Alexandra Boulat Scholarship
To honor the memory of Alexandra Boulat, who taught at TPW in these last years, TPW has created a special scholarship. This will consist in the possibility to attend a workshop in Tuscany for free (not included room and board and travel expenses)) and work under the guidance of master photographers.
It will be offered to a young photojournalist, under 35 year old.
The workshop will take place in Summer 2012.
To apply for this scholarship send your selection to
using WE TRANSFER and with your name and the title AB Scholarship 2012
Please send 1 to 3 photojournalistic projects, each of 15 to 25 images (size 100 dpi, long size 1200), your personal data, cv, explanatory note for the projects and captions.
Date : Within the 30 of April 2012,.
The winner will be announced by May 31 2012
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The Winner of 2011 Scholarship is Elizabeth Hingley
with the project UNDER GODS
‘Under Gods’
Stories from the Soho Road
I grew up as the daughter of two Anglican priests in Birmingham, one of the UK’s most culturally diverse cities where over 90 different nationalities now live. I was the only white child in my nursery class. I ate Indian treats at friends’ birthday parties and attended Sikh festivals in the local park. After traveling abroad and living in various other cities I became aware of the particularity of my upbringing. I developed an interest in the growth of multi-faith communities in European inner city contexts, and the attendant issues of immigration, secularism and religious revival.
Between 2007-2009, I explored the two-mile stretch of Soho Road in Birmingham, to document and celebrate the rich diversity of religions that co-exist there, and the reality and intensity of their different lifestyles. I lived with and visited the different religious communities, including Thai, Sri Lankan and Vietnamese Buddhists, Rastafarians, the Jesus Army evangelical Christians, Sikhs, Catholic nuns and Hare Krishna’s. The lively bus journeys along Soho Road on a Sunday were always insightful. They took Christian individuals to church congregations meeting in a tent in the local park or a school gym hall. Converted Iranian Jesus Army members in multi-coloured camouflage print outfits could be found sitting next to Jamaican-born ladies boasting decorative hats. I would hear Muslim girls sitting at the back speaking loudly about the latest fashions of the veil, whilst I chatted with Hare Krishna devotees on their way to central Birmingham to distribute books.
This work is a result of my own journey along Soho Road. I investigated what the people on the street believe their religion to be rather than what is prescribed by religious leaders or by the texts. For I see that faiths are interpreted differently depending on time, place and person. At a time when religion can breed unnecessary fear and prejudice through misunderstanding, with my photographs I hope to reveal what it can bring to everyday inner-city life.
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Il Toscana Photographic Workshop propone una borsa di studio per onorare la memoria di Alexandra Boulat, che per tanti anni ha insegnato al TPW, e permettere ad un giovane fotografo/a di età non superiore ai 35 anni, di frequentare uno dei corsi estivi al TPW.
La bosrsa di studio comprende la tuition fee (ma non il vitto e alloggio). Sono escluse le spese di viaggio.
Per partecipare alla selezione è necessario inviare, entro e non oltre il 30 aprile 2012, la vostra selezione a info@tpw.it utilizzando WE TRANSFER e con il vostro nome e il titolo AB SCHOLARSIP 2012
Selezionate da 1 a 3 progetti di 15-25 foto cadauno (100 dpi, lato lungo 1200), i vostri dati, curriculum vita e descrizione dei progetti e didascalie.
Il vincitore sarà annunciato il 31 Maggio 2012.
