The Amazing Queen of the Pinhole does Italy!

My friend and artist Dianne Bos is hosting another pinhole camera workshop in Italy this summer - check it out!

Musee. Semur en Auxois, France. 2001.
Image courtesy of Dianne Bos.

Dianne Bos, Pinhole Workshop, May 19-26, 2012, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy 
This coming May (2012) I will again be offering a 1 week pinhole photography course in beautiful Umbria, Italy--sunshine, rolling hills, a picture-perfect hilltown overlooking the Tiber River Valley, vineyards and olive groves, amazing local food and wine!  This workshop offers a chance to explore pinhole photography, in the same environment where Leonardo da Vinci once experimented with similar image projection techniques.

No darkroom or camera experience is necessary. Great for beginners but also wonderful for those with some experience who would like to shot and develop pinhole photographs while in Italy.

Dates:  The 1 week program is May 19- May 26, 2012 (Saturday to Saturday) and costs 1400 euros--currently about $1850 CAD--which includes just about everything for 7 days, except your air ticket!  (The exact price will depend on the exchange rate on the day you pay.)  The workshop will be housed at The International School of Painting,
Drawing, and Sculpture in the beautiful hill town of Montecastello di Vibio, halfway between Rome and Florence. The little town itself is full of opportunities for inspired photographs--you can see some that I took there and elsewhere in Italy on my websitehttp://www.diannebos.com/exhibitions.html 

Want to see pictures of Montecastello?--check out these links that Jody Joseph has posted on her website of some favourite pictures from past painting sessions at the school: http://www.jodyjoseph.com/JJComSite/Photos.html  and  http://www.jodyjoseph.com/JJComSite/New_photos%21.html 

Interested?  Let me know as soon as possible!  I'll get in touch with you to confirm whether you can come, and after that I'll ask for a 500 euro deposit to hold a place in the program.  Balance will be due six weeks before program starts.  As soon as we have 8 participants everyone can book their flights.

If you have any questions you can contact me at bosphoto@gmail.com
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Included in the price are:

• Transport to and from Rome Fiumicino Airport (you just get to the airport before our meeting time at noon on May 19—we meet you and take it from there.)
• A single room (with shared bath)
• 3 great meals a day--Our cook is amazing--we eat a very healthy diet--lots of local fruits and vegetables, cheeses, fresh bread from the town bakery, homemade pastas and soups, plus great meat dishes.  To drink--local wine, of course--regular and sparking water too!
Instruction
• Experience the magic of pinhole photography by making your own camera and shooting and processing black and white prints using paper negatives. It is also a painless way of learning darkroom techniques. I guarantee you’ll get addicted!
• All pinhole photo materials are included in the price.
• A large class room space in one of the rustic Italian villas that the school uses for classes.
• A group exhibition in Montecastello at the end of the workshop.
• A day trip to see some fabulous art and nearby towns.  (Meals and museum admissions on your own on trip days)

Things not to worry about if you're interested: Art/photo supplies--you can bring them--or buy some at the school store; staying in touch with the folks back home (we have internet, e-mail, a school telephone, or bring a cellphone for emergencies); I'm a vegetarian, celiac, etc. (no worries--our cook does it all--deliciously!)  Other concerns?  E-mail me!