ISSP 2011 portfolio was named Best of 2011 by Dutch GUP Magazine Chief Editor Erik Vroons!
Here is what he says: "My favourite portfolio of 2011 shows the works made during ISSP. In August this year, I was invited to be part of a very special summer school in Kuldiga, Latvia. The International Summer School for Photography is an annual initiative by a group of super cool young Latvians. Every year, they manage to create an excellent team of world-class teachers that work with a selected group of emerging talents from all over the world in an intense but very inspiring workshop setting. Secluded from the outside world, in a castle somewhere in the Latvian forest, the students had to come up with new works of which we showed some highlights in our e-zine.”
Thank you, Erik, we enjoyed your company too! :)
Here we go - the list of selected ISSP 2013 participants is out (pending confirmations) - 72 photographers from 26 countries, 5 continents! We thank all the 254 who applied and the Jury for their hard work... there are many more very good applications in the waiting list... All the applicants must have received notification by email by now - if you haven't got one, check your spam folder!
Dear all, the ISSP 2013 application process is successfully closed - we have received 254 applications from over 40 countries, thank you all! The ISSP International Jury - photographers Alnis Stakle (LV) and Alexander Gronsky (RU/LV), and Chief Editor of GUP Magazine Erik Vroons (NL) - start to work this week. The results of the selection process will be known by the end of May.
Only six days left to apply for the ultimate photography experience of this summer! We will be accepting the ISSP 2013 applications till 24:00 8th of May (Latvian time)!
No šodienas var pieteikties arī portfolio skatei ar World Press Photo konkursa laureātiem Janu Grarupu, Stefanu Vanfleterenu un Aleksandru Gronski, kura notiks 24.maijā Rīgā.
From today you can also apply for portfolio review with World Press Photo winners Jan Grarup, Stephan Vanfleteren and Alexander Gronsky that will take place on 24 May in Riga.
We are pleased to invite applications for the masterclass by Jan Grarup "Keep it simple: the Essence of Photojournalism" on 24-26 May 2013. A photojournalist with over 20 years experience from the world's gravest conflict zones, Jan won his eighth World Press Photo award this year and will be in Riga as part of the World Press Photo exhibition education programme. Applications accepted till 10th May!
While the ISSP 2013 is in preparation, here are some flashbacks from the fabulous 2012 edition! Big thanks for all involved!
Dear friends, attention! We are delighted to announce that the applications for the ISSP 2013 are now open! This year, the ISSP masters are Esther Teichmann, Todd Hido, Yan Morvan, Yuri Kozirev & Andrei Polikanov, Teun van der Heijden and Elina Brotherus. You can send in your applications till 8 May 2013.
ISSP 2013 Masters & workshops here.
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The ISSP 2013 call for applications will be announced soon! Meanwhile, you can see the 2013 masters and workshop subjects here.
Happy New year everyone! We are glad to inform that ISSP 2013 will take place on 3-11 August in Kuldīga. The call for applications will be open from the end of March until the beginning of May 2013. More information to come, stay tuned!
Dārgie draugi! Priecājamies, ka ilgi lolotā ideja īstenojusies un ISSP katalogs ir pārtapis par skaistu iknedēļas dizaina Plānotāju! Jauna izdevuma prezentācija 14.novembrī plkst 19:00 Birojnīcā! / We are very happy that our long-term idea has come to life - the presentation of the new 2013 Weekly Planner will take place on 14 November in Birojnīca!
A complete collection of the ISSP 2012 participants' final works is online in the galleries of this website and on vimeo!
For those of you who've been working on a project for a while, dreaming to someday turn it into a book: we invite applications for a 4-day workshop with Norwegian photographer and book publisher Morten Andersen "Editing a Project into a Book" - on 21-24 October in Riga. Application deadline: 27th September.