Imagine having the opportunity to see and photograph some of her favorite places in India with Mary Ellen Mark by your side. Wouldn’t it be exciting?!
This would be a wonderful opportunity for you to experience India, as well as improve your skills as a photographer, with the best of the best.
It would be an intense, challenging, and rewarding adventure, to say the least!
The chance to participate in an exciting workshop with Mary Ellen in India is available now only to select group of people. Don’t miss this adventure and opportunity to photograph India with Mary Ellen Mark!
For a free guide on "How to Become a Better Photographer" and a chance to apply for this life-changing experience fill out the short application form to the side.
She is a contributing photographer to The New Yorker and has published photo-essays and portraits in such publications as LIFE, New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. For almost three decades, she has traveled extensively to make pictures that reflect a high degree of humanism. Today, she is recognized as one of our most respected and influential photographers. Her images of our world’s diverse cultures have become landmarks in the field of documentary photography.
India has a rich and colorful culture. It is any photographer’s dream! For over thirty years, award winning photographer Mary Ellen Mark has been going to India for work and travel. She believes it is one of the most fascinating countries in the world: each city with its own character and personality.
We start the trip on the first day with a portfolio review. Each person will present their portfolio and we will talk about what you might be shooting during the trip and how you might use this experience to become a better photographer.
Every day, students will go out on their own to take pictures. We are working with a highly regarded group of local contacts and guides (Cox and Kings). They will help you find interesting people and places to photograph. Since this workshop is so mobile and the resources in India can be limited, students will be shooting digitally for this class. To participate, you will need a laptop and a working knowledge of your equipment so you can process and present the work that you shoot every day.
There will be time for learning every day of the trip: Mary Ellen will meet with each of the participants to review and edit what you shot the day before (1-on-1 with Mary Ellen Mark - UNBELIEVABLE!!). The rest of the day will be spent shooting, and putting what you’ve learned to good use! In the evenings, we come together as a group for discussions. Mary Ellen will show you some of her work, and perhaps we can arrange for a local photographer to come and speak to the class as well.
On the last day of the workshop there’ll be a final group critique where each student will show the edited work they’ve done over the course of the trip. This workshop will be a wonderful opportunity for each of you to experience India as well as becoming a better photographer.
India is a country that leaves one spellbound with its alluring contrasts and striking features in all that it beholds! India is a 34,000 years old country with a rich legend and history.
The rich rituals, distinct culture of India, festivals and ceremonies that India celebrates, unfold its legendary sagas.
The diversity in culture and foods of India, clothing and languages, religion and life styles is marked by a unique sense of integration - based on a common heritage. This sense of unity also serves to preserve India’s national integrity.
India is one of the best places for photographer!
Now, Imagine for a moment having the opportunity to photograph India side by side with award winning photographer Mary Ellen Mark.
This would be a wonderful opportunity for you to experience India as well as improve your skills as a photographer. It would be an intense, challenging, and rewarding adventure!
The chance to participate in an exciting workshop with Mary Ellen in India is available now to a few select group of people.
For a free guide on "How to Become a Better Photographer" and a chance to apply for this life-changing experience fill out the short application form to the side.
Day 01 Arrive Delhi
Arrive Delhi’s International airport on your flight, Upon arrival, a one of our representatives will meet you as you EXIT the ARRIVALS TERMINAL building and to escort you to your hotel. Hotel Taj Mahal – 2 nights (Deluxe room).
Area Information, Delhi: India's capital and a major gateway to the country. Contemporary Delhi is a bustling metropolis, which successfully combines in its folds - the ancient with the modern. Amidst the fast-spiraling skyscrapers, the remnants of a bygone time stand as silent reminders to the region's ancient legacy, in the form of its many monuments. The first impressions for any visitor traveling in from the airport are of a spacious, garden city, tree-lined with a number of beautiful parks.
Day 02 Delhi B,L,D
Today proceed to Chandni Chowk, a fashionable promenade and shopping center in Shah Jahan’s time. It is now the busiest area of Delhi, thronging with people and traffic. Its side streets each specialize in a particular commodity – textbooks in Nai Sarak, silver and gold jewelry in Dariba Khan, beads and ribbons in Kinari Bazaar. Most of the residences and offices above the shops that line Chandni Chowk date from the early years of the 20th century.
