Workshop with Rineke Dijkstra

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Workshop with Rineke Dijkstra

What is good portrait? What technique do you choose? What kind of light do you use? Daylight or flash? What location or backdrop do you choose for? How do you choose your subject? How do you approach someone you don’t know?

In this workshop, the students have explored what makes a good portrait and which tools you can use to create one.

Workshop (2026) with Rineke Dijkstra

Assistants
Inès Riber
Students
Ava Barbieri, Célia Bigler, Cecília Bueno, Fiona Caballero, Justine Diep, Inès Hayoz, Carla Katsuva-Sivahera, Chloé Loichot, Pierre Mahé, Magali Monin, Nora Neves, Noé Pizzera, Théo Previdoli, Antoine Soulié, Céleste Tabourdeau, Elisa Vareilhes, Tristan Wadsworth
1st year program
2nd semester
Know-how
Imagemaking, Documentary, Portrait
Ava Barbieri
Ava Barbieri
Ava Barbieri
Shiva Gisiger
Shiva Gisiger

1/5
Théo Previdoli
Théo Previdoli

1/2
Antoine Soulié
Antoine Soulié
Célia Bigler
Célia Bigler
Célia Bigler

1/5
Fiona Caballero
Fiona Caballero
Inès Hayoz
Inès Hayoz
Inès Hayoz

1/5
Pierre Mahé
Pierre Mahé
Cecília Bueno
Cecília Bueno
Noé Pizzera
Noé Pizzera

1/6
Elisa Vareilhes
Elisa Vareilhes
Tristan Wadsworth
Tristan Wadsworth

1/4
Backstage/ECAL
Backstage/ECAL
Backstage/ECAL

1/3
Backstage/ECAL
Backstage/ECAL
Backstage/ECAL

1/3

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