Two day intense workshop “Telling a story Visual dramaturgy / improvisation / mistakes / combinations” is going to show you how with the right preparation, you can create a visual story within a short period of time. We will work with your archive material, talk about importance of visual dramaturgy, what brings into the story improvisation, how to work with mistakes and how to use effectively combination of images within the photobook form. Practical workshop will open topics and discussion about nowadays position of visual storytelling, important of photobooks and how to read images and tell your story with photography.

Please bring your laptop and printed contact sheets/selection of images. Minimum 20 – Maximum 50 images.

Max. Participants 20

Olja Triaška Stefanović is from Bratislava, Slovak Republic and works at Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava

Olja Triaška Stefanović (*1978, Novi Sad, Serbia) is a photographer and visual artist born in former Yugoslavia and during the Balkans war in 90's, she settled in Slovakia permanently. Her latest projects primarily react to war and ethnic conflicts in the Balkan where she explores her own memory, family history, formation of new nations and new geography. Recently, in 2020 she published her photobook “Brotherhood and Unity” that was presented together with exhibitions in Slovakia, Slovenia, Austria and at Photo IS:REAL in Tel Aviv, Israel. In her visual research she also has a special interest in the space and architecture of Eastern Europe. She regularly exhibits both in Slovakia and internationally. She is the laureate of the Novum Foundation – prize for contemporary artists in Slovakia (2019), Mayor's Prize in Bratislava - Grant Bratislava, granted within the Slovak Press Photo, in 2015 she was declared the photographer of the year by Central European House of Photography and in 2010 she was the finalist of 4th Award of National gallery in Prague for young artist - “Award 333”. She cooperate on many publications focused on architecture. Book Friedrich Weinwurm –Architect was among the prize winners DAM Architectural Book Award 2015, Frankfurt, Germany and announced as one of the 10 best books of architecture in the world. Her works can be found in the collections of Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, and City Gallery in Nitra, Slovakia. She works as an Associate professor at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava and currently is Head of Photography and New Media Department. She lives and works in Bratislava.

Martin Kollar is from Bratislava, Slovak Republic and works at Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava

Martin Kollar (1971) Born in Zilina in Czechoslovakia (now Slovak Republic), studied at the Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava, the Film faculty, camera department. He has been working as a freelance photographer and cinematographer since he has been graduated there. He has received several grants and awards, including the Prix Elysee and Oscar Barnack Award. His work has been exhibited across the world, including Brooklyn Museum, the Slovak National Gallery (Bratislava), Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany, Tel Aviv museum of art and Musee Elysee (Lausanne). His previous books include, Nothing Special (Actes-Sud, 2008), Cahier (Diaphane, 2011) Field Trip (MACK, 2013) Catalogue (Slovak National Gallery, 2015) Provisional arrangement (Mack/ Musee Elyse 2016) and AFTER (Mack, 2021). As a cinematographer, Martin has worked on a number of films, including CENZORKA/107 MORHERS (2021) KOZA (2015), VELVET TERRORISTS (2013), COOKING HISTORY (2009), 66 SEASONS (2003) and others. He made his directorial feature debut, 5 OCTOBER (2016). He has taught as a guest lecturer at the Kunstakademie Stuttgart in Germany (2013), Vevey School of Photography in Vevey Switzerland (2015) and Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava (2021)