Have you always wanted to make a photo project?
Do you wish to experience the process of conceptualising, producing, editing and presenting your work?
Do you want to deepen your understanding of PHOTOGRAPHY? As a mean of exploiting and expressing yourself? As an Artistic practice and development? As an professional photographer?
If your answer is yes to any of these questions, this workshop is meant for you!
This seven-day workshop is for photographers and artists who wish to develop photo projects.
You can propose projects that are documentary or conceptual in nature. You can develop a new project or pursue an ongoing work. Documentation of the photo workshops that conducted by Zhuang Wubin since 2008: 
This is not a technical workshop. The focus is on conceptualisation, execution, editing and presentation.
TIME: 10:00 – 18:00, 20 – 26 Nov 2017
Venue: Heritage Space
6 Nguyễn Hoàng/ 28 Trần Bình
Mỹ Đình 2, Nam Từ Liêm, Hanoi, Vietnam
CLASS SCHEDULE FOR THE WORKSHOP
Day 1 / 20 Nov 2017
10 AM (2h) – Group Lecture: What is a Photo Project? Methods and Approaches
Using examples from my research on Southeast Asian photography and my general interest in Asian photography, this lecture will reveal the different ways artists and photographers use the medium to tell stories, explore ideas and address personal / political issues.
12 PM (1h) – Lunch
1 PM onwards – On an individual basis, participants will clear their project ideas with me. I will offer tips before sending those with confirmed ideas out to work.
Day 2 / 21 Nov 2017 Whole Day
Shooting and consultation
Participants with no confirmed proposals should try to firm up their ideas. Others will schedule a one-to-one slot with me to look through the photographs they have created.
Day 3 / 22 Nov 2017 Whole Day
Shooting and consultation
The culling of images begins at this stage, during the one-to-one consultation with me. Additional tips will be given to each participant to develop her / his work.
Day 4 / 23 Nov 2017 Whole Day
Shooting and consultation
Day 5 / 24 Nov 2017
Before 3 PM – Participants can still shoot or cull their work. They should also make small 4R prints at the commercial lab, in preparation for the group critique and the editing session.
3 PM (3h) – Group Critique
In this session, participants will be involved in an internal critique, through which they will understand the strengths and pitfalls of their work. Hopefully they will also realise the power and limits of photography. I will moderate this session closely.
25 to 26 Nov 2017
The two-day editing session features a series of short, informal presentations. It introduces the five-picture edit and how we can apply its logic for newspaper and editorial work. We will then deconstruct the logic, so that we may develop different ways to edit each participant’s work.
The subtle differences in terms of editing for editorial spread, photobook, online portfolio, slideshow presentation and wall exhibition will be highlighted during the lecture.
In a collaborative way, each participant will then work with me towards a rough edit of her / his work.
APPLICATION & ENQUIRY
This workshop is open to participants of any nationality.
There is a simple pre-selection process. Please send the URL or PDF of your work (in ENGLISH) to indicate your interest. If you already have an idea of what you wish to create during the workshop, please let me know.
Send the application or any enquiries to .
Once selected, you will be contacted (before the workshop) to begin the preparation work.
The workshop size will be kept SMALL. Please apply early.
FEES
Workshop fee: US$130 each
Discounted price for diploma, degree and Master-level students (with proof of current student ID): US$100 each
Upon selection, participants will be required to pay to reserve their slots.
About ZHUANG WUBIN:
Zhuang Wubin is a writer, curator and artist.
As a writer/curator, Zhuang focuses on the photographic practices in Southeast Asia. A 2010 recipient of the research grant from Prince Claus Fund (Amsterdam), Zhuang is an editorial board member of Trans-Asia Photography Review, a journal published by the Hampshire College and the University of Michigan Scholarly Publication Office. He has been invited to research residency programmes at Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong (2015) and Institute Technology of Bandung (2013). He is the contributing curator of the biennial Chiang Mai Photo Festival (2015, 2017).
Published by NUS Press, Photography in Southeast Asia: A Survey (2016) is his fourth book.
As an artist, Zhuang uses photography and text to visualise the Sinophone communities in Southeast Asia.
Zhuang has made presentations, exhibited work, curated shows and taught classes at Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, UAE, China, Indonesia, Laos and Vietnam.