Workshops

10 Day Master Class

with David Alan Harvey

Finding Your Photographic Voice, Shoot, Edit, Books, Career Development.

2020

 

This workshop includes:

A portfolio review of your previous work, shooting and critiquing your work in real time, group discussions on producing new work, when and how to develop a new project, editing and sequencing advice, special guest speakers, one on one with David.

 

When: September 3 – 14

 Where: Online / Zoom

Participants: 8 student limit

Tuition: $ 2,900

*All sessions will start at 9am EST

This class will be held in English. Further details will be sent to participants upon acceptance.

Questions?

alejandramartinezcontacto@gmail.com

Register HereChallenge yourself in this 7 days of tough love critique spread over 10 days of workshop shoot time. David will push you to your limit to find your voice and sense of authorship. You may be an independent artist or a working editorial photographer or simply trying to find your place. It is all good. David’s mentoring skill is in tapping into your core, and helping you develop the confidence to make powerful work. David will interview each prospective student via Zoom or FaceTime to make sure you are investing wisely in this class. No wine spilled on the ground.

Balancing student life and academic demands can be overwhelming, but I’ve found valuable support in navigating this journey through seminararbeit schreiben lassen; it’s more than an academic writing service; it’s a personalized guide that has helped me capture the essence of my educational experiences through words. The assistance provided goes beyond the ordinary, offering not just help for students but a unique perspective on blending the art of photography with the precision of academic writing. I highly recommend exploring this avenue for comprehensive and creative support in your educational endeavors.

Cheers, David

 

 

 

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Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

with David Alan Harvey

Personal Mentorship – Shoot, Edit, Books, Career Development

2020

Focus:   Finding Your Photographic Voice, Shoot, Edit, Books, Career Development

When: February 2 – 8, 2020

 Where: Old San Juan,  Puerto Rico

Participants: 10 student limit

Tuition: $ 3,600

Register Here

 (*Personal travel expenses, lodging and meals are not included.*)

 


*WORK-STUDY SCHOLARSHIP*

Applications open

REGISTER HERE

 (*Personal travel expenses, lodging and meals are not included.*)


Questions?

alejandramartinezcontacto@gmail.com

 

 

I can’t wait to get back to Puerto Rico to photograph.  All of my workshops are built around projects I’m working on. To your advantage. How does it help you if I am shooting too? If I am myself not producing I cannot mentor others to do so. I am not a pro teacher. I am a working pro photographer who knows how to get others fired up to do their best. 

Making great work is all about energy. I take mentoring  photographers seriously. Just as seriously as I take my own work. So I like to be in a place where I’m fired up. Puerto Rico is such a place . If I am excited about a place and really feeling it, then that energy will rub off on you. 

My daily morning critiques will only be about what you are shooting and are geared to take you to your personal next step. I don’t produce clones . The push is for you to find your voice, not copy others. 

In Puerto Rico we will put your daily pictures up on the wall shot the day before. It creates an amazing buzz to work like this. Forces all of us to just kill it!!

My classes are never described as “easy”. I will push you to your limits…and hopefully beyond. While I am a dreamer and live in sort of a fantasy world (by all accounts), I am also very fortunately blessed with being a results oriented person as well. The two do not often go hand in hand. So the end result of your week of intense shooting – thinking – working – – playing will be an essay. The base of a pyramid from which you can grow.

I view my personal workshops as an investment for those whom I mentor.  I only do workshops when I am in the right mood and ready to put everything I have into it. I do not teach by rote. If I am myself not producing I cannot mentor others to do so. I work just as hard to make a workshop its own art object at the end as I do for anything else I take on.

You must please submit a portfolio of your work. Don’t try to show me everything you have done. 15 photographs that best describe who you are is what I want to see. I do not care about “professionalism”. I care about heart and intent and of course visual acuity.

This workshop is not for everyone. It is only for those who want to find a voice and become photographic authors. My goal would be to inspire you to publish a book, have exhibits, and perhaps commissions as well and our mission for the week will be to create a collective book. Each of you will get a copy. 

My former students have published books, had major exhibits, gotten commissions etc. Yet only you can make it happen. I just try to get you on the right lifetime road. The sweet beauty of adventure. A fire in the belly. 

For sure I can smell that this Puerto Rico workshop will be one of those to remember. 

David Alan Harvey

 

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San Miguel de Allende

with David Alan Harvey

Personal Mentorship – Shoot, Edit, Books, Career Development

2019

 

Focus:   Personal Mentorship – Shoot, Edit, Books, Career Development.

