Applications for the 2024 RPS Photobook Masterclass Are Now Closed!
Applications for the 2024 RPS Photobook Masterclass Are Now Closed!
RPS PHOTOBOOK MASTERCLASS 2023
From 2015 to 2019, RPS held annual photobook masterclasses, and the photobooks created by participants received global recognition and success, including published works. Although we had to cancel the workshops in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions, we successfully resumed in 2023. We are pleased to announce that the photobook masterclass will be held again in December 2024. If you have been waiting for this opportunity, we encourage you to consider participating.
During the six-day workshop, instructors Teun van der Heijden, Sandra van der Doelen, and RPS curator Yumi Goto will guide participants in transforming their work into photobooks from various perspectives. The program covers a wide range of topics, including editing and composition processes, concept development, book formats, paper types, layout, typography choices, design decisions, and guidance on printing processes. This workshop is intended for photographers interested in the concept, editing, and sequencing of photobooks. Participants will engage in lively discussions on how to shift from individual photos to meaningful photobooks in the current photographic environment, inspiring each other creatively and conceptually.
Throughout the workshop, Teun van der Heijden, Sandra van der Doelen, and Yumi Goto will share their experience in concept development for photobooks and photographic works. Participants will be guided through the entire photobook production process, from concept organization to completion, challenging them to create unique photobooks that complement the photographer’s perspective. The workshop consists of lectures, sharing unique perspectives on editing for photobooks, practical sessions, development time for participants’ projects, and time for photobook production.
“Although we live in a digital age there is more attention for the paper photobook than ever before. Since the invention of the camera phone, we have started to use photography as a visual language in a broader spectrum from the colloquial to the formal, a language that has no geographical or national boundaries. On the Internet, we are constantly in contact with the rest of the world. We still have to fully embrace and adjust to this new frontier in visual communication. The paper photobook represents solidity, something we can literally hold on to. It is a tangible object and it has the aura of an original art object. The contemporary photobook can be seen as a visual novel. It is with this in mind that graphic design agency Heijdens Karwei designs their photography books.”
—Teun van der Heijden
Workshop Details
◎Dates:
December 2(Monday), 3 (Tuesday), 4 (Wednesday), 7 (Saturday), 8 (Sunday), 9 (Monday), 2024.
* A public presentation by the participants is scheduled for December 10.
* The days between the first and second half of the workshop (5 and 6) are available for self-study at the workshop venue. During this period, participants can progress with their work through bookbinding and InDesign basics, self-study, and group discussions.
◎Key Workshop Processes:
* Participants will brainstorm and unleash their creative talents.
* During the first half of the workshop, participants will work on ideas and create photobook dummies.
* In the second half, instructors will provide guidance on idea development, book structure, and binding issues.
Eligibility:
* Photographers with well-developed projects or bodies of work planning to publish.
* Participants are encouraged to bring materials that could be incorporated into their publications, such as text, graphic elements, objects, archival materials, and previous printed materials.
Preparation:
* Participants must bring a broad selection of images, including outtakes and alternate shots they wouldn’t normally choose, to focus on visual storytelling and editing.
* All photographs should be printed in small sizes (approximately 10×15cm or 4×6 inches) for the first day of practical editing.
* Bring additional images and materials in digital format. While printing at the workshop venue is possible if needed, participants must come prepared with sufficient materials for the first day.
* Necessary tools like laptops, external hard drives, memory sticks, and stationery must be brought by each participant.
◎Venue:
* Tokyo: RPS Gallery, 2-38-5 Higashi-Mukojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo.
◎Participation Fee:
* ¥99,000 (RPS members: ¥93,500).
The fee includes consumption tax. Detailed information will be sent via email to confirmed participants. Please ensure you can pay the participation fee within the specified timeframe before applying.
◎Instructors:
* Teun van der Heijden, Sandra van der Doelen, Yumi Goto (RPS).
◎Maximum Participants:
* 12
◎Application Deadline:
* September 20, 2024 (23:59 Japan time).
Please note that we will not close the application even if we reach the maximum number of participants before the deadline.
Contact Email: masterclass@reminders-project.org
* Please ensure you can attend all scheduled dates and times before applying.
* Full payment of the participation fee is required upon confirmation. Participation is confirmed once payment is received.
* Detailed information about what to bring, daily schedules, etc., will be provided only to confirmed participants. Dates, times, and venues are subject to change based on circumstances.
* If you do not receive a reply within 24 hours of submitting your application form, please resend or contact us at masterclass@reminders-project.org. If you still do not receive a response, please contact us through our Facebook page message.
* We have had occasional issues with Yahoo email addresses. If you do not receive a reply, please notify us again via email.
* We may also contact you via SMS, so please ensure you provide the correct mobile phone number.
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Reminders.Photography.Stronghold
Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/remindersphotographystronghold/
◎Note:
* Applications will not close even if the maximum number of participants is reached before the deadline.
* After the deadline, participants will be selected based on their application materials, and notifications will be sent in early September. We will not respond to inquiries regarding the selection results.
