ROME PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
PHOTO WORKSHOP IN PALERMO

In this workshop, participants find themselves in a city of cultural crossroads surrounded by Byzantine mosaics, Arabesque domes, Norman palaces and lively street markets. Explore a place so bright in its colors – and dark in its shadows; its provocative soul won’t make you feel anything but alive.

Focus

This workshop emphasizes the juxtaposition of extraordinary beauty and and the degeneration that naturally occurs in a time-worn city. Over 2,700 years old, Palermo has become a culmination of many different cultures and the site of economic extremes. The light like the history, can be violently bright casting inky shadows and challenging angles.  With the help of an essential, local guide, you will come across winding streets, sites of former grandeur mixed with contemporary urbanity. Unexpected beauty will be found at your footsteps and up high on cupolas set on buildings and churches – all guided by a native Palermitano photographer. Select from our two proposals or design your own itinerary with us to deeply explore the provocative soul of Palermo. 

Itineraries

Select from the following different possible photographic itineraries in Palermo.

Raw Palermo: Markets and Mysteries

Your tour will include a walk through Palermo’s busiest street market, Mercato di Ballaro, where your senses and your camera will land upon the characters, produce, spices, oddities and hidden gems. Unforgettable daily scenes of regular life against a backdrop of weathered ritual and earthly delights combine for a street photography experience like no other. This is a Morning Light workshop that includes:

Ballaro Market

Cape Market

Corso Vittorio Emanuele (Pedestrian Island)

Cathedral of Palermo

Imperial Palermo: Architecture and Story

In this workshop, you discover the monuments and edifices that comprise this unusual city. Grand sculptural views, fading palaces, and and urban scape that uniquely pairs the ancient with a raw Southern Italian contemporary markers make this workshop a breathtaking experience. This is an Evening Light Workshop that includes:

Piazza Giulio Cesare

Churches of Martorana and San Cataldo

Teatro Massimo

Borgo Vecchio

Pretoria Square and Fountain of Shame

Ask about our Custom itineraries in Palermo or nearby Mondello!

Who is this for ?

Anyone who would like a local, photographer guide in this edgy Sicilian city.

Hobbyists / amateurs / beginners : The early morning light is the ideal time to capture Palermo and its markets at the most lively part of the day. This workshop provides you a solid understanding of working with your camera in a more complex, hustled environment.

Professionals / experienced photographers: This workshop provides you with likely the new experience of shooting in a bustling location without time or room to set that “perfect shot.” We will show you tricks for this as we walk through the streets, from market to market. Your local guide of Palermo will be your source of information on the city, and can answer highly technical and logistical questions about photography as well as provide tips for future shooting.

Students: Classes of up to 25 undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to take this workshop. Please inquire about our student and group pricing.