When: October 27 – Nov 3

 Where: San Miguel de Allende

Participants: 10 student limit

Tuition: $ 3,600

 

 (*Personal travel expenses, lodging and meals are not included.*)

Questions?

alejandramartinezcontacto@gmail.com

Register HereTo those who dare: The KEY feature of this class is we will make a relevant hard copy book/zine. Your work in San Miguel will get selected day by day and then bam! Designed/edited by William Marr former Creative Director at NatGeo and book designer extraordinaire. He has designed my next book. Bill will be with us all week. You could never ask for a better workshop outcome. This is the master class of all master classes with this combo in this place at this time.

My workshops will challenge you. There is always some stress for sure. Why? Because those I mentor have all told me prior where they want to go and who they want to be. It is my job to take them to the right door. Then they must walk the walk.

I absolutely do not care what style or type of photographer you may be. I can appreciate many forms of authorship. If you indeed have a real voice, I definitely will help you find it.

If you are trying to push yourself to the next level of authorship then this might be the place to be. I interview all prospective students via FaceTime for 45 minutes or so after reading their motives and looking at their work. So we all can see if it’s a good fit long before we actually meet in person. If this is the wrong workshop for you, I promise to tell you. We all want our time well invested.

Cheers, David

 

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OBX 

with David Alan Harvey

2019

When:   May 19-25, 2019.

Where:   Outer Banks, North Carolina

 Participants: 8 student limit

Tuition: $ 3,400

 (*Personal travel expenses, lodging and meals are not included.*)

Questions?

alejandramartinezcontacto@gmail.comRegister Here

From my beloved home in the Outer Banks of NC, I’m inviting a handful of students to attend a personal mentoring, career development class. This will include how to start on a personal project that will take you into the world of high level photography, how to think about books, how to get a commission…how to think about your shooting. Why do it at home? Because right now I am assembling two book projects and the most exciting part of building a book is when it “goes to the wall.” Now is that time. Catch me here, and you get a view inside my head and inside the process.

My workshop mentoring style is very different than curriculum teaching. I do not roll down a checklist. I look at your work, I listen, I demonstrate, and I offer advice and suggestions based on years of hard-earned wisdom as both a commissioned magazine photographer and independent book publisher. 

So with me at home and in a perfect mood and wrapping up my book projects, what’s in it for you? Well, frankly, this is exactly when you want to catch me. This is me in my element. I’m on my own front porch, looking at your work and talking about your career. I will help edit your past work, and mentor you on what to do next. Critique could come from pictures you shoot here in the Outer Banks or from your past work. Some may want to shoot, some may simply want to edit and build a book. Some may do both. All will benefit from the ongoing discussions we’ll be having.

I will do a FaceTime (or Zoom) video interview with each prospective student to see whether shooting or editing will be their emphasis. Some photographers need one thing, some need another, and we’ll keep the group small to ensure the perfect environment to really help you move forward.

Each day we’ll gather to review the previous days work from those shooting… always a learning experience for everyone.

Spring is a fine time of year down here. The best. So come on down. Shoot, edit, hangout, talk shop and most of all, learn. Beach sandals, cold beer, and a camera. You won’t want to leave. 

-David Alan Harvey-

 

 

 

 

 

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Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

with David Alan Harvey

Developing Your Personal Vision

2019

(CLASS FULL)

Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

I can’t wait to get back to Puerto Rico to photograph.  All of my workshops are built around projects I’m working on. To your advantage. How does it help you if I am shooting too? If I am myself not producing I cannot mentor others to do so. I am not a pro teacher. I am a working pro photographer who knows how to get others fired up to do their best. 

Making great work is all about energy. I take mentoring  photographers seriously. Just as seriously as I take my own work. So I like to be in a place where I’m fired up. Puerto Rico is such a place . If I am excited about a place and really feeling it, then that energy will rub off on you. 

My daily morning critiques and assignments will only be about what you are shooting and are geared to take you to your personal next step. I don’t produce clones . The push is for you to find your voice, not copy others. 

In Puerto Rico we will put your daily pictures up on the wall shot the day before. It creates an amazing buzz to work like this. Forces all of us to just kill it!!

My classes are never described as “easy”. I will push you to your limits…and hopefully beyond. While I am a dreamer and live in sort of a fantasy world (by all accounts), I am also very fortunately blessed with being a results oriented person as well. The two do not often go hand in hand. So the end result of your week of intense shooting – thinking – working – – playing will be an essay. The base of a pyramid from which you can grow. Part of our collective book to be made. 

I view my personal workshops as an investment for those whom I mentor.  I only do workshops when I am in the right mood and ready to put everything I have into it. I do not teach by rote. If I am myself not producing I cannot mentor others to do so. I work just as hard to make a workshop its own art object at the end as I do for anything else I take on.

You must please submit a portfolio of your work. Don’t try to show me everything you have done. 15 photographs that best describe who you are is what I want to see. I do not care about “professionalism”. I care about heart and intent and of course visual acuity.

