2016 RPS photobook making workshop “Photobook as object”

12/29/2015

2016 APPLICATION IS NOW CLOSED.
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Kindly check The list of 2014 and 2015 participants’ achievements at the last part of this page

A photobook making workshop with a photographer Jan Rosseel and a curator Yumi Goto was such a success in 2014 and 2015. Its 3rd edition workshop has been scheduled at Reminders Photography Stronghold in May 2016!! Now we open call for applications! We look forward to your participation!

Date: May 20 fri / 21 sat / 22 sun / 27 fri / 28 sat / 29 sun 2016 total 6 days.
Location: Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo / Japan
2-38-5, Higashimukojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 131-0032
The workshop is limited to 10 participants.
Cost: ¥75,000 (¥70,000 for RPS membership holder)
Instructor: Jan Rosseel and Yumi Goto (RPS)

2016 APPLICATION IS NOW CLOSED.

~~Apply to stronghold@reminders-project.org~~

~~with~~
~~1. Your full name~~
~~2. email address and phone number~~
~~3. URL to review your work to the workshop / the potential book project (do not send a link to share the files but to browse your work)~~
~~4. Also you can include to the URL, If you have some photos and visual materials for the book project already.~~
In case you can send a pdf all included or low-res JPEGs in 72 dpi with 1200 pixels in longer side below 500K each. ** You can include those images in URL to review your work. Or send all JPEGs in a folder and zipped. Do not send single jpgs attached to email.
~~5. About your book project idea. Summarize the details of the contents, photos, texts and other possible materials within 1 page of A4.~~
~~We will be confirming your participation after we close the deadline as of February 20th.~~

What to prepare:

Participants shall prepare a personal story. This story can be your own personal story but it might also be a story of someone else, visualized by you or an fictional story.
The aim is to create a compelling story in a condensed way. Photography, (found) objects, documents, letters can all be used. If you are using text, please have them translated in advance (English and your language).

Bring a selection of the pictures you would like to use printed (A6 size and so). These may be used for the first layout of the dummy. Bring as many as you potential inclusions for your book (JPGs, also printed materials).
Prepare a portfolio as well as an inspiration folder. Bring a book that inspires you.

There will be also more to prepare, it’ll be noticed to only the successful applicants.

Program:

During the workshop we will be working on the creation of a concept, editing and different book making techniques that can be done by hand.

The first day (evening) there will be a presentation about the possibilities of photobooks. We will talk about material, concept, and technique. Participants will also introduce their work briefly.

The second day we will be working on editing the stories in small groups and start with the lay out of the books. We will produce a first dummy with the printed pictures.

The third, forth and final day we will finalize the lay out and work on the production of the books. Every participant will produce at least a dummy to take home. Participants who manage to make a few copies will get the opportunity to exchange or sell the books through Reminders Photography Stronghold.
The final results will be showcased at the Reminders Photography Stronghold.

Requirements:

Participants should bring their own laptop adobe InDesign installed. Basic photographic application skills are preferred. Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, Illustrator and such.

See also Facebook album.

2014 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.470326259735713.1073741873.272539266181081&type=3
2015 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.651984961569841.1073741960.272539266181081&type=3

About Jan Rosseel.

Born in Brussels, Belgium (1979). Currently based in The Netherlands/Belgium.

Jan Rosseel initially started a career in cooking. After working in various renowned restaurants in France, Spain and NY. He decided to study Chinese language and culture at Leiden University, The Netherlands.
During an exchange program at Shandong University, China, he chose not to study in class but on the streets. He picked up his camera, spent a month’s salary on film and started documenting the life of Chinese migrant workers.
He studied photojournalism at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in Aarhus, Denmark and documentary photography at the Royal academy of arts in The Hague, The Netherlands. Mainly focusing on social issues, either big or small, he is constantly looking for the most suitable way to visually tell the story. He has been working on stories in China, Laos, Cuba, Israel, Palestine, Armenia, Georgie, Belgium and The Netherlands.

He is currently working on stories regarding historical events and the notion of memory.

http://www.janrosseel.com/
http://www.belgianautumn.tumblr.com/

Belgian Autumn. A Confabulated History.

In the early 1980s a group of unknown criminals committed a series of extremely violent crimes, amongst these were several raids on supermarkets. Twenty-eight people were murdered. My father was one of them. Based on objective information from police reports, files and newspaper clippings as well as eyewitness accounts the story is a visual research, leaving more questions than answers. To this day the case is still unsolved and remains one of the greatest enigmas in Belgian history.

