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Weekly picks from our Lab section

Discover high-end documentaries on successful photographers, tutorial videos in partnership with the NOOR Foundation, masterclasses with legends, history of photography, podcasts, and more. Inspire yourself with a first content curation on portraiture and documentary photography!

TUTORIAL

Shooting Architecture With a Tilt-Shift Lens, by Jon Lowenstein

Jon Lowenstein, from NOOR Images, specializes in long-term, in-depth documentary explorations. In this 4-chapter course, he will give you his advice on shooting architecture with a digital camera and a tilt-shift lens.

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TUTORIAL

Shooting Portraits With Artificial Light, by Sanne de Wilde

Sanne De Wilde, from NOOR, explores the medium of photography and subjects related to the role genetics, identity, and perception play in people's lives. In this 4-chapter course, she will give you her advice on taking portraits with artificial light.

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LESSON

A History of Portrait Photography

In photography, portraiture is a constantly evolving genre. Historian Guillaume Blanc gives us insight into a practice appreciated by many photographers.

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INTERVIEW

Gaia Squarci: "Opening a Door to the Experience of Others"

Gaia Squarci is a photographer and videographer who divides her time between Milan and New York. She's a contributor to major publications such as The New York Times, the New Yorker, or The Guardian, and produces both photographs for the press and personal projects with always the same goal: tell a story that hasn't been told.

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PODCAST

Podcast: Peter DiCampo on Documentary Photography

Peter DiCampo's photojournalistic work speaks about the international development and perceptions of Africa. In this podcast he speaks with journalist Aurelie Jouan about Everyday Africa, a collective Instagram project of daily-life images across the continent.

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