This workshop is not for everyone. It is only for those who want to find a voice and become photographic authors. My goal would be to inspire you to publish a book, have exhibits, and perhaps commissions as well and our mission for the week will be to create a collective book. Each of you will get a copy. 

My former students have published books, had major exhibits, gotten commissions etc. Yet only you can make it happen. I just try to get you on the right lifetime road. The sweet beauty of adventure. A fire in the belly. 

For sure I can smell that this Puerto Rico workshop will be one of those to remember. 

-David Alan Harvey-

(CLASS FULL)

When:   February 17-23, 2019.

Where:   Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

 Participants: 10 student limit

Tuition: $ 3400

 

 ( Includes workshop and daily continental breakfast. Your personal travel expenses, lodging and other meals are not included.)

Register Here

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AT HOME

with DAVID ALAN HARVEY


A week-long, in-person, personal mentoring workshop.

(CLASS FULL)
When:   27 May – 2 June, 2018
(a possible 2nd week to be added, 20-26 May)
Where:   Outer Banks, North Carolina
Focus:   Personal Mentorship – Shoot, Edit, Books, Career Development, 
Participants: 6
Tuition: $ 3800*
*personal travel expenses, lodging and meals are not included.

 

 

Questions? Contact michelle@burnmagazine.org

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Announcing

The Last New York Loft Workshops
OCTOBER 2017

Two weeks to choose from:

October 15 – 21, 2017
October 22 – 28, 2017

Where: David’s loft….Brooklyn, New York

 

Join me for one last historic photo workshop blast in my New York loft. Yup, the Kibbutz loft is over. Home of many artists including at one time or another 8 different Magnum photographers. This building has the vibes. Yet goodbye it is.

So if you have ever thought about taking one of my NYC classes, now is the time. The only time.

For almost all of my workshops in the last couple of years, I am working and teaching and teaching and working. To the advantage of my students.When I am in the middle of a project, it is just a really good time for emerging photographers to learn first hand. I am shooting the Kibbutz for a potential book project. So some of my work will go up on the wall, and your best of the week will as well. Day by day.

And well, it’s October. It’s New York. The pictures here all from the loft and the rooftop. 

Yet forget a nice view and the hospitality of my team. That is incidental.

My workshops are all about your personal growth. I “squeeze the lemon.” I get out of you your very best work. This is my commitment always. I get to know you and your work and make you more “you” than what maybe you imagined.

Daily critique on an essay of your choosing and close mentoring is my mantra. Anyone who takes my workshop is essentially a student for life. I stick with those who want to move ahead with their work for book publishing, for gallery shows, for assignment work, grants, etc. If you do the work, I will be there to help you push it forward. 

My classes begin in the morning (yes, coffee!) and include a group critique of whatever you shot the day before, along with visits from New York picture editors and curators, demo jam sessions with iconic photographers, and mentoring late into the evening (cold beer in the box). 

It’s all a whirlwind of discovery and adventure. 

My team produces a slideshow at the end and this is shown to the photo community of New York on the Friday evening of class. Fiesta follows of course.

We do require a portfolio review and a Facetime/Skype chat with finalists. There is a 12 student limit. Should we get enough interest we may add a second week.

Join us for autumn in New York. Yes, it is magic for sure. 

david alan harvey

Questions? Contact michelle@burnmagazine.org

 

 

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A few comments from last year’s NYC workshop: 

David’s workshops aren’t for the faint of heart or those who do not want to push through personal boundaries. He is part supporter, part instigator and all professional, delivering each comment at the precise moment and knowing confidently what he can get out of each student. I’ll never look through the viewfinder again without hearing his voice questioning why I’ve raised the camera at that moment and how I plan to tell the story. – Christopher Edwards

A truly inspirational process from start to finish! – Kevin J Mellis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

David is one of the most insightful & inspiring teachers I have ever had. He is demanding but cares immensely about the work of his pupils. Throughout the workshop he encouraged us to push ourselves. I achieved some of my best work in his class. – Sandra Cattaneo Adorno

David’s 2016 NYC workshop was the most incredible week for me. Not only did his guidance and opinions give my own judgement and understanding of what makes a great picture a well needed boost, we were privileged to meet some of his inspiring collaborators. I pushed my own work into new and exciting areas and upon my return to the UK, I purged my portfolio of many images I now deemed under par, surely the most telling evidence of the workshop’s effect on me.Neil Buchan-Grant

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About David:

David Alan Harvey, Magnum Photographer and founder of Burn Magazine is a highly sought after mentor and teacher. His workshops are philosophical explorations into the heart of your work and motivation. They are about your own personal growth. A champion of authorship and voice he seeks out your personal obstacles and gives you a good shove to move yourself beyond them, then greets you with a high five and a beer on the other side. As anyone who has taken one of David’s workshops will tell you, once you take a workshop with him, you are essentially his student for life. He sticks with those who want to move ahead with their work for book publishing, gallery shows, etc. If you do the work, he will be there to help you push it forward.

