Deadline: 11 July 2024
The Wacken Foundation collaboration with Pep Bonet, has announced applications for the Rock ‘n Roll Photography Workshop to empower six selected English-speaking photographers by facilitating the development of their visual mastery in music, event and festival photography.
What winners receive?
- Tuition-free live workshop by NOOR Author Pep Bonet during Wacken 2024. For four days, the mentor and candidates will be working as a group, dividing tasks, creating a variety of images with a fresh style – shooting, editing and post-producing new photography on the spot to be used on the official WOA communication channels.
- During the 2024 festival/workshop all the participants will be hosted for free at W:O:A, and you will all receive a free entrance ticket.
- For your whole stay you will also have access to the crew catering area, where 3 meals a day are served and beverages are free in the area.
- All necessary VIP passes and permits for shooting and access will be arranged.
- You will be picked up by a shuttle bus outside Hamburg Hbf train station or at Hamburg airport.
Who can submit?
- Fluent English-speaking photographers of any age. Disabled photographers are also encouraged to apply.
Selection Criteria
- The criteria for selection of candidates is as follows:
- Portfolios will be reviewed on the basis of original, human-focused storytelling, including but not limited to community focus on musicians, teams, attendees, volunteers and the many faces of human connection in music festival culture.
- Personal moments of humour, spontaneity, fun and memorable moments.
- Inclusive and ethical representation of diverse individuals, couples and groups.
- Capacity for the creation of rich single images that are exciting, expressive or captivating.
- Capacity for the creation of visual stories that can act as effective communication.
- They push for gender parity, and actively pursue equal representation of candidates.
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