5.10.16

An Introduction: Welcome to the House of Photography Nürnberg!

Hello!

My name is Benedetto Manzella and I'm from San Pedro, California. I'm one of 12 students that are taking part in the Masterclass of Photography this Autumn season. Our staff team of 6 is led by Jan C. Schlegel, who for at least 20 years been dedicated time and effort to documenting remote places throughout the world and the amazing people who live in those place; using his art as a way of preserving tradition that can, unfortunately, end up lost in the fast-paced existence that is so common in this current time of history. All the more importantly, Jan ensures that the various people he meets are shown as they would be seen if you met in their homeland; his photos are not about special effects or make-up techniques, but the very needed and beautiful documentation of the diverse world we all live in together. This diversity is even seen in our community of students and staff where 7 countries across 3 of the 7 major continents in the world are represented.

Throughout the remainder of our school, this will be a place to hear about what we have been working on, see some of the results of learning more about the craft of both analog and digital photography, as well some of the travels we will do together. So far we had the pleasure of going to Amsterdam together during our first week of the school to attend the Unseen Photo Fair & Festival which is an event centered the latest work in the world of photography and was started in 2012.  (for further insight, please go to the official website for the Unseen Photo Fair & Festival which can be found through the link above) Another event we have the pleasure of attending will be Paris Photo 2016 and it will be commencing its 20th edition of the world renown event that is expecting around 60,000 attendees from around the world.

Obviously, there is a bit of catching up to do, and I will be bringing everything up to speed as soon as possible thanks to contributions from the staff and students of our school. In the meantime, I'd encourage you to check out the websites I will list below in order to see some of the variety in the work of our staff members including Jan Schlegel, Taylor Pool, & Ulrich Mannchen.

Jan Schlegel's official website: http://jan-schlegel.com/ you can also find him on Instagram & Facebook. On Instagram his handle or name is @janschlegel and his photography page on Facebook can be found by searching Jan C Schlegel or @jancschlegel

For Taylor Pool's work, his website is www.piratepool.com and he can be found on Facebook at Taylor Pool Photography.

And finally for Ulrich Mannchen's work, www.ulrichmannchen.com

Before I sign off, don't forget to follow us as a school on Facebook(House of Photography Nuremberg) and Instagram (@houseofphotonbg)

Thanks for reading,
Benedetto





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