In his weeklong workshops you will be asked to shoot an essay of your own choosing. Each day you shoot, each morning there is a group review and critique session. At the end of the week his team produces a slideshow of the work created. So, in this short week you get the experience of being a working photographer, shooting, working with an editor and experiencing the the pressure of a real deadline. Each workshop is different, but depending on the timing and location you may also enjoy guest teachers that include picture editors and curators, jam sessions with other iconic photographers and the occasional field trip to shoot alongside David.

 

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Finding Your Photographic Voice 

When: October 15 – 21, 2017

Where: David’s loft….Brooklyn, New York

 Student limit: 12

Tuition: $ 3400

 ( Personal travel expenses not included.)

 

Register Here

 

 

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 Past Workshops

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USA. Brooklyn, NY. 2015. Dasha Gavrylenko goes up on the roof of the 'kibbutz' appartment building to watch hurricane Joaquin.
USA. Brooklyn, NY. 2015. Dasha Gavrylenko goes up on the roof of the ‘kibbutz’ appartment building to watch hurricane Joaquin. © David Alan Harvey

David Alan Harvey, Magnum Photographer and founder of Burn Magazine is a highly sought after mentor and teacher. His workshops are philosophical explorations into the heart of your work and motivation. They are about your own personal growth. A champion of authorship and voice he seeks out your personal obstacles and gives you a good shove to move yourself beyond them, then greets you with a high five and a beer on the other side. As anyone who has taken one of David’s workshops will tell you, once you take a workshop with him, you are essentially his student for life. He sticks with those who want to move ahead with their work for book publishing, gallery shows, etc. If you do the work, he will be there to help you push it forward.

In his weeklong workshops you will be asked to shoot an essay of your own choosing. Each day you shoot, each morning there is a group review and critique session. At the end of the week his team produces a slideshow of the work created. So, in this short week you get the experience of being a working photographer, shooting, working with an editor and experiencing the the pressure of a real deadline. Each workshop is different, but depending on the timing and location you may also enjoy guest teachers that include picture editors and curators, jam sessions with other iconic photographers and the occasional field trip to shoot alongside David.

 

2017 Workshop Schedule Coming Soon!

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© Michael Loyd Young
© David Alan Harvey
© David Alan Harvey

 

THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT – BUT WE HAVE A SHORT WAITING LIST STARTED

New York Workshop

…at home with David Alan Harvey

Finding Your Photographic Voice 

When: September 25 – October 1, 2016

Where: David’s loft….Brooklyn, New York

 

This is my most primo workshop. It’s New York. It’s September. It’s New York. The workshop is in the now infamous loft in Brooklyn. The pictures here all from the rooftop. 

Yet forget a nice view and the hospitality of my team. That is incidental.

My workshops are all about your personal growth. I “squeeze the lemon.” I get out of you your very best work. This is my commitment always. I get to know you and your work and make you more “you” than what maybe you imagined.

Daily critique on an essay of your choosing and close mentoring is my mantra. Anyone who takes my workshop is essentially a student for life. I stick with those who want to move ahead with their work for book publishing, for gallery shows, for assignment work, grants, etc. If you do the work, I will be there to help you push it forward. 

My classes begin early morning (yes, coffee and breakfast)  and include a group critique of whatever you shot the day before, along with visits from New York picture editors and curators, demo jam sessions with iconic photographers, and mentoring late into the evening (cold beer in the box). 

It’s all a whirlwind of discovery and adventure. 

My team produces a slideshow at the end and this is shown to the photo community of New York on the Friday evening of class. Fiesta follows of course.

We do require a portfolio review and a Facetime/Skype chat with finalists. There is a 15 student limit.

Join us for springtime in New York. Yes, it is magic for sure. 

david alan harvey

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A few comments from our most recent NYC workshop: 

David’s workshops aren’t for the faint of heart or those who do not want to push through personal boundaries. He is part supporter, part instigator and all professional, delivering each comment at the precise moment and knowing confidently what he can get out of each student. I’ll never look through the viewfinder again without hearing his voice questioning why I’ve raised the camera at that moment and how I plan to tell the story. – Christopher Edwards

A truly inspirational process from start to finish! – Kevin J Mellis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

David is one of the most insightful & inspiring teachers I have ever had. He is demanding but cares immensely about the work of his pupils. Throughout the workshop he encouraged us to push ourselves. I achieved some of my best work in his class. – Sandra Cattaneo Adorno

David’s 2016 NYC workshop was the most incredible week for me. Not only did his guidance and opinions give my own judgement and understanding of what makes a great picture a well needed boost, we were privileged to meet some of his inspiring collaborators. I pushed my own work into new and exciting areas and upon my return to the UK, I purged my portfolio of many images I now deemed under par, surely the most telling evidence of the workshop’s effect on me.Neil Buchan-Grant

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When:   September 25 – October 1, 2016

Where:   Brooklyn, New York

 Student limit: 15

Tuition: $ 3200

 ( Includes workshop and daily continental breakfast – personal travel expenses and other meals are not included.)

