2018

Image Threads : Noviembre Fotografico 2018
Fototeca de Cuba, Havana
November 29 – December 5, 2018
Instructors: Jenia Fridlyand, Kevin Kunstadt, Ernesto Solana and Andrew Waits

All That is Air Melts into Books: A Collaborative Photobook Workshop
Todo lo que es aire se forja en un libro: Un Taller Colaborativo de Fotolibros
Location: Fototeca, 307 Mercaderes, La Habana
Dates: Thu November 29th, Fri November 30th, Tue December 4th, Wed December 5th
Times : workshop 10am-4pm , photobook presentations: 5-7pm

Participants of all skill levels will work collaboratively on creating a new and unique photo book together from scratch. Alongside with the workshop organizers, they will first make pictures, simultaneously being pushed out of their photographic comfort zones through a series of rapid-fire creative exercises, and then be lead through the process of refining their picture making, honing in on a concept, developing an edit and sequence, revising the design and layout and ultimately resulting in a cohesive body of work in book-form.
Los participantes de todos los niveles de experiencia trabajarán de modo colaborativo para crear desde cero un único y nuevo fotolibro. En conjunto con los coordinadores del taller, los participantes generarán fotografías y serán alentados a salir de su zona de confort fotográfico a través de una serie de ejercicios creativos de fuego rápido. A su vez los participantes serán guiados por el proceso de: mejorar su forma de creación fotográfica, refinar su concepto, desarrollar una edición y secuencia, revisar el diseño y acomodo; para al final lograr un cuerpo de trabajo cohesivo en la forma de un libro.

All That is Air Melts into Books: Public Photobook Salon
Todo lo que es aire se forja en un libro: Salón Público de Fotolibros
Location: Fototeca, 307 Mercaderes, La Habana
Dates: Thu November 29th, Fri November 30th, Tuesday December 4th, Wednesday December 5th
Times: 5-7pm

Fototeca will host a series of evening photobook salons open to the public. Drawing from Fototeca’s growing library of donated photobooks, organizers and workshop participants will present a selection of seminal photographic works. Attendees are encouraged to join the discussion and explore the photobook library for themselves. Please join us!
Fototeca será anfitrión de una serie de salones abiertos al público con enfoque en el fotolibro. Utilizando la creciente colección de fotolibros donados de la biblioteca de Fototeca, los participantes y organizadores del taller presentarán una selección de trabajos fotográficos. A todos los asistentes se les alienta a participar en las discusiones y explorar la biblioteca de fotolibros por sí mismos. Acompañanos!

Photography is Language: A Visual Literacy Workshop for Teenagers
La Fotografía como Lenguaje: Taller de Literatura Visual para Jóvenes
Location: Fototeca, 307 Mercaderes, La Habana
Date: Monday December 3rd
Time: 1-4pm

2017

Fototeca de Cuba - Havana, Cuba
November 27 – 30, 2017
Instructors: Jenia Fridlyand, Kevin Kunstadt, Nathaniel Grann and Veronica Melendez

Students: 
Alain Cabrera Fernandez, Alejandro Alfonso, Alexandra Majerus, Andrés Riusech, Arien Chang, Arnaldo Labrada, Carlos Alberto Bastón Chils, Dany del Pino Rodriguez, Guillermo Corral, Leonor Menes, Nelson Ramirez de Arellano Conde, Nestor Marti, Ricardo Miguel Hernandez, Rigoberto ‘Chacho’ Oguendo, Sergio Romero Valdés, William Ferrer Martinez and Yanahara Mauri Villarreal

In late November 2017, Image Threads Collective conducted an intensive four day photobook workshop at the Fototeca de Cuba – the national photography museum. We worked closely with a group of students to provide a detailed analysis of their individual projects, and bagan to lay the foundations of  developing these projects in the physical form of the book. Daily, we conducted group discussions, photo editing exercises, and direct 1-on-1 feedback sessions. Students hopefully left the workshop with a heightened understanding of both how the photobook itself can function, as well as how to develop and produce a photobook dummy of their own body of work.

About Fototeca: 
The Fototeca de Cuba was created in 1986 to preserve, study and promote the country’s photographic patrimony and create a space for the promotion of international photography. The Fototeca is an archive with a vast and valuable collection of documents; it is also a museum with the widest and most valuable collection of Cuban photography known and it functions as a gallery with rooms for temporary exhibitions in which works that do not belong to the permanent collection are generally exhibited. Another important function of the Fototeca is its educational role. The institution regularly holds conferences, courses and workshops – both practical and theoretical – on a national level but also sometimes with foreign guests. The Fototeca is responsible for promoting Cuban photography abroad while at the same time putting the Cuban public in contact with photography from other countries. Finally, it is important to highlight the Fototeca’s work in the promotion of young talent both within and outside the country, its support for the development of national photography, its support for national and provincial events and its awarding of prizes in photography competitions held in Cuba. The Fototeca is located in an 18th century colonial-style building in Havana’s Plaza Vieja.