You guys are very nice in deed. Thanks for your encouraging words! <smile>
Asher, the link I posted above opens the interesting biography of Stuart on my computer in english.
Stuart offfers, this obviously sponsored course to aspiring photographers and he is the president of magnum photos:
http://agency.magnumphotos.com/about/about.aspx
Frankly, and you know that <grins>, I give a Bull about certificates, Hell I was training AiKiDo for countless years and refused to participate in Dan Exams, something my trainer accepted for the reasons I gave him, I would have been 4th Dan by now, but I never cared about it, I always trained in my white outfit, not to be distinguished from any other student, distinguished in training, yes! <smile>
What I care about is that Stuart seems to have a similiar line of thoughts, he cares for the environment and this is a great part of his photographic work.
Franklin is currently working on a long-term project on Europe’s changing landscapes, focusing in particular on the climate and on patterns of transformation. ....His coverage of the Sahel famine from 1984-85 won him acclaim, but Franklin is perhaps best known for his celebrated photograph of a man defying a tank in Tiananmen Square, China in 1989, which won him a World Press Photo award
I have little doubts that I would benefit from a 3 day course, part of this is that he explains his workflow from RAW to fine art print on exactly the printer that I consider to purchase, HP Z3100, this makes it even more interesting. I see it the same way I saw my courses with Leonard Bernstein, I never intended to copycat Bernstein, many did, but my learning from him has formed my views on music in parts. I guess, one has to be careful what teachers he chooses to influence him, at least I try this.
I never participated in any workshop, and the guys credentials are more than I know of the most courses on offer. LOL
2002 Ph.D Geography, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
1997 Bachelor of Arts (Geography) University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
1979 Bachelor of Arts (Photography and Film), West Surrey College of Art and Design, Surrey, Ukweden
Awards
1997 Gibbs Prize for geography, University of Oxford
1989 World Press Photo Award
1987 Tom Hopkinson Award
1985 Christian Aid Award for Humanitarian Photography
Exhibitions
2005 Hôtel Afrique - Pitzhanger Gallery, London, UK
2004 The Coast Exposed - National Maritime Museum, London, UK
2000 The Time of Trees - Octagon Gallery, Bath, UK; Trussardi Gallery, Milan, Italy
1993 Tale of Two Cities - Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
1990 London - The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK
Books
2005 Sea Fever, Bardwell Press, UK
2003 The Dynamic City, Mondadori, Italy
2000 The Time of Trees, Leonardo Arte, Italy
1990 Tiananmen Square, A.J. Vine, UK
However, frankly, I doubt that my contributions will impress the Jury and allow me to participate, then again, if you are not in, you can't win. The choice for the pictures I submitted was made in 2 minutes. <smile> They are really questionable on technical aspects, no doubts, but they reflect my attempts so far, you know most of them I guess:
http://www.adf.de/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=49013