 

THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT – BUT WE HAVE A SHORT WAITING LIST STARTED

Register Here

 

 

We all know these days that almost everyone is a photographer. A minus? No, a plus. It means mankind has adopted the still image as a language. Seems to be primal. We are on our phones looking at pictures all day long. Voracious. Does this mean the fine art, the sophisticated image, the incisive documentary that is often photography is gone? Is the world so diluted with images that there is no way to separate? Not at all. It has just intensified. You cannot just “get the shot”. No different than with words which can be meaningless, or poems. It all depends on the author. My approach to mentoring is to find out what makes each student tick, and dig out the author in them. I critique the pictures, sure. I do that everyday in a workshop. Yet I critique from the point of view of building a style , a look, a feeling, or an editorial approach. I do not try to create professional photographers. I simply try to help make each student be the best they can be. For those who are inclined to be pros, I can help. For those who simply want to be a better artist or storyteller, I can help. If you interview my past students they will tell you my classes are tough. I will not bullshit you about your pictures because for me that would be a disservice. I cannot help without being honest with each student. I do look for those with lofty goals. Dreamers. Can-do types. People who believe they can make it happen. Without this energy, I cannot be of great service. A life in photography can mean many things. Or all things. Personally I love book making and exhibiting prints and creating essays for magazines. Within those venues anything is possible. I love the excellence of all styles and all genres if they are on the highest level. I am not trying to make those I mentor a clone of myself , but to have their own voice. You will shoot everyday. You will be critiqued every day. You will sleep little. You will have a result at the end. Your work will be shown in a grand AV presentation with a sophisticated audience to view. This workshop is not easy, yet will be the most fun you will have in your life. Work fun. The best kind. I’ve lived a life in photography. It works for me. Perhaps I can help to make it work for you. I will try to make it so.

 

David Alan Harvey

When:   November 29th – December 5th, 2015

Where:   Miami Street Photography Festival

 Partecipants: 15  

Tuition: $2,000 ( Includes workshop and daily breakfast. Travel expenses or other meals are not included)

 

To apply and for more info, please visit:  Miami Street Photography Festival

PARTICIPANTS: 15

TUITION: $2,000

(Includes workshop and daily breakfast. Travel expenses or other meals are not included)

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Photo © David Alan Harvey for upcoming book, “BeachGames”.

 

Publishing Your Book

2 day Loft Workshop with David Alan Harvey

(and special guest Teju Cole)

October 3rd – 4th, 2015

New York

I wanted to make a book. MY BOOK. A unique book that made people think, explore and wonder. I have been pleased to have been published by the best of trade book publishers, including NatGeo, powerHouse, and Phaidon, and for sure that is one way to go. However, getting complete control over your book is the ideal, so…I made my own book!

By the time this workshop starts my Burn team and I will have published three books of my own this year as well as new BurnBooks for two other photographers. Those whom I have mentored. Being prolific is not a goal of mine, yet a convergence of forces enveloped me and three  books needed to be born. So I know what’s up out there in the land of book publishing. I seem to have a pretty good instinct for what sells, what is less likely to sell, yet popularity is not something I strive for…Quality and depth is what I am about. If popularity comes as a by product of authorship, that’s cool. Yet popularity is a bad first goal. Try to be popular and you won’t be. 

This two-day workshop is all about bookmaking and the new frontier of publishing, breaking loose from the status-quo. I can show you how to present your work to the traditional publishers OR how to make your own distribution if you are so inclined.

The workshop will help you through the entire process, from fundraising for shooting your project, to editing and sequencing pictures, to choosing a title, to creating a dummy. You will learn about layout and design, about paper, binding and packaging, and how to approach a printer. How to market, distribute and sell your book. Production process from A to Z.

Some of the BurnBooks team will be present, along with guest appearances from the New York publishing world.

I teach a wide variety of classes including shooting essays and lighting. So elements of both will come into play here as well. I will try to help you blend technique, with narrative, with production. All of it. It all flows. 

                                                                                     

Requirements: Every student is expected to bring a complete body of work or a book dummy. 

