Atlanta Photographer Michael Reese to facilitate the 2008 Taller Portobelo Norte Black Christ Festival Photography Workshop in Portobelo, Panama.
Noteworthy Atlanta Photographer Michael Reese will travel to Portobelo, Panama this October with a group of emerging and professional photographers as part of the 2008 Taller Portobelo Norte Black Christ Festival Photography Workshop.


    /Georgia News Articles/ - Atlanta, GA, August 13, 2008 - Noteworthy Atlanta Photographer Michael Reese will travel to Portobelo, Panama this October with a group of emerging and professional photographers as part of the 2008 Taller Portobelo Norte Black Christ Festival Photography Workshop. Through lectures, assignments, a community based Photo Documentary project and critiques, Reese will lead participants through a photographic exploration of the transformative power of religious fervor, exposing them to new insights, skills and inspirations along the way. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with local Black Christ devotees through the Photo Booth Project - a interactive photographic experience that will culminate in a curated photo book documenting the Black Christ Festival experience.

The Black Christ Festival Photography Workshop is ideal for artists interested in religion, Latin America and the African Diaspora. Photographers will be attracted to the age-old rituals and traditions of the predominately black town; it's ancient Spanish forts, slave cemetery, and retained slave and Cimarron (called Congo) culture. Artists won't fail to be stimulated by the abundance of stunning visual imagery, overwhelming emotion and electrifying energy of the festival. Taller Portobelo Norte is accepting applications for the international workshop online through it's website www.tallerportobelonorte.com. For more information on Michael Reese, please visit www.michaelreesephotography.com.

Taller Portobelo Norte (Portobelo Workshop North in Spanish) is a collective of emerging and established artists and artist/scholars that seeks to encourage critical dialogues around the art and culture(s) of the African Diaspora, create a cross-cultural, intergenerational, multidisciplinary exchange of ideas and inspirations among artists, and create a supportive space for experimental and non-traditional artists, writers, and scholars to experience communal intellectual stimulation as well as quiet contemplation.

For additional information please contact Ms. Oronike Odeleye at 404-685-9190 or visit www.tallerportobelonorte.com.

Press Release Contact:
Ms. Oronike Odeleye
Taller Portobelo Norte
256 Walker St Suite C
Atlanta, GA 30313
Phone: 404-685-9190
odeleye@tallerportobelonorte.com
www.tallerportobelonorte.com

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Oronike Odeleye
Taller Portobelo Norte
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256 Walker St Suite C
Atlanta, GA
USA 30313
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Fax: 404-685-9151
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