Photobook Workshop with Simon Devitt

Simon DevittSimon Devitt ( b.1973) is a photographer based in Auckland, New Zealand. His focus is Architecture.As part of his photography practice Simon travels extensively throughout Australasia and further afield.His work is published in numerous national and international magazines includingElle Decor(Italia),Architectural Digest(Germany),Dwell(USA),Habitus,InDesign(Australia),Architecture NZ,Urbis,Interior(NZ).Devitt’s images also feature in many books including Julia Gatley’s Auckland University Press publishedLong Live the Modern(2009),Group Architects: Towards a New Zealand Architecture(2010) andAthfield Architects(2012). In 2011 Devitt collaborated on a book with Andrea Stevens and published by Penguin,Summer Houses(2011) and in 2013 he launched his first self-published book on the Athfield residence in WellingtonPortrait of a House.Simon lectures in Photography of Architecture at the University of Auckland.Devitt has exhibited in both group and solo shows and is currently represented in New Zealand by McNamara Gallery, Whanganui.He is available for commissions, collaborations, guest lectures and prefers his martini shaken, not stirred, once had a man crush on Nick Cave and has a penchant for garden gnomes.www.simondevitt.com

Simon Devitt Photography

Respected photographer of architecture and publisher of award winning book ‘Portrait of a House’, Simon Devitt, is now offering a photobook workshop course for those wishing to produce their own.
Directly translated from a third year university level course, the five week workshop open to the public covers in detail the process and practicalities of creating a photobook
 
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION An introduction to photo­book making and photography process.
 WORKSHOP AIMS The aims of this workshop are to:
• Enhance students knowledge and appreciation of photography as an important medium of communication; • Introduce students to ‘sense of place’ and its relevant context within photography; • Develop students’ story telling skills through making photographs and the production of a photo book (assignment 2). • Integrate learned processes into personal/professional practice.
 WORKSHOP OUTCOMES On the successful completion of this workshop, students should be able to:
• Relate to photography with a wider perspective; • Use ‘sense of place’ as a perspective for creating photographs; • Employ various story telling techniques to create a cohesive body of work; and • Create a photo book
 
Wednesday 26 October, 7pm-10pm  Saturday 29 October 9am-12pm  Wednesday 2 November, 7pm-10pm  Saturday 5 November, 9am-12pm  Wednesday 9 November, 7pm-10pm  Saturday 12 November, 9am-12pm  Wednesday 16 November, 7pm-10pm  Saturday 19 November, 9am-12pm  Wednesday 23 November, 7pm-10pm  Saturday 26 November, 9am-12pm 
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