“Selling Yourself” workshop on a photo project statement writing

It’s not enough to be “good”. Like it or not, you’ve also got to be able to sell yourself. To communicate to your audience(s) what you want to say, and why they should listen.

In the Selling Yourself workshop on October 6 and the morning of October 7, communications consultant Roberto De Vido will explain (briefly) the importance of selling yourself to your audiences (curators, gallerists, the media, the public) and provide examples of photographers who are doing a good job of selling themselves with their personal　project statements, their explanations of their work. He will critique workshop attendees’ statements, and suggest improvements.

“Selling Yourself”
Date: October 6th and 7th
At Reminders Photography Stronghold
Fee: 15,000 yen (Members) 18,000 yen (Non-members) 10,000 (Students)
Limited to 15 places
Materials Needed: 25-40 images (URL link is okay) and a photo project statement in around 400 words.
Application deadline is September 23rd.

Submit to stronghold@reminders-project.org
with your contact details.

On the afternoon of the second day, the best workshop presentations will be shared publicly at the Reminders Photography Stronghold.

[About instructor]

Roberto De Vido is a communications consultant who has lived and worked in Asia for the past 20 years, founding and building publishing and public relations businesses in Hong Kong and Shanghai, eventually becoming one of the first independent publishers to obtain a license to do business in mainland China. For the past 10 years he has lived and worked in Japan.

He is an experienced editorial director and art director, has produced and directed documentary films about creativity and copyright, and
has organized film production and screenwriting workshops in for the heads of China’s leading film studios. He is also a cartoonist and comic book artist.