After the great success of the first three editions, DISCOVER KRAKOW is ready to launch its fourth INTERNATIONAL SUMMER EDITION, with some great changes: such as two outdoor photoshoot! Photographers from all the world will work together to show with their pictures the beauty of Krakow.
DISCOVER KRAKOW is an innovative project whose purpose is to make the participants live a professional experience for those who love photography and video making.
The main goal of the project is to valorise and promote the romantic and shining city of Krakow, in Poland, trough photos, reportage, videos made by young photographers from different places of the world. DISCOVER KRAKOW wants to enrich the professional and academic path of the young photographer, moreover it wants to enrich his portfolio.
DISCOVER KRAKOW is supported by Italian Cultural Institute in Krakow.
The tour of Old Town is organized in collaboration with Kalina Tyrkiel, a polish photogrpahere, who has the role to let discover and know all the beauties of Cracow thanks guided tours. Furthermore, agenda will be enriched with the visit of the UNESCO World heritage site Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps and the Oskar Schindlers Factory.
In order to improve participants’ professional and academic skills, there will be three workshops:
- Workshop "Portrait photography" organized by the famous Cracow School Of Art and Fashion Design; it will last 3 hours.
- Workshop organized by the polish photographer Monika Mrozik.
Further, exclusively for this edition: outdoor photoshoot with Krakowski Parkour.
How is DISCOVER KRAKOW Summer Edition organized and what is its output?
The role of participant is to take photos of Krakow’s beauties during each guided tours. You will work alone or in pair (your fellow could be one your friend). The project lasts 5 days.
Here you are the agenda:
Wednesday 13 July
08:00 – 13:30 Participants arrival
14:00 – 15:00 Opening & Welcoming from the Director of Italian Culture Institute in Krakow
15:00 – 18:30 Old Town Krakow Visit with Kalina Tyrkiel
Thursday 14 July
08:00 – 08:15 Leaving for Auschwitz – Birkenau
09:30 - 15:30 Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps
Friday 15 July
10:00 – 13:00 Workshop “Portrait photography” at Cracow School Of Art and Fashion Design
13:00 – 13:30 Visit of Cracow School Of Art and Fashion Design
15:00 – 17:30 Jewish Krakow “Kazimierz” with Kalina Tyrkiel
Saturday 16 July
09:15– 09:30 Leaving for Oskar Schindlers Factory
10:00 – 13:00 Oskar Schindlers Factory Visit
16:30 - 18:00 Outdoor photoshoot with model in Old Town with Monika Mrozik
Sunday 17 July
10:30 – 12:00 Outdoor photoshoot with Krakowski Parkour
12:00 – 12:30 Issue of Attendance certificates and Good bye
At the end of the project, it will be released to each participant the Attendance certificates signed by Let me Italian you and all its partners: Italian Cultural Institute in Krakow, Cracow School Of Art and Fashion Design, Monika Mrozik.
Plus, in order to make more visible the job done during the project, each participant will give 20 photos with his credits to Let me Italian you and we will published in our official Website & Instagram. Then we will send them to the official Facebook page of Krakow, Krakow PL (120K followers)