Day 03 Delhi to Jodhpur B,L
On day three you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Jodhpur. Upon arrival, you will be met by a Cox & Kings representative as you EXIT the ARRIVALS terminal and transferred to your hotel. Taj Hari Mahal Hotel – 4 nights (Standard room)
Area information: Jodhpur stands at the edge of the Thar Desert. The massive fort, topping a sheer rocky hill, rises right in the middle of the town, totally dominates the city. Rao Jodha, a chief of the Rajput clan known as the Rathore’s, founded Jodhpur in 1459. A wall surrounds the old city of Jodhpur, 10 km long, which was built about a century after the city was founded. From the fort you can clearly see where the old city ends and the new begins. The old city is a fascinating jumble of winding streets of great interest to wander around. Eight gates lead out from the walled city. It's one of the more interesting cities in India and those baggy-tight horse riding trousers, jodhpurs, took their name from this locale.
Day 04/05/06 Jodhpur B,L
These days will contain a visit to Jodhpur’s massive Meherangarh Fort, followed by a heritage walk through the fascinating old city with its many spice and cloth stalls. Jodhpur is famed for its spice and textile markets - a dream destination for photo ops!
Day 07 Jodhpur to Calcutta (via Delhi) B
Later this morning you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Delhi. Upon arrival in Delhi, you will transfer for your connecting flight to Calcutta. Hotel Taj Bengal – 3 nights (Standard room)
Area Information: Calcutta, a creation of British rule in India, is today a teeming crowded city combining the old and the new. On one side you have buildings reminiscent of British rule (up to 1911 it was the capital of British India) and on the other, you have the local populace, faithfully traditional in customs and manners. The true founder of Calcutta was the Englishman Job Charnock, who obtained a firman (license) from the Mughal Emperor to set up a trading post in Bengal in 1690. Towards the end of the century three villages were sold to the English by the Nawab of Bengal, one of which Kalikata, gave it its name, Calcutta. The fine arts, poetry, music, dance and theater of Calcutta, its literary frame of mind, all go to make a visit a delightful, intellectual repast.
Day 08/09 Kolkatta B,L
Calcutta, the cultural capital of India, with its bustling streets and colonial architecture is truly the grandest of all of India’s colonial cities. It houses the Victoria Memorial, possibly the most awesome reminder of the Raj to be found in India. A walk around Dalhousie’s Square with its grand architecture and buildings are another leftover from the heydays of the British Raj. You will visit St. John’s Church and the nearby tomb of Job Charnock, founder of British Calcutta. A must-see is the South Park Cemetery with its tombs designed as Roman cupolas, obelisks, vast Grecian urns, and other stately mausoleums built like small classical palaces.
Day 10 Kolkatta to Varanasi (via Delhi) B,L
Very early this morning you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Delhi. Upon arrival in Delhi, you will transfer for your connecting flight to Varanasi. Hotel Taj Ganges – 3 nights (Standard room)
Area Information: Varanasi is also known as the 'eternal city', and is Hinduism's most important city. Located on the banks of the sacred River Ganges, it has been a centre of learning and civilization for over two thousand years. The mythological name of the city was Kashi meaning light or luminescence, i.e. the city that illuminates with its spiritual light. Two rivers, the Varuna and the Assi, meet the hilly Ganga at the northern and southern tips of the city respectively. In medieval times and until as recently as the mid-20th century, the city was known as Benares, which seems to have been the result of putting together the names of the rivers Varuna and Assi. In 1956 the name was changed to Varanasi.
Day 11/12 Varanasi B,L
Very early this morning you take a boat ride along the bathing Ghats on the River Ganges. At sunrise the Hindu faithful flock to the river to cleanse themselves of their sins. You will see the Cremation Ghats and the Deswameedha Ghats. Tradition has it that to die in Varanasi is to end the Hindu cycle of re-birth. After sunrise you will visit some of the shore temples in full procession. Later visit the galis or narrow alleys of Varanasi.
Day 13 Varanasi to Delhi B,L,D
The morning is at leisure. This afternoon you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Delhi. Upon arrival, you will be met by a representative as you EXIT the ARRIVALS terminal and transferred to Veda restaurant for your farewell dinner.
Day 14 Farewell to India
