PHOTO WORKSHOP
Using Yakushima as a stage, communicate through photography and improve your photographic skills and sensibility.
A long-stay photo workshop plan for domestic and foreign photo enthusiasts. You will be spending days and nights together with a professional photographer in Yakushima. Exchange viewpoints and values with the fellow participants. You’ll bring home knowledge, experience and a printed zine of your work.
SKIL UP
Lecture on contemporary photography and understanding photography as expressive art
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Improving photography skills and expression
EXPLORATION
Experience the abundant nature of Yakushima. Fieldwork and photo trekking.
MEET UP
Meet new people and exchange values.
INSPIRATION
Relaxing effect of mind
and body in nature.
Creativity and inspiration
from breathtaking subjects.
PROGRUM
This workshop starts with discussion and communication through photos brought by each participant. Followed by photo sessions that deepen your skills and techniques and lectures to understand key concepts from the art of photography. It also includes a relaxation program by a forest wellness guide. From shooting, editing, printing and creating a zine to complete this workshop.
DAY 1
14:00-15: 30 Photo session 1 (Participants’ presentation and exchanging viewpoints)
15:45-17: 00 Lecture (What is contemporary photography, commentary on artworks)
17:00-18: 30
Free time
18:30-20: 00 Dinner and social gathering
DAY 2
7:30-8:00 Breakfast
8:30
Shooting tour departure. After a session by a forest bathing guide, we start shooting photos.
12:00 Lunch
12:30-16:00
Shooting on assignment
17:00 Back to the guesthouse
17:00-18:30 Free time
18:30-20:00
Dinner and social gathering
DAY 3
7:30-8:00 Breakfast
8:30
Editing / printing / ZINE production
12:00 Lunch
12:30-16:00
ZINE production / photo session 2
17:00-18:30 Free time
18:30-20:00
Dinner and social gathering
DAY 4-6
DAY 4-6
For plans of 3 nights or more,
we’ll shoot somewhere from the following locations after the 3rd day.
・Get on a boat and shoot fisherman at work
・Cape Crystal
・Sarukawa banyan
・Shiratani Unsuikyo
・Sababushi (smoked mackerel) factory
・Hanyama area
・Yakushima tea plantation
・Village tours, etc.
Locations will be decided depending on the weather and participants.
WORKSHOP SCENERY
example01
Photo session
Participants will present and answer questions on their own photography.
Verbalize the motives to press the shutter and the thoughts put into the photographs.
Gain new perspective by getting feedback from an objective point of view.
example02
Forest bathing tour
with a wellness guide
・Sharpen your five senses
・Have a connection with nature
・Bring back awareness from the forest to your daily life
Following these steps, you will be able to inflate your creativity and connect it to your photography.
example03
Shooting on assignment
Based on the photo session and lecture on the first day, we will shoot with the given theme on the stage of Yakushima.
The instructor will be in support during the shooting, so you can improve your skills and expression while working on site.
REVIEWS
By looking at the changes of period and art in order, I was able to understand the strong connection of both. The skill levels and requests from participants were different. Because of that, it seemed difficult but the lecture was really easy to understand and very interesting.
It was my first time experiencing many things, but I was able to relax and focus on my work thanks to the warm and courteous teacher. It was really fun and fulfilling. My impression of “shooting on assignment” was difficult and uptight, but it actually was very interesting. I also learned a lot about myself. It was so great to have a conversation with myself through photography, express it,
and connect with many people.
Regardless of your skill level, it’s purely fun, interesting, and educational.
By looking at the changes of period and art in order, I was able to understand the strong connection of both. The skill levels and requests from participants were different. Because of that, it seemed difficult but the lecture was really easy to understand and very interesting.
PRICE&OVERVIEW
Guesthouse Manmaru, Yakushima
3 nights 4 days
4 people max., minimum of 2 people required
¥85,000/person (tax included)
beginners to intermediates
・10-15 of your own photography (72dpi, 2000pix, jpg data or prints)
・Digital camera, memory card
・PC, hiking boots (rental available in the island)
・Included in the price: accommodation, breakfast, workshop fee (all tax included)
・Lunch and dinner is not included in the price.
(Optional plan is available for + ¥25,000/day after 4 nights or more)
SCHEDULE
Held once a month on an irregular basis.
We will stop accepting application as soon as the capacity is reached.
Please let us know that you will be participating the workshop when making reservation.
8/27
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8/28
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8/29
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KODO CHIJIIWA
Kodo Chijiiwa was born in 1976, in Saga, Japan and has resided inYakushima since 2003.
In 2008, after working as an assistant of Iris Janke, he had his first solo exhibition and worked as a freelance photographer in Berlin.
Participated in the What ’s up PHOTODOC group exhibition held atGalerie HUIT during the 2015 Arles Les Rencontres de laphotographie dʼArles.
Established Yakushima Photography Festival (YPF) with French photographer Anton in Borgeaud as co-founder and Cleo Charuet as art director in 2015.
In the same year, after signing a contract with Galerie Basia
Embiricos (Paris, France), the first Yakushima Photography Festival was held in October jointly sponsored by Japan and France at Yakushima Japan.YPF has also received many positive reviews when they exhibited the YPF gallery during : Les Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles 2016 & 2017&2018&2019. In 2019, Kodo was invited as the first artist in residence photographer of BZH PHOTO to be held at Loguivy de la Mer located in Brittany France, and
exhibited in July of the same year.