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Here are some photos that we made during photography workshops that we called " Believe in ghost", 




How about now ?

Can you believe it?

Visiting Fotografiska - Tuesday, February 11th, 2014

The European group was offered a guided tour of the photographical museum of Stockholm.

Fotografiska's website

We studied pictures by Elliott Erwitt, Johan Rheborg, Corinne Mercadier and David Magnusson.

 

 

Elliot Erwitt - exhibition 100+1 (http://fotografiska.eu/en/utstallningar/utstallning/1001/)

Johan Rheborg - exhibition Backsatage (http://fotografiska.eu/en/utstallningar/utstallning/backstage/)

Corinne Mercadier - exhibition Wicked Gravity (http://fotografiska.eu/en/utstallningar/utstallning/wicked-gravity/)

David Magnusson- exhibition Purity (http://fotografiska.eu/en/utstallningar/utstallning/purity/)

Photography workshop in Sweden - Wednesday, February 13th, 2014

During our stay in Sandviken, the pupils from the eight countries were invited to follow a photography workshop organised by two students reading photography at the university.

They learnt about the key aspects of photography composition with the frog perspective, the bird pespective, the close up and the rule of thirds.

Then, they were asked, by team of four, armed with a camera, to walk around the city and to take pictures. They were given to choose from several key words: smile, jump, love, white, pattern, happy, sad, red.

PUPILS' PICTURES

 

 

 

 

Visit of the "Musée de la photographie" of Charleroi by the French team - Friday, January 17th, 2014

Link to the website of the Museum

On Friday, January the 17th, we paid a visit to the "Musée de la photographie" which is the biggest European museum dedicated to photography. A guided visit and an activity were organised for the students. 

During the guided tour, several pictures were studied : some focusing on the history of photography technics such as daguerreotypes, some focusing on the structure of the picture and some focusing on the reading and understanding of the pictures.

In the corridor of the Carmel of Mont-sur-Marchienne which is now used by the museum.

A table with daguerreotypes.

Up the stairs in the new part of the museum.

A big stenope taken thanks to a caravan.

New part of the museum.

View on the garden.

During the activity, the students used a camera obscura and developped by themselves their pictures.

The camera obscura we used.

Waiting, waiting for the pictures to be taken by the camera obscura.

Waiting, waiting for the pictures to be taken by the camera obscura.

In the dark room with red light, preparing the camera.

Developping the pictures.

Developping the pictures.

Developping the pictures.

Developping the pictures.

 

 

What we have learnt with the photograph - Students' work

During the holidays, the students were asked to produce an account of their encounter with the photograh Richard Guitteny.

Here are those works:

 

What we have learnt with the photograph - Students' work

During the holidays, the students were asked to produce an account of their encounter with the photograh Richard Guitteny.

Here are those works :

 

Meeting with a photograph in Maubeuge - Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

On December 17th, just prior to the holidays, we received the visit of a photograph who presented to us his work : Richard Guitteny. We gathered in the library of the school to listen to him and also to discover his pictures. All the students of the 3rd euro and 4th euro were there.

He explained to us why he had chosen to take only black and white pictures and why he was still using argentic. He explained to us the importance of taking into account different aspects before taking a picture. He also told us that he had decided now to focus on one theme : consumption.

Key ideas of his presentation :

- Necessity of a balance between the substance and the form.

- A good picture can be ugly.

- Taking a picture is about who we are.

- Using technics to convey emotions.

- No picture is innocent.