOU WILL GET 
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A. Readings and Syllabus – 165-page syllabus and counting

We have a 165-page syllabus reading that is exclusively created for the RAW & Uncharted workshop, to go through before we start with the workshop. It not only covers the technical but also the theoretical and the philosophical aspects of art and photography. The syllabus readings are from October 2024 and will be updated and extended in in-depth and unconventional ways. Except for a few essential technical basics, you will find topics, methods, and thoughts you won't find anywhere else.

B. 5.5-hr B&W fine art processing and masking video

A brand-new 5.5-hour video on manual B&W post-processing and advanced masking is from June 2024 and is up-to-date and included.

Live Zoom-sessions

1. Pre-workshop  Zoom session - Fine Art & Architecture preparations: March 16, 2025

• Duration: approx. 4 hours
• Students will receive the recording of the session
• Topics: Introduction, Fine art, and architectural photography - theoretical and practical guidelines. Information on the buildings on-location, routes, and assignments

On-location in Spain sessions

2a. Workshop days on-location: March 20/21/22/23/24, 2025:  All-day guided sessions in the field with lectures, hands-on instructions, and assignments with feedback. We will be out shooting for the largest part of the day.

2a-sub. The evening before the workshop starts on March 19 is a meet and greet day and you will then receive detailed hand-outs of the buildings, routes, and relevant in-depth information on every building.

2b. Non-workshop tag-along day on-location: March 25, 2025: participants are welcome and encouraged to tag along with Joel while he's exploring in a yet-to-be-identified location to photograph for his portfolio. And that comes with a lot of knowledge sharing too.

3. Post-workshop Zoom session - B&W Processing: March 30, 2025

• Duration: approx. 4 hours
• Practical application with guidance and demos of the 5.5-hour video students receive after signing up for the workshop.
• Students will receive the recording of this session
• Topics: B&W Post-processing and masking of the images taken in Spain

4. Post-workshop Zoom session - Image Review & Feedback: April 6, 2025

• Duration: approx. 4 hours
• Students will receive the recording of the session
• Topics: Image Feedback and review sessions

What's included - an overview

• The workshop on location (2a) + bonus day (2b), the Pre-workshop Zoom session (1), and the Post-workshop Zoom session (3+4) are included.
• The new 5.5-hr HD-quality B&W processing & Masking reference 2024 video (B) is included 
• The 165-page syllabus (A) is included
• Detailed hand-outs of buildings with in-depth analysis, suggestions and routes (2a-sub) 
• You will receive a PDF upon successful registration for the workshop with more detailed info on the program and other deliverables (such as a syllabus and handouts) you will receive before the workshop starts.

What is not included

• Flight and hotels are not included
• Transfer from and to the airport is not included
• The costs for public transportation on workshop days to and from shooting locations are not included but we will travel together as much as possible
• Breakfast/lunch/dinner are not included
• A high-speed train ticket from Barcelona to Madrid is not included (approx.€ 65)

Levels

Workshop level: Advanced. We go deep and most likely beyond our comfort zone and expect serious commitment to fulfill assignments.

Workshop Entry level: Intermediate to Advanced is recommended but Beginners are welcome as long as you don't expect explanations on basic camera settings and handling.

Group size: 10-12 max.

Fitness level: Moderate. We will be out for large parts of the day walking and shooting but it's not an endurance event and we will ensure there are plenty of resting points.

Our ethical principles

We find it important to actively foster an attitude and environment where everyone is respectful towards one another regardless of one’s skin color, (preferred) gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, or ethnicity and I therefore will not tolerate intolerance by anyone towards another with any of the listed human features. Our mission and priority is to provide a safe environment for everyone in life and in this workshop. Accepting the terms & conditions for the workshops I lead, also implies accepting our ethical principles.

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