 

OCTOBER 3rd – 4th, 2015

Where: David’s Loft, Brooklyn

15 Student Limit

Tuition: $625 

SOLD OUT

For more information, please contact kaya@burnmagazine.org

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Photo © Michael Loyd Young, Workshop students meet on David’s loft rooftop. 

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Rio de Janeiro

“The Photographic Essay” with David Alan Harvey

Master Class

February 1st-7th, 2015

SOLD OUT

Rio de Janeiro. Just the name alone conjures up imagery. Spectacular location geographically and the place of beauty and passion and well yes, a physical and psychological Shakespearian stage of life. For me to do a workshop in Rio, following the publication of my award winning (based on a true story) and an essay in NatGeo, and smack in the middle of my shooting on my Beach Games project , should for anyone I mentor here be the experience of a lifetime if ever there was one.

I have rented an apartment right on the beach in Rio as the location for our classroom. For critiques of daily individual shooting and a hang spot to discuss ideas and directions for my students.Most of the time however, you will be exploring one of the great cities of the world with a history and culture to fall in love with for sure. At least I did. I am quite sure you would as well.

Join me. My work here for NatGeo and for (based on a true story) has me familiar with the streets and the culture . I will have on hand a top local team as well to make sure you get around with grace.

As in all my workshops I pay attention to YOU. To make sure your investment is a lifetime investment, not just a week of “class”. Besides in February it is going to be freezing in most of Europe and most of North America, and a hot summer day in Rio! Think about it.

We will select the most promising students for this class. My workshops are always challenging and are intended for those who really want to make a mark.

Portfolio review and personal Skype or phone call with me prior to acceptance.

10 student limit for this very special class.

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February 1st-7th, 2015

Where: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tuition: $3,200

10 Student Limit

 

To apply, please submit a portfolio to be reviewed by David (website link best).

Additionally, please include in your submission a brief description of yourself and where you are as a photographer.

Workshop contact: Kaya Lee Berne

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Photo ©Diego Orlando

Venice, Italy with David Alan Harvey

Master Class

September 7th – 13th, 2014

SOLD OUT

As a world traveling NatGeo and Magnum photographer I always avoided Venice from a photo standpoint. I figured too many photographers had shot Venice. Yet now I see a new and exciting challenge for you and for me.
 
So get fired up!!
 
We will shoot a small book – together. Printed by offset artist press Antiga in nearby Treviso. Each of you will receive one of our limited editions of your work.
 
So all of us will have special incentives. Some of you may want to go off on your own, some may want to shoot alongside me. We can jockey this around. I do not do “how to” workshops, I do “how to think” workshops. With the sole goal to get you cleaned up and on to your next level.
 
While practical and technical issues are part of my mentoring, I well know that how you think and how you explore your inner is more important than any camera and technique nor any special contact with the right editor. Don’t worry, I am on board to help you with all of it. However, knowing who you are and your best way to show your authorship is my mantra. The world does not need another average photographer. There are thousands of those. The world needs photographers who see themselves as visual authors. With a point of view and a clear style all their own.
 
My team knows what is up. Diego Orlando, who lives in Venice, has joined me for NatGeo projects as well as at least 15 workshops together. Diego is the Senior Photo Editor of Burn Magazine and is a great resource for you in his own right. Kaya Lee Berne,  Assistant Photo Editor at Burn, has assisted with my workshops in Dubai and New York.  She is a full time student at UVa., yet also a fine photographer. I am very proud of this team. They are with me in Venice to help me to help you.
 
I am challenged by Venice. You will be as well. Nothing in my life is routine. Nor are my classes and my mentoring. My track record for mentoring students who publish books and get assignments from top magazines is high. Check around.
 
Early September is the perfect time to be in Venice. Everything is about timing, timing, and timing.
 
The time seems to be right for this adventure.
 

David Alan Harvey

 

 
 
 
 
Dates: September 7th – 13th, 2014

Where: Venice, Italy

Tuition: $3,200

PORTFOLIO REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION….12 student limit

 

To apply, please email kaya@burnmagazine.org

For updates subscribe to our BURN email list for news and updates

 

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Dubai

“The Photographic Essay” with David Alan Harvey

Master Class

March 8th-14th, 2014

As a young boy I dreamed of becoming a magazine photographer. The brilliant photo essays of Henri Cartier-Bresson,W. Eugene Smith, Dorothea Lange, and Robert Frank that graced the pages of international picture magazines that came into my home were my first sights and smells of the world “out there”.

The photo narrative form was to become my life. By the time I was 28, I was shooting essays for National Geographic Magazine and I continue to do stories for them now. The way I work on essays for magazines is the same way I stitch together my books like Divided Soul, Living Proof, and the very recent (based on a true story) photo novella set in Rio.
 
I am passionately convinced that learning how to shoot a photo essay will help you as nothing else will in photo education. For any type of photo style.
 
