Portrait with Richard Dumas

The art to create or capture an atmosphere in portraiture

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GOAL

Learn and improve your way of portraying people by mastering the relationship with the subject, being more confident and creating evocative and meaningful portraits. This workshop will also focus on how to best capture a portrait with natural light.

Most of all, the workshop with Richard Dumas will help you discover what is your very own personal path to portrait photography.

BIOGRAPHY

“Richard Dumas is not a portraitist, but a photographer. In contrast with another photographer named Richard (Avedon, to be exact), Dumas is not a socialite or a star because he shoots celebrities or fashion photographer. This distinction is not intended to tarnish this celebrated photographer’s essential role but to better understand Dumas’s personal talents.

He is immediately recognizable by his somewhat dandy-like elegance and his intuition for strong and restrained contrasts. His pictures appear to be placed out of time, making them icons through the mystery of his images and their unexpected vibrations of light. This refined photography is nourished by literature, Portuguese cinema, and a rich breath of music ranging from jazz to rock.” Christian Caujolle

Program

This will be a hands on workshop with shooting sessions, individual assignments, daily group discussion and editing sessions.

You'll be expected to fully immerse yourself, take risks and push your boundaries in order to move forward into another level in your photography.

Day 1:

Portfolios reviews – Projections
A selection of photographs is reviewed for each participant and each one outlines his/her expectations for the workshop. Participants are also invited to show which of their photographs are they the most proud of and a selection of their favorite images in the history of photography.

Masterclass – Projections
Richard Dumas will spend time talking about his own work and the different projects and portraits he has worked on. He will share his photographic references with the group and explain the context while shooting his photographs.

At the end of the day, two-person teams are determined by random draw amongst participants, each team will have to photograph one another the following day.

Day 2:

Projection and group discussion
Each photographer selects 3 pictures of the previous day shoot.

Shooting sessions between participants inside the studio and outside
Each participant will shoot his own portraits inside and/or outside of the studio: they will be asked to photograph one another. After brief editing sessions throughout the day, participants will print their images and show what they’ve done to Richard Dumas and get feedback and improvements suggestions. Through the selection and discussion of their best images, the participants will work together with Richard Dumas towards building a personal portrait series and consequently developing their own photographic style.

Shooting sessions are mostly done independently by the participants without Richard Dumas but he may occasionally intervene to bring guidance throughout the shooting.

Day 3:

Projection and group discussion
Each photographer selects 3 pictures of the previous day shoot.

Shooting sessions with models inside the studio and outside
Each participant will shoot models who will be available. After brief editing sessions throughout the day, participants will print their images and show what they’ve done to Richard Dumas and get feedback and improvements suggestions. Through the selection and discussion of their best images, the participants will work together with Richard Dumas towards building a personal portrait series and consequently developing their own photographic style.

Shooting sessions are mostly done independently by the participants without Richard Dumas but he may occasionally intervene to bring guidance throughout the shooting.

Day 4:

Shooting sessions

Final portrait series editing/sequencing, find a series title and write artist statement
The final day is devoted to finalise the shooting, editing, sequencing and post-processing the portrait series. Participants are then invited to find a title for their series and write an artist statement. This set will be send to the photography mentor of the participants choice.

Final projection and group discussion.

Teaching language: English or french (depending on the audience).

Workshop hours: 9h30 to 18h.

Previous Workshops

2024

2023

2022

2021

Feb 05 - Feb 08, 2025
4 days in Paris - 1550 €

Early Bird 1450 €
before Dec. 05th

APPLY

Conditions

- Only 9 students will be admitted for each session. Students will be granted admission to the workshop based on a review of a selection of 10 of their photographs.

- The 1.550€ fee does not include transport, accommodation nor on the ground expenses. For participants coming from outside the European Union, please be aware that there is a bank fee when making the payments via bank transfer. In order to avoid them, you can use alternative systems such as Transferwise.

- In order to confirm your application, an advance payment of €100 is advised. Once the application is completed, we will send an email via PayZen to the participant in order to settle the payment. If the candidate is accepted, this amount will be deducted from the overall cost of the workshop.

- In case the participation is not confirmed, he will get a full pay back of the 100€ fee.

- If accepted, the participant will receive a course contract confirming the success of his application by email.

- To confirm registration, the participant must return this contract to us, signed, within ten days, along with payment of 30% of the cost of the workshop. The participant will also receive an invoice.

- The rest of the fee must be paid by the first day of the workshop at the latest.

- A dossier in order to get prepared for the workshop will be sent to the participant at least two weeks before the workshop begins.

- If you're willing to participate in more than one workshop, we do offer a 10% discount on the following workshops' price.

Pre-requisite

- Successful candidates will be expected to arrive comfortable with their equipment and ready to photograph.

- Participants working digitally should bring their own laptops, and everything needed for digital editing.

- Participants are required to find their own accommodation in Paris.

Education material

- Photo books

- Projector and screen

- 1 Mac computer

- Professional A3 printer

- Photo paper

A technical assistant will be present during the workshop.

After the workshop

- The series produced by each participant will be published on the site of Eyes in Progress.

- Mentors are photography experts such as a photo editors, journalists, creative directors, gallery curators, they will review these series during an in-person meeting or visio-conference organised by Eyes in Progress.

- Video interviews in which the students discuss their work, their motivation as photographers, as well as what they learned during the workshop will also be posted on the site. In case the participant is not willing to have his video online, we won't publish it, however, we do encourage to record the video anyways as a practical exercise on how to orally express himself as a photographer.

- Each participant will be given a certificate of completion of the course.

- The participants will be required to evaluate the workshop when it has been completed, to show their level of overall satisfaction and the extent of their acquisition of new skills. These evaluations help us improve our workshops.

- If the participant is not willing to have his profile online (series, review, video), we will of course respect his decision and will not publish it.

Deadlines

Applications will be open until January 5th 2025.

- Eyes in Progress reserves the right to cancel groups with less than 7 participants. Students will be given either a full refund or offered a place with an alternative photographer. In the event of a cancellation, students will be given at least 3 weeks advance notice. Eyes in Progress reserves the right to change or alter the program advertised.

- If a participant decides to cancel for whatever reason, this must be confirmed in writing:

. Eyes in Progress will reimburse all the registration costs except for the €100 administrative fee, if the participant informs Eyes in Progress of cancellation at least 3 weeks before the first day of the workshop. Beyond this time limit, Eyes in Progress will charge the following:

. 50% of the cost if cancelled between 6 and 20 days before the workshop commences.

. 100% of the cost if cancelled less than 5 days before the workshop commences.

. All workshops that are commenced but not completed through the fault of the participant need to be paid in full.

- Eyes in Progress is not responsible for reimbursement of travel expenses in case a workshop is cancelled. We recommend that you buy refundable air tickets and/or travel insurance.

SPECIAL NEED ACCESS

Eyes in Progress is committed to using all possible means to enable beneficiaries with disabilities to participate in the workshops. For this, the director of Eyes in Progress will assess all required adaptations and implement them.