UNSTAGED

TRAINING OBSERVATION / DEVELOPING

MASTERCLASSES.

A practice in seeing before technique. Each session is built around attention, restraint and the moment before the photograph.

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OBSERVATION BEFORE TECHNIQUE.

THE PRACTICE OF SEEING

The camera is present, but it does not lead. The work begins with awareness: reading space, light, rhythm and human behaviour without interrupting them.

A craftsperson works alone inside a dark Istanbul workshop.
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  1. /01AWARENESSSEEING SPACE

    Read distance, movement and the relationships already present.

  2. /02LIGHTDIRECTION AND PATIENCE

    Notice where light is moving before deciding where to stand.

  3. /03RESTRAINTINVISIBILITY AND DISCIPLINE

    Remain present without changing the moment you came to observe.

  4. /04ANTICIPATIONPATTERN AND THE PRE-MOMENT

    Recognise repetition and prepare before the photograph arrives.