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The Journey
Getting there may be half the fun but preparing for one of our workshops before you leave is almost more important than the workshop itself. Momenta Workshops specializes in taking photographers to some of the most beautiful and culturally rich locations the world has to offer. However, we also stress our attendees to be educated travelers and culturally aware of their surroundings. Therefore, we suggest prospective attendees do a bit of research prior to leaving and this doesn't only mean getting your shots.
When preparing for your workshop, we recommend you learn as much as possible about the cultural traditions of the country you are visiting. This can include researching online, reading guidebooks and studying literature relating to your workshop location. For many of our workshops, we have a suggested research list including books by local authors, movies about the area or the best websites for information on your destination.
We teach students how to enterprise daily photo assignments while working in the field. This success derives from being able to recognize and understand social nuances that might be invisible to the less informed traveler. Plus, honestly, learning about where we're going is loads of fun and will make you even more excited for the journey ahead!
The Destination
In the period leading up to your workshop, we will provide you with suggested research and reading lists to prepare you for your destination. In our pre-workshop mailings, we will send along further information pertaining to our travels. These include packing lists and location specific information. Please see below for a number of links that will help you get started right away!
Our Goal
Momenta is committed not only to humanist photojournalism, but also helping travelers become humanists. Over and above the creative development we can bring to aspiring photographers, we seek to create relationships between our students and hosts. We accomplish this by doing everything we can to immerse students in local culture. Our attendees in a very real sense are expected to be ambassadors in a positive and respectful manner. Research prior to departure helps our students recognize commonality in the human condition and better adopt a sense of universal morality that is so important in reasoned documentary photography.
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