photoSCHOOL | Workshop | Vera Rüttimann
Who is Holga? And why did she serve as the inspiration for Instagram’s aesthetic? An insightful lecture answers these questions and explores the history, unique features, and cult following of this analog camera. Exemplary images by Vera Rüttimann demonstrate how these vividly colored photos and light leaks are created. In a hands-on session, we’ll take pictures with the Holga outdoors on the photoSCHWEIZ grounds. Participants will receive a detailed handout.
Learning Objectives:
Course participants will learn about the technical features of the Holga camera; they will know which films produce which colors and how effects such as cross-processing and blur are created; they will know where to find roll film and cameras; and they will learn how to present these images.
Target audience:
Amateur, Professional
Course Instructor:
Vera Rüttimann. Born in Wettingen in 1968. Moved to Berlin in 1990. She works with photography, text, and video for magazines, online media, and institutions. Since 2022, she has been running the photography portal www.pixelnews.ch. One of her photography projects is called “Berlin by Holga.” Using this camera, she creates images and surreal atmospheres with rich colors. Vera Rüttimann’s photographs are featured in exhibitions and photography festivals.
Equipment:
If you have a Holga camera, bring it along. But HOLGA cameras are also available on site.
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Amateur
Course instructor:
Chantal Convertini, born in 1992 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, is a photographer and artist. With a deep passion for film photography, she turns her camera primarily and intimately toward herself, then toward her partner, and last but not least, toward her friends. Her work has been published in several magazines, both online and in print, and has also been featured in numerous group exhibitions, primarily across Europe. Together with Imagenation and, in particular, KBH.G, she has also actively contributed to larger exhibitions as both an artist and a curator. In February 2024, she was nominated for the Manor Kunstpreis Schaffhausen. She has lived and worked in Basel, Switzerland, for over a decade.
Equipment:
A working camera with batteries or film loaded; if you have a tripod, you can bring it.
Price:
180 CHF
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