Photography Training in India
Living in Kolkata, an Indian photo-story; documentary street photography five day workshop in association with The Hope Foundation
Mark Seymour
This five day workshop will provide you with a unique cultural experience, with opportunities to build a portfolio of diverse images of real life on the streets of Kolkata, its people, how they live, work and play. Mark will guide you in how to behave and position yourself to enable you to capture natural and candid images; including the local community in their homes and work places, and the railway track that provides a point for the adults to socialise and the children to play. Mark will share what he looks for to create stunning documentary images.
In the evening there will be time to relax and talk about the day and reflect on the images you have taken.
As part of the work The Hope Foundation do in the area to support children to have an education and be safe, the final day includes a very special picnic for some of the children and team that work there.
About Mark Seymour
Mark is one of the UKs leading documentary wedding photographers and Nikon made Mark him their ambassador for wedding and documentary photography in 2013.
Mark has become highly acclaimed for his personal documentary projects and street photography, including international press coverage for his emotional story of his father’s illness.
About The Hope Foundation
The Hope Foundation was established in 1999 by Irish Humanitarian Maureen Forrest to help these children. They provide support to over 60 projects including education, primary healthcare, child protection, children’s shelters, vocational training and drugs rehabilitation. HOPE has extended its support and now provides a holistic approach to development which includes working with the children, their families and the community in Kolkata. The Hope Foundation use the photography workshops to raise some important funding as well as raising their profile for their valuable work with the children in the local area.
http://www.hopefoundation.ie/news/street_photography_2015/
About Kolkata
Kolkata, once known to the English traveller as Calcutta, it is the capital city of the Indian state of West Bengal. Kolkata is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India and is the third most populous area in India. The group will stay in a friendly small local hotel.

























