- Date: September, Friday 26th
- Price: 140€ per person
- Limited to 10 people
Minimal Street Photography Workshop Program
“The Art of Minimalism in Urban Street Photography”
9:00-10:00 – Overview of the Workshop
Goals, themes, and what participants will gain.
Short Presentation: Showcase the photographer’s work focusing on minimalism, light and shadow, compositions, and evoking emotions like solitude.
Discussion: Participants briefly share what they hope to learn.
Fundamentals of Minimal Urban Photography
What is minimalism in photography?
The use of light and shadow.
Composition techniques: Rule of thirds, negative space, and symmetry.
Telling stories of isolation and solitude in urban settings.
10:30-12:30 – Photowalk Location: A pre-scouted urban area with interesting architectural features, open spaces, and varied lighting conditions. Participants are tasked with shooting based on assignments like: -Light and shadow exploration. -Negative space and solitude. -Geometric forms in urban environments. Hands-on guidance and feedback during the walk. Share live tips and tricks on observing minimal compositions.
12:30-13:00 – Lunch
13:15-15:00 – Working a scene
One specific location: everyone takes photos during 1 hour of the same location (different approaches, angles, light,…)
Review of results
15:00- 16:15 – Independent Shooting
Putting into practice what is learned in the morning session.
Participants start walking in different directions focus on chosen themes from the morning session with minimal intervention, use of light and shadow, composition, solitude. Alone or in little groups.
Everyone gets a different assignment like geometry in urban setting, play of light and shadows, use of negative space, colour as minimalistic tool, one subject, one frame, reflections and transparencies, monochromatic minimalism, repetition and rhythm, or urban isolation.
16.30 – Reach Villa Altieri in order to participate in the opening vernissage of the Rome Photo Lab exhibitions, offered by the Casale del Giglio winery.
Important: The workshop review will be done in an online group session to be agreed with the teacher. Each participant will have to select and prepare 5 shots.
Editing Tips: basic editing techniques to enhance minimal urban photography (e.g., black and white conversion, contrast adjustment, cropping.
About Mania De Praeter (@poppze – @maniadepraeter)
Mania works as a neurosurgeon in the University Hospital in her hometown Antwerp, but discovered her passion for street photography during lockdown.
During her free time she strolls the streets looking for beautiful scenes, light and compositions. Solitude and minimalism are a recurring theme in her photography. A lot of her work is in black and white but she very much likes colour photography too and she’s a big Saul Leister fan.