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The list of 2014 participants achievements

Miki Hasegawa

◎Shortlisted “Athens Photo Festival 2015”main Exihibithion
◎Shortlisted “Athens Photo Festival 2015”photobook show
http://www.photofestival.gr/photobooks

◎Shortlisted Unseen Photo Fair Dummy Award
URL:http://www.unseenamsterdam.com/unseen-dummy-award-2014-shor…
◎INFOCUS Juried Exhibtion of Self-Published 2014 – Finalist
URL:http://infocus-phxart.org/photobooks/
◎Photobook 2014. 20 photobooks, photographs by 4 best of show. Juried by Paula Tognarelli of Griffin Museum of Photography and Karen Davis
URL:http://davisortongallery.com/
◎Cadoc.nl’s Top ten books in 2014(deel2)
URL:http://www.cadoc.nl/cadoc.php?artikel=2810
◎photo-eye,Best Books 2014: Takeki Sugiyama
URL:http://blog.photoeye.com/…/best-books-2014-takeki-sugiyama.…

Yoshikatsu Fujii

◎The Anamorphosis Prize
http://www.anamorphosisprize.com/shortlist/
◎trade edition will be published by ceiba
http://www.ceibafoto.com/yoshikatsu-fujii-red-string…/
◎TIME Picks the Best Photobooks of 2014: Selected by Larissa Leclair, Founder of the Indie Photobook Library
URL: http://time.com/3602554/best-photobooks-2014/
◎LensCulture Editor’s – 2014 Photobooks of the Year
URL: https://www.lensculture.com/…/lensculture-editors-2014…
◎EMAHO Picks the Most Interesting Photobooks 2014: Selected by Hisako Motoo, Independent Curator and Editor
URL: http://www.emahomagazine.com/…/emaho-picks-the-most…/
◎Colin Pantall’s blog: Best Books, Blogs and Hats of 2014
URL: http://colinpantall.blogspot.co.uk/…/best-books-blogs…
◎The Ultimate List of 2014 Best Photobooks on Fotografia Magazine
URL: http://fotografiamagazine.com/best-photobooks-2014/…
◎Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards 2014 – First Photobook Prize – Finalist
URL: http://www.parisphoto.com/…/selection-premier-livre-red…
◎Filter Photo Festival 2014 Photobook Exhibition – Juror’s choice award: Juried by Gregory Harris, Assistant Curator of the DePaul Art Museum
URL: http://filterphoto.tumblr.com/…/filter-photo-book…
◎Encontros da Imagem 2014 – Photobook Market – Winner
URL: http://encontrosdaimagem.com/…/2014/selection-photobooks/
◎INFOCUS Juried Exhibtion of Self-Published 2014 – Finalist
URL: http://www.infocus-phxart.org/photobooks/
◎Mt.ROKKO ZINE & PHOTO BOOK COLLECTION 2014: Selected by Ihiro Hayami, Director of the Tokyo Institute of Photography
URL: http://www.rokkophotofestival.com/2014/book2014.html
◎International Photography Awards 2014 – Honorable mention
URL: http://www.photoawards.com/…/Gallery/hmention2014PRO.php
◎LensCulture
URL: https://www.lensculture.com/…/yoshikatsu-fujii-red-string
◎Emaho Magazine
URL: http://www.emahomagazine.com/…/yoshikatsu-fujii-red…/
◎Darwin Magazine: Photobook Month
URL: http://darwin-magazine.com/wp/?p=4609
◎PHaT PHOTO Vol.83
URL: http://www.yoshikatsufujii.com/#!phat-photo-vol83/c15vp

MOTOKI
◎Dummy Award Kassel SECOND PRIZE
http://fotobookfestival.org/dummy-award-2014/

◎International Photography Awards 2014 – Book(Self-published) : Documentary NON-PROFESSIONAL 3RD PLACE
URL: http://www.photoawards.com/…/Gallery/winner2013sub.php…
◎FILTER PHOTO FESTIVA 2014 Honorable mention
◎Mt.ROKKO ZINE & PHOTO BOOK COLLECTION 2014: Selected by Ihiro Hayami, Director of the Tokyo Institute of PhotographyURL:http://www.rokkophotofestival.com/2014/book2014.html
◎PHaT PHOTO Vol.83

madeno

◎ Rock Your Dummy 2014 finalist
http://www.lephotobookfest.com/rock-your-dummy/

Maki Hayashida

◎La Fototeca’s Photo Book Exhibition
https://www.guatephoto.org/reporte/
◎THEBOOKSHOW the 3rd edition
http://thebookshow.org
◎Athens Photo Festival 2015
http://www.photofestival.gr/photobooks
◎phosmag
http://phosmag.com/2015/06/22/japan-go-round/
◎Encontros da Imagem 2014 – Winner
URL: http://encontrosdaimagem.com/･･･/2014/selection-photobooks/
◎International Photography Awards 2014 Book(Self-published) – Honorable Mention
URL: http://www.photoawards.com/…/Gallery/hmention2014NON.php
◎Beyond Words: Contemporary Book Art at Foothills Art Center
URL: http://foothillsartcenter.org/fac/portfolio/main-gallery/
◎Darwin Magazine: Photobook Month
URL: http://darwin-magazine.com/wp/?p=4859
◎PHaT PHOTO Vol.83