APPLICATION FORM
RPS PHOTOBOOK MASTERCLASS 2023
RPS PHOTOBOOK MASTERCLASS 2023
RPS PHOTOBOOK MASTERCLASS 2023
RPS PHOTOBOOK MASTERCLASS 2023
RPS PHOTOBOOK MASTERCLASS 2023
ABOUT INSTRUCTORS |
Teun van der Heijden and Sandra van der Doelen are graphic designers and founders of Heijdens Karwei, a graphic design agency based in Amsterdam, dividing their working time over Amsterdam and New York. They focus on the design of photo exhibitions and photobooks. The agency is known for the design of award-winning photography books including Rape of a Nation – Marcus Bleasedale, Black Passport – Stanley Greene, Interrogations and War Sand – Donald Weber, Diamond Matters and Via PanAm – Kadir van Lohuizen, War Porn – Christoph Bangert, Gold Coast and The Quickening – Ying Ang, Inshallah – Dima Gavrysh, When I was Six – Phillip Toledano, Belgian Autumn – Jan Rosseel, Passport – Alexander Checkmenev, REX – Zackary Canepary, The Migrant – Anaïs López, 1078 Blue Skies 4432 Days – Anton Kusters, The Poverty Line – Chow and Lin and Centralia – Poulomi Basu. For close to twenty years, Heijdens Karwei was responsible for the design of the World Press Photo yearbooks and exhibitions.
Both Sandra and Teun are faculty members of the International Center of Photography in New York.
Teun is faculty member of the Master of Photography and Visual Design program at Luca School of Arts in Genk, Belgium and of MAPS, Master Photography and Society at the Royal Academy in The Hague.
Teun has taught workshops for ISSP in Estonia, for the Trans-Border Institute of the University of San Diego and ICP in the US, for Linke Gallery in Milan and 10b Gallery in Rome, Italy, for Chobi Mela in Bangladesh, for World Press Photo in Estonia and Angola, for Reflexions 2.0 in Deauville, France and for Misk Art Institute in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Together, Sandra and Teun have taught workshops in Nigeria for Photo Lagos, in Tuscany and Bologna, Italy for TPW, in Rome, Italy for 10b Gallery, in Georgetown, Malesia for Obscura Festival, in New York at the Bronx Documentary Center, in Genk, Belgium for Luca School of Arts, in Tokyo at the Reminders Photography Stronghold, in Melbourne, Australia for Photography Studies College and Jakarta, Indonesia for JIPFest
http://www.heijdenskarwei.com/
[**Some remarkable recognition]
2015 Photobook Masterclass participants:
Julie Glassberg / BIKE KILL
2017 Shortlisted DUMMY AWARD KASSEL, Kassel Germany
Lijie Zhang / Midnight Tweedle
Won The Steidl Book Award Asia 2016
Fotobookfestival Dummy Award Kassel 2016 3rd prize
Shortlisted LUMA Dummy Book Award Arles 2016
Yukari Chikura / FLUORITE FANTASIA (LOOKING FOR MY FATHER..)
Won The Steidl Book Award Asia 2016
Miho Kajioka / And, where did the peacocks go?
Shortlisted LUMA Dummy Book Award Arles 2016
Miki Hasegawa / Internal Notebook
2017 Shortlisted DUMMY AWARD KASSEL, Kassel Germany
Kazuhiro Matsumura / Guruguru ~My Transmigration~
2017 Shortlisted DUMMY AWARD KASSEL, Kassel Germany
2017 Shortlisted Fuam Dummy Book Awards 2017
2016 Photobook Masterclass participants:
Hiroshi Okamoto / We do not need you, here. / If I could only fly.(pre-order available now)
Shortlisted Fiebre Dummy Award, Spain
Shortlisted PhotoBoox Award, Photolux Festival
Shortlisted Unseen Photo Fair Dummy Award
Terje Abusdal / Slash & Burn
Shortlisted Fiebre Dummy Award, Spain
Shortlisted LUMA Dummy Book Award Arles 2017
Shortlisted LANDSKRONA FOTO DUMMY AWARD 2017
Chloe Jafe
Shortlisted LUMA Dummy Book Award Arles 2017
Elena Kholkina / The Girls in Front of the Lake
Shortlisted Photobookfest Dummy Award 2017
Kenji Chiga / Bird, Night, and then
2017 Shortlisted DUMMY AWARD KASSEL, Kassel Germany
2017 Photobook Masterclass participants:
Stijn van der Linden / an essay on the concave city corner
Shortlisted Unseen Dummy Award 2018
Grand Prix Photobook Week Aarhus Dummy Award
Louis Lim / …there is no end
Shortlisted the Libris Awards with the acquisition by Artspace Mackay (Mackay, 2018)
Shortlisted Singapore International Photo Festival (Singapore, 2018)
2018 Photobook Masterclass participants:
Naomi Harris “Haddon Hall”
Second Prize：Kessel Book Dummy Award
Stefen Chow / The Poverty Line
Grand Prix Arles LUMA DUMMY AWARD
2019 Photobook Masterclass participants:
Tomasz Łączny “Erna Helena Anja”
BUP Photobook award 2022
Sayuri Ichida “Fumiko”
Main Prize Hournable mention: 2021 PHmuseum Women Photography Grant
Grand Prix : 2022 Photoboox Award
Best Photography Book of the Year 2022 (Self-published), Photo Espana
Yusuke Takagi “SPIN”
Arles LUMA DUMMY AWARD / Stefen Chow “The Poverty Line”
Julie Glassberg “BIKE KILL”
Hajime Kimura “SNOWFLAKES DOG MAN”
Ng Hui Hsien “THE WEIGHT OF AIR”
Miki Hasegawa “Internal Notebook”
Kazuhiko Matsumura “GURUGURU – MY TRANSMIGRATION“
Hiroshi Okamoto “We do not need you, here./ If I could only fly.”
Kenji Chiga “Bird, Night, and then.”
Elena Kholkina “The Girls in Front of the Lake”
Louis Lim and Beth Jackson “… there is no end”