I prove this every time one of my workshop students shows their work to an audience after a week with me as their coach/mentor. My classes are not easy. They are designed to take you forward to your personal next step. I teach authorship and personal style.
 
Hard work? Yes. Rewarding? Nothing quite like it.
 
So come to Dubai. I am in the middle of my own personal essay there so you will be working in real time alongside me. You will also most definitely be on your own and finding your stylistic voice.
 
One of the great things about this Dubai class is that it will be in the middle of Gulf Photo Plus and you will be bumping elbows with many greats like Greg Heisler, Joe McNally, Lindsay Adler,   and a host of others.
 
Dubai is a terrific place to shoot. Safe!! Just unreal in its opulence and architectural grandeur and a new born nation out of the desert has such a unique history. A real phenomena.
 
If you have not been, I think you will love Dubai. I knew nothing of the Emirates until last year when invited to GPP. I became fascinated.
 
So join my team. We produce premium workshops and we make sure you are totally rewarded with your investment.
 
The team  joining me for this workshop are the picture editors of Burn Magazine an online and in print journal for emerging photographers, which I founded and have curated for 5 years. Diego Orlando our Director of Photography, and Kaya Berne, Picture Editor will be with me in Dubai.
 
As you may imagine, this would be a really nice time to get yourself “discovered”.
 
Cheers, David
March 8th-14th, 2014

Where: Gulf Photo Plus 2014 – Dubai’s Photography Festival

Tuition: $3,000

PORTFOLIO REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION….15 student limit

 

To apply, please visit the Gulf Photo Plus Site

For updates subscribe to our BURN email list for news and updates

 
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Rio de Janeiro

“The Photographic Essay” with David Alan Harvey

Master Class

January 19th-25th, 2014

Rio de Janeiro. Just the name alone conjures up imagery. Spectacular location geographically and the place of beauty and passion and well yes, a physical and psychological Shakespearian stage of life. For me to do a workshop in Rio, following the publication of my award winning (based on a true story) and an essay in NatGeo, and smack in the middle of my shooting on my Beach Games project , should for anyone I mentor here be the experience of a lifetime if ever there was one.

I have rented an apartment right on the beach in Rio as the location for our classroom. For critiques of daily individual shooting and a hang spot to discuss ideas and directions for my students.Most of the time however, you will be exploring one of the great cities of the world with a history and culture to fall in love with for sure. At least I did. I am quite sure you would as well.

Join me. For my first full on workshop in Rio ever. My work here for NatGeo and for (based on a true story) has me familiar with the streets and the culture . I will have on hand a top local team as well to make sure you get around with grace.
As in all my workshops I pay attention to YOU. To make sure your investment is a lifetime investment, not just a week of “class”. Besides in January it is going to be freezing in most of Europe and most of North America, and a hot summer day in Rio! Think about it.

We will select the most promising students for this class. My workshops are always challenging and are intended for those who really want to make a mark.

Portfolio review and personal Skype or phone call with me prior to acceptance.

12 student limit for this very special class.

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January 19th-25th, 2014

Where: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tuition: $3,200

SOLD OUT

 

To apply, please submit a portfolio to be reviewed by David (website link best).

Additionally, please include in your submission a brief description of yourself and where you are as a photographer.

Workshop contact: Kaya Lee Berne

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Day of the Dead

Workshop with David Alan Harvey

Oaxaca, Mexico

October 28 – November 5, 2013

 

I am often asked by many, who assume that I have been “all over the world”, to please name my favorite “place”. The “where would you go on your vacation?” or “where would you shoot on your own” question… Certainly right up at the top would be my beloved Oaxaca, Mexico. I shot there for many months while working on a National Geographic story “Song of Oaxaca”. Much of the work from this story was part of the portfolio that allowed me to become a Magnum nominee in 1993. Oaxaca has a special place in my heart. Mexico in general, but Oaxaca in particular.

This is the 4th year of the Day of the Dead workshop. This eight-day workshop is longer than most that I teach. It was designed this way so that participants will have a chance to photograph the preparations, traditions and processions surrounding the Day of the Dead tradition and also have time to document the everyday life of the streets in Oaxaca and the surrounding valleys.

You will be pushed to your limits if you join me. There are always days of frustration in my classes… not every day is a happy day. You should know going in that my intent is to take you from where you are as a photographer to your logical or aesthetic “next step” with the emphasis on becoming an essayist and communicating with true “visual literacy”. I will do this with group critique and “one on one” discussions… our collaborative “final product” is an audio/music track slide show with each of you up on the screen as authors… your name, your title, and in front of an assembled audience from the local art community and special guests… at that moment, that very moment, you will forget the blood and the sweat from the days before.

