Living on an island puts its inhabitants in a different world, where daily habits are different from the ones on the mainland. Moreover living on a group of islands, one next to each other, makes this condition even stronger. For this reason we have thought of the workshop Islands, which will take place in the Eolie Islands, North-East of Sicily.
Our purpose is to meet people who live here all year round, during a season which is still far from the tourist and VIP invasions, typical of the summer. Based in one of the main islands, we will move everyday, with public and private transport, ferries and boats, reaching the other islands of the archipelago to shoot their hearts and their people.
It will be a peculiar workshop, where the the daily schedule will be decided by the weather and the tides ...
We may get stuck on an island for a night, decide to sleep on the top of the Stromboli volcano, go with the fishermen in the early morning.
Come prepared for a workshop which will give us strong emotions!
General programme:
The meeting point will be Lipari, where we will spend the first three days of the workshop. We will have the chance to explore the island, its pumice quarries, visit Vulcano and immerse in the hot waters. From there , we wil move to Salina, the "green pearl" of the Eolian islands, which will be our centre for the following days. Salina is the ideal place for one-day trip to Alicudi, Filicudi, Panarea and Stromboli. We will have a schedule – some itineraries, such as the visit to the Stromboli Vulcano- have to be booked in advance – buy we will also leave space to the unespected. We will have rented cars and scooters.
Everyone will be free to follow a individual project. Our goal is to put together an unique "Eolian Portfolio", with the help of your photographs.
We will give you more information about accommodation and transport shortly.
Born in Florence, Andrea Pistolesi has studied geography at the local University. He still lives here, in this pleace he considers more an inspiration than a city. As as a result of his ceaseless need to travel, Andrea has become a photoreporter specialized in human and environment documentation. He continuously works for Italian and international magazines, such as Islands, Travel and Leisure, Geo, Departures, Hemisphere, Gulliver, Gente Viaggi, Bell’Italia, Airone, Viajar, Rutas del Mundo, and many more. His volumes on exotic destinations have been published together with guides on major European touristic destinations. He is now making a series of books on the major religions of the world edited by Touring Club Italiano. Andrea has become particularly known for his research on the use of light which he combines to a very personal composition of his images. Every year he teaches workshops on profession and carreer and on the use of digital.
The approach to artistic photography has been a natural evolution of his professional growth. He has had personal shows both in Italy and abroad. He has participated with a personal show to the VII Biennale of Photography in Turin, Italy, and has gained, in 1998, the price for first Italian at the Fuji European Press Award.
He has made commercial reportages for various clients. His interest for the digital elaboration is quite recent, a means which he defines as “the conquest of the dark-room for the photographer of colour”.
www.pistolesiphoto.com
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