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The Art of Street Photography

Inspiration

Introduction

Below you will find a collection of photographers, writers and films chosen to awaken your senses. They may inspire you about the location or they may just intrigue you. Either way please use this as an insight into the experiences and impressions of others. International travel is so easy these days. The pace at which one travels and 'sees' the world gets faster and faster. If you feel like it, take a moment to slow the process down.

Photographers

  • Feridnando Scianna
  • Bruno Barbey
  • Alex Webb
  • Patrizia Battaglia

Books

Photography Books
  • "The Italians" Bruno Barbey
  • "Festa" photography by Eugenio Zinna (1996)
  • "I Siciliani" photography by Feridnando Scianna (Magnum Agency) 1977
  • "Feste religiose in Sicilia" photography by Ferdinando Scianna (Magnum Agency) 1965/1987
  • "Il grande libro della Sicilia" photography by Ferdinando Scianna (Magnum Agency) 1984
  • "Passion Justice Freedom: Photographs of Sicily" photography by Letizia Battaglia (1999)
  • "Feste di Sicilia, Pathos Devozione Spasimo" Photography by Raimondo Marino, written by Gina Gulisano (2002)
General Literature
  • "The Leopard" Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (Published late in 1958)
  • "Midnight in Sicily" Peter Robb (1999)
  • "On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian journey" Mary Taylor Simeti (1986)
  • "The Knight and Death" Leonardo Sciascia (1988)
  • "To Each His Own" Leonardo Sciascia (1966)
  • "Conversations in Sicily" Elio Vittorini (1941)
  • "Sicilian Lives" Danilo Dolci (1981)
  • "Little Novels of Sicily" Giovanni Verga (1883)
  • "Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History" Sandra Benjamin (2006)
  • "Sometimes the Soul: Two Novellas of Sicily" Gioia Timpanelli (1999)

Movies

  • "Divorce, Italian style" directed by Pietro Germi with Marcello Mastroianni, Stefania Sandrelli (1961)
  • "Salvatore Giuliano" directed by Francesco Rosi with Pietro Cammarata, Frank Wolff (1962)
  • "The Leopard" directed by Luchino Visconti with Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon (1963)
  • "The Godfather" directed by Francis Ford Coppola with Marlon Brando, Al Pacino (1972)
  • "The Sicilain" directed by Michael Cimino with Christopher Lambert, John Turturro (1987)
  • "Nuovo Cinema paradiso" directed by Giuseppe Tornatore with Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio (1988)
  • "Il postino" directed by Michael Radford with Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi, Maria Grazia Cucinotta (1994)
  • "The star maker" directed by Giuseppe Tornatore with Sergio Castellitto (1995)
  • "Malena" directed by Giuseppe Tornatore with Monica Bellucci (2000)
  • "The hundred steps" directed by Marco Tullio Giordana with Luigi Lo Cascio (2000)

Forums

We have our own online forum that over the years has proven to be a very popular and useful way of not just keeping in touch after a workshop, but also before. It can be a fascinating source of information for those considering their first workshop with VSP. You will need to register to join the forum, and we recommend the following two sections

Testimonials

" Had a great time again! Everything was thought through very carefully. The workshop has a collegiate and familiar feel to it whilst maintaining a high professional standard and method of teaching. Highly recommend it"
Catherine, UK, 2009

" Jonathan thank you for a wonderful experience, You thought me how to visualise an idea and turn it into a frame, how to make the camera the tool and the vision the art"
Barry, US, 2009

"I have been to two VSP Workshops trips and found each one interesting, stimulating and satisfying. Jonathan is an amazing teacher, particularly gifted at explaining concepts and pinpointing areas that need improvements. I highly reccomend VSP to anyone interested in the Art of Photography"
Nancy, US, 2009

"Thank you so much for a wonderful Masterclass. I enjoyed the Easter Procession and all the amazing photo opportunities. I have been inspired to work both on street photography and portrait. Great! Grazie per tutto"
Jeff, USA, 2006

"I can't tell you how much we enjoyed this Masterclass. It was a great balanced work, lots and lots of fun combined with the right amount of travel. We both learned a lot and loved travelling and working with you. If you haven't attended a VSP Masterclass we can assure you that you should run, not walk, to sign up for one - the Sicily Masterclass far exceeded our expectations. "
Chris & Lori, USA 2006

"You won't find a more friendly and delightful photo experience on the planet"
Steve, USA, 2007

"I have never experienced a more balanced, but intense and yet fun Workshop! VSP exudes its love for photography from every pore and it knows how to deliver the message. When is the next one? Where do I sign?"
Jacky, USA 2007

"Thank you VSP for one of the most intense and rewarding experiences of my life! I didn't know I was able to take such images"
Sarah, UK 2006