Urbanautica: a special interview with Dutch documentary photographer Raimond Wouda

The words and images proposed this week by Urbanautica for Manfrotto School of Xcellence, are taken from the special interview with Dutch documentary photographer Raimond Wouda, on his series ‘School’. «Well my previous studio was in front of a secondary school, so every time I got into my studio I was seeing the fascinating world [...]

Melissa and the self portrait #19: Scolionophobia; The fear of school.

Remember your first day of school? That day is filled with excitement, fear, change, bravery and the crossing of a threshold. I am a bilingual Canadian, but I grew up speaking only french in the province of Quebec. This self portrait reminds me of the courage that it took to leave my small home town [...]

Manfrotto Shooting People Contest – July 2011 Winner

 

Stefano Pesarelli: President portrait

The act of framing, for a photographer, is always a choice that emphasizes a part of the image or a subject and exclude elements that might or might not be relevant. As Gaylord Herron said: ” Everything in photography boils down to what’s sharp and what’s fuzzy”. I froze this portrait in a school in [...]

Photofarm: workshops scheduled from March to May

Manfrotto School of Xcellence in collaboration with Photofarm presents a series of workshops scheduled from March to late May: 12/13 Marzo 2011: Workshop fotografico fauna e paesaggio in Engadina 2/3 Aprile 2011: Corso Macro 1° Livello 9/10 Aprile 2011 Academy Post Produzione 16/17 Aprile 2011: Workshop Anfibi macrofotografia Foreste 23 Aprile – 1 Maggio: Travel Tunisia 1/12 Maggio 2011: Travel Sri Lanka 7/8 Maggio 2011: Corso Macro 2° Livello [...]

…and we are back!

Manfrotto School of Xcellence would like to thank you and praise for all the support, insights and help you provided and for your great following. We will pursue to work for you with top professionals and photographers from all over the world so that all of you can get closer to the imaging world and [...]