DESCRIPTION
Join Trespasser and Kominek Books in the vibrant city of Berlin to cultivate your photographic work. This course will include long-form critiques of each attendee’s work, artist/publisher lectures, in-depth q&a sessions, and more. We aim to offer insight and practical solutions tailored to your project’s specific needs. We’ll discuss process and what it takes to create a meaningful body of work. As photobook makers, we’re ultimately drawn to how photography is used on the page to relay emotional, narrative, and conceptual significance. Much of the workshop will be about photobook editing and sequencing, with further presentations on design, materials, printing, and construction. Attendees will also gain advice on how to pursue publication, whether that’s through an established art imprint or forging your path in self-publishing. In addition to the planned curriculum, during downtime students can expect to have informal yet consequential conversations over meals and drinks, gaining unfiltered access into our practice.
FEE
This four-day course costs $1000 USD. A 50% deposit is required upon acceptance, with the balance due by 25 October 2024. Travel, accommodation, and meals are not included.
APPLICATION
To apply, email us at trespasserbooks@gmail.com with the subject "Berlin 2024" and include:
20–30 photos of your work
a brief project statement
CV (optional)
Please use a file hosting service like WeTransfer or Dropbox to share your images. There is no fee to apply.
DEADLINE
As of 14 August 2024, all the spots in this workshop are filled. We are currently accepting back up applications in the event of cancellations. Waitlist applications are open and will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis until 1 September 2024.
SCHEDULE
We’ll gather daily from 10:00 to 18:00, 30 October through 2 November 2024.
LOCATION
Sessions will be held at the Kominek Gallery, Immanuelkirchstraße 25, 10405 Berlin, Germany in the historic Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood.
Matthew Genitempo is a photographer and publisher living and working in Texas. He earned his MFA from the University of Hartford. In 2017 he co-founded the publishing imprint Trespasser Books. Matthew has released two monographs, Jasper (Twin Palms 2018) and Mother of Dogs (Trespasser 2022).
Michael Kominek is a photographer, publisher, and gallerist from Poland. He has released four monographs of his own work: First Journey Home (2013), Strangers in Paradise (2013), Photocopies from Tokyo (2014), and Test The West (2017). In 2007, he founded Kominek Books + Gallery in Berlin. Kominek has published numerous celebrated photobooks by artists such as Rinko Kawauchi, Viviane Sassen, Senta Simond, Alec Soth, Mark Steinmetz, and Daisuke Yokota.
Bryan Schutmaat is a photographer based in Austin, Texas whose work has been widely exhibited and published. He has won numerous awards, including a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, the Aperture Portfolio Prize, and an Aaron Siskind Fellowship. Bryan’s prints are held in many collections, such as the Rijksmuseum and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He co-founded the imprint, Trespasser.
