Magnum workshops & lecture series in Oslo, Norway, March 4th-8th

Wish I could go- always fancied myself dressed in furs, a helmet and plaits!

I am certain anyone that does go (lucky buggers) will get much more than just a new outfit though- wow, what a line up!

We are already receiving great responses! A note about flights…from the states, NWA is having a fare sale now that includes Oslo and can get you here pretty cheaply…but it is best to get it via their website for some reason. As far as inter-europe: Sterling air, Norwegian air, and of course Ryanair, all fly to Oslo for next to nothing…hope to see some lightstalkers here in March!

Best,
Laara

excited for y’all! :)))...Please let us know when the pics from the participants will be put up on Magnum-in-Motion :))>..i think it’s brilliant that Magnum now showcases the work of participants: that’s real 2.0 thinking :))...DAH influence? :))...

thanks jonas/laara: wish we could visit y’all :))

all the best to participants!

running
bob

http://www.kunst.no/innvik/kontakt/kontakt.htm

http://www.ankerhostel.no/?lang=44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfFycMk7Df0&feature=related

(Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe!!!!!!!!!)

Thanks for all your enthusiasm around the workshop! We’re all really looking forward to it, I think it will be tremendous energy here that week! (And don’t worry about cold or darkness – that will have passed by then…)

Just wanted to post that quite a few people have not been able to get through the registration process in the last day or so – the server had some space issues – but the bug is now fixed! So if you’ve tried registering unsuccesfully, try again now, it should be ok!

All the best, and look forward to seeing those of you making the trip!

Jonas

And Lisa – yes a dark day for journalism here in Oslo – terrible events. His newspaper ran a full black cover this morning.

as jonas mentioned, we are so so pleased with the enthusiastic response to the workshop. as we are receiving many applications, one thing is becoming pretty apparent to me, though: a lack of female applicants! so come on girls, show your stuff!!! we want to see it…

best,
laara

Another note on the Oslo event. As i mentioned before,the workshops are part of a wider festival event, with nightly lectures/slideshows/presentations. This is part of celebrations of the Norwegian Press Photographer’s Association 75th anniversary, and the evening events are open to the public as well (workshop participants get a festival pass).

All the 7 workshop-leading photographers will give presentations at the evening festival, but we’ve also just confirmed that 4 more of the Magnum family will show their work too: Jacob Aue Sobol, our fresh and talented young Danish photographer, Richard Kalvar, who recently published the remarkable “Earthlings” book, and Chien-Chi Chang, whose reputation precedes him. Also, our own Bjarke Myrthu, who runs Magnum-in-Motion and has written a very interesting book on photography and multimedia, will show and tell about photojournalism in the internet age.

Lots to be excited about I think, and looking forward to March,

Jonas

that’s a frickin’ show u all have assembled…i cant believe it…

screw Perpignan, Oslo in March looks like the place to be in 2008…wish i were there….

b

Jonas just posted an article on the Magnum Blog in which he talks a bit about why he got involved into the educational program of Magnum. Thought some of you might be interested…

http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/01/sharing_bad_weather_and_good_photography.html

Greetings,
Martin

What does that mean? Does that mean that certain folk have already been accepted?

Yeah yeah, I really need to calm down. I think we should all learn patience from my bad example…

No one has been notified of acceptance yet…We will be sending out notices early next week. We began wait-listing workshops when they reached a certain number of qualified applicants from which we will be making the final decisions. We will stop accepting applications for any and all of the workshops on tuesday, January 30th. Thank you to all of you who have applied…the turn out has been incredible!
All Best, Laara

Good luck to all those that have applied, it promises to be a very special week indeed. And despite the cold, Oslo is such a warm and exciting place!

... anything else?

Of the people that are coming, who have you been assigned to? David Allen Harvey here. Just curious as to if anyone knows already that they will be working with the shooters who are “sold out,” and not “waitlisted.”

Also, will we be picking our own stories or collaborating on a few. I’m sure it will all be covered in the info to come. Just a little too excited!

late reply (but first post in LS, a bit strange to me). I got in Anderson’s class…
see you all in Oslo,

Tommaso

Have fun though and bring lots of batteries. They go fast in that cold!

A pretty funky budget alternative is a ship docked right by the new opera house in Oslo, called MS Innvik. It’s both a hostel and a theater, and has a cafe etc. It’s a pretty funky set-up, and you could walk to the workshop venue in 10 minutes or so.

Here is the web address, for those interested:

www.msinnvik.no

All best,

Jonas

Thank you and I wish the best time for all the participants in the Oslo workshop.
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