Join us for a creative exercise and psychologically uplifting way of looking at your work. I welcome all styles of photographers from the journalistic to the conceptual.

Abrazos,

David

 

October 28 – November 5, 2013

Where: Oaxaca, Mexico

Tuition: $3,000

SOLD OUT

 

**This workshop is designed for all levels of photography and is the only week-longworkshop offered where David shoots alongside students in the field.

To apply, please submit a portfolio (a link to your website is preferred) as well as a brief description of yourself and where you are as a photographer.

Workshop contact: Candy Pilar Godoy

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David speaks with James Nachtwey, Diego Orlando, and Michael Christopher Brown – all guests at the February 2013 Book Publishing Workshop (along with Bruce Gilden) © Eva-Maria Kunz

 

2 day Loft Workshop with David Alan Harvey:

How To Publish Your Book

September 21-22, 2013

New York

 

I wanted to make a book. MY BOOK. A unique book that made people think, explore and wonder. I have been pleased to have been published by the best of trade book publishers, and for sure that is one way to go. However, getting complete control over your book is the ideal, so…I made my own book!

This two-day workshop is all about bookmaking and the new frontier of publishing, breaking loose from the status-quo. I can show you how to present your work to the traditional publishers OR how to make your own distribution if you are so inclined.

The workshop will help you through the entire process, from fundraising for shooting your project, to editing and sequencing pictures, to choosing a title, to creating a dummy. You will learn about layout and design, about paper, binding and packaging, and how to approach a printer. How to market, distribute and sell your book. Production process from A to Z.

Some of the BurnBooks team will be present, along with guest appearances from the New York publishing world.

I teach a wide variety of classes including shooting essays and lighting. So elements of both will come into play here as well. I will try to help you blend technique, with narrative, with production. All of it. It all flows.

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At Home

with David Alan Harvey

Brooklyn, New York

May 19 – 25, 2013

 

Join DAH for 1 week of intense study and career development from his loft in Brooklyn, NYC.

  • Daily critique and shooting
  • Essay/story development
  • Guest Editors from Top Magazines
  • Iconic photogs. dropping in
  • Big show at the end of the class playing to the New York Photo world

 

**This at home workshop is all about taking the next step and learning how to communicate with true visual literacy.

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Back in Brazil

with David Alan Harvey

Rio de Janeiro

May 05, 2013

 

Join DAH on his first visit back to Rio after shooting his award-winning book (based on a true story).

This is a reunion tour all-in-one jam session in hot hot Rio! Join David this May for a special workshop on finding your voice, sharpening your skills, and learning tips and tricks of the trade. David will be reviewing portfolios, discussing how he created and self-published his latest book (based on a true story), and revealing his lighting secrets. Top it all off with a joint shoot on Copacabana Beach, as David prepares to start work on his next project. Shoot alongside him and see how he works in the field.

Lecture, review/critique, and discussion alongside the characters from (based on a true story) await. Special guests will be in attendance, stopping by throughout the day. Join us on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world for a life changing experience! Caipirinhas guaranteed.

 

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2 day Loft Workshop with David Alan Harvey:

How To Publish Your Book

February 23-24, 2013

New York

 

I wanted to make a book. MY BOOK. A unique book that made people think, explore and wonder. I have been pleased to have been published by the best of trade book publishers, and for sure that is one way to go. However, getting complete control over your book is the ideal, so…I made my own book!

This two-day workshop is all about bookmaking and the new frontier of publishing, breaking loose from the status-quo. I can show you how to present your work to the traditional publishers OR how to make your own distribution if you are so inclined.

The workshop will help you through the entire process, from fundraising for shooting your project, to editing and sequencing pictures, to choosing a title, to creating a dummy. You will learn about layout and design, about paper, binding and packaging, and how to approach a printer. How to market, distribute and sell your book. Production process from A to Z.

The whole BurnBooks team will be present, along with guest appearances from the New York publishing world.

I teach a wide variety of classes including shooting essays and lighting. So elements of both will come into play here as well. I will try to help you blend technique, with narrative, with production. All of it. It all flows.

 

 

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David Alan Harvey has a love for books – printed fine books. Tactile. Living, breathing, books. He began publishing at an early age and continues to be prolific. Harvey was only fourteen when he printed his first family album “Off For A Family Drive”, twenty-one when his first book “Tell It Like It Is” was published. “Cuba” (1999, National Geographic), “Divided Soul” (2003, Phaidon), and “Living Proof” (2007, powerHouse) are the testimony of a decade long immersion in different cultures.

With the launch of Burn Magazine in 2008, he has edited and published Burn 01 and Burn 02. And with “(based on a true story)”, his photo novella shot in Rio, and winning the Lucie Award for best Book Publisher 2012, he has set the mark for his publishing house: BurnBooks.

 

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