Limited to 7 participants
By Application OnlyNovember 4-7, 2024
Join Mark de Paola and dePAOLA Pictures November 4-7, 2024 for an unforgettable week intensive studying fine art photography as artist, collector, and gallerist during the week of Paris Photo. The 4-day program will include a variety of intensive lectures with Mark de Paola and guest lectures, reviews, exclusive studio visits, and a deep dive into this year's fair.
Our group home base is adorned with 24-carat gold walls, parisian floors, high ceilings, and views of the prestigious Rue du Royale where you will attend your lectures and reviews and prepare your portfolio presentations enriched with inspiration.
The studio visits will enrich your photographic education as you spend time with both artists in their intimate studio environments. Both artists will offer a personal window into their respective iconic artistic practices and provide you with the opportunity to ask your own questions of them as well as reflect upon how their processes may inform your own artistic practice. Past studio vists have been with the Louis Stettner Estate, Cartier Bresson Foundation, Sebastiao Salgado, and Miho Kajioka. The 2024 artist studio visits will be announced in Summer 2024.
TOPICS
Building your photographic collection for investment (and joy!)
Archiving, donating, marketing, and lending your photographic collection
How to market yourself as a fine art photographer in a modern world
Building a fine art photographic portfolio
Fine Art photography market trends and analysis
Gallery, art fair, and museum relationships
EVENTS AND LECTURES
A day pass to Paris Photo on Thursday for opening day (assignments and prompts)
2 x Studio Visits
Portfolio reviews with Mark and Sage
Lecture by Mark de Paola (The journey to becoming a fine art photographer)
Lectures on Marketing, Curation, Gallery/Museum Landscape, Where are we going?
Lecture/briefing on studio visit artists
1 meal/day
NOT INCLUDED
All accommodations, flights, and transfers.
TUITION
$5000.00 USD per student
Tuition on student scholarship: 2000.00 euros or 2400.00 USD (must be a current or recent college graduate in photography, art direction, fashion merchandising, fashion styling, fine art, or curation studies)
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Email the following application materials to info@depaolapictures.com to apply for the Paris Photo 2024 masterclass.
- Biography
- Work portfolio (20-25 pieces/images)
- Written essay: Why are you taking this course? (max 500 words)
ITINERARY OUTLINE 2024
(Final Studio Visits, Timing, and Locations TBC and adjusted by October 15, 2024)
Monday, November 4
10:00AM-12:30PM
Mark Lecture + Student Introductions
12:30PM-2:00PM
Group Welcome Lunch
Location:
Chez Monsieur
11, rue du Chevalier Saint-Georges
75008 Paris
2:00PM-5:00PM
One on One Printed Portfolio Reviews
Tuesday, November 5
10:00AM
Student CALL
Location TBC
10:00AM-12:30PM
Shoot Exteriors
12:30PM-2:00PM
Lunch delivered to Leica Store Paris
2:00PM-5:00PM
Shoot Exteriors
Wednesday, November 6
10:00AM-12:00PM
Jeanloup Sieff Archive Visit
12:00PM-2:00PM
Group Lunch
2:00-2:30PM
Transfer to Atelier Fresson
2:30PM-5:00PM
Atelier Fresson Studio Visit
This iconic printing technique has rendered prints for the greats like Sheila Metzner, Sarah Moon, etc. The technique has been passed down for generations and may soon expire.
Thursday, November 7
11:00AM-12:00PM
Michael Hulett Lecture on Collecting and Artist Representation
The Gallerist and Collector’s Journey, Mike Hulett Lecture
12:30PM
Group Lunch
2:30PM
Henri Cartier Bresson Private Archive Visit
Location:
Henri Cartier Bresson Foundation
79 Rue des Archives
75003 Paris
3:30PM-4:00PM
Transfer to Paris Photo
Location:
Grand Palais
4:00PM-6:45PM
Complete Paris Photo Worksheets with Mark and Sage
7:15PM
Closing Group Dinner + Worksheet/Paris Photo Discussion
INSTRUCTOR AND ARTIST MARK DE PAOLA
Mark de Paola is a New York City-based fine art and fashion photographer with over 30 years of experience shooting campaign and fine art commissions for the likes of Vogue Spain, Vogue Mexico, Gucci, Oscar de la Renta, Prabal Gurung, David Koma, Roksanda, and Saint Laurent.
De Paola has directed several hundred television spots in the fashion/beauty sector including those for Giorgio RED Perfume (Bergdorf Goodman windows and MoMA NY), Ducati, Leica Camera, Sony, Neutrogena, and Ford Motorsports.
De Paola's fine art work is included in public collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Getty in Los Angeles, the San Diego Center of Photographic Arts, and the TOP Museum in Tokyo. His photography monographs Recent Work I (2018), Recent Work II (2019), and Five Years and Sixty Seconds (2020) can be found with Leica Camera retailers in major cities worldwide. De Paola's solo exhibitions have traveled around the world including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dali (China), Tokyo, Milan (Triennale Museum), and at home in New York City.
De Paola's pictorialist work as a still and motion artist has been driven by his studies of the neurobiology and cognitive psychology of human vision.
****Please note that final studio visit artists and partnerships are subject to final scheduling confirmation to be announced SUMMER 2024.