The Prague/Budapest workshop will offer an extraordinary opportunity to discover two of the world’s most beautiful, interesting, and visually inspiring cities, and also the opportunities to be exposed to the tremendous legacy of many of the great Czech and Hungarian photographers and to be exposed to the exciting trends in modern day Czech/Hungarian photography.

The workshop will be taught and led by Peter Turnley, one of the pre-imminent visual communicators and world traveling photographers of our times. Turnley has lived in Europe, Paris, since 1978, and has spent much time working in both countries and has long been fascinated and inspired by the amazing visual traditions of such photographers as Josef Sudek, Josef Koudelka, Jan Saudek, of Czechoslovakia; and Andre Kertesz, Robert Capa, Lazlo Maholo-Nagy, and Martin Munkacsi, all native Hungarians.

The workshop will begin in Prague, on October 4. Students and Turnley will travel together by train from Prague to Budapest on Oct. 10 and then continue until Oct. 14th, concluding with dinner that evening. This will be an all-digital workshop. Students will spend many hours a day walking and photographing in the streets of these two amazingly visual cities. Each day several hours will be devoted to the workshop gathering to learn about the traditions of Czech and Hungarian photography, to review students daily work, and to listen to lectures by Turnley, and members of the Czech and Hungarian photographic communities.

Students will be pushed to create an overall Prague/Budapest portfolio. There will be an emphasis on street photography, and students will be pushed to explore the rich city life and light of these two amazing cities.

Students taking this workshop need to bring at least one digital camera with at least one wide angle lens, preferably with an aperture of F 2.8 or faster. Other lenses are optional and students are encouraged to bring a backup digital camera. Students must also bring a laptop computer, and should have an editing program download to their computer called Photomechanic made by Camerabits, which can be download for free on a trial basis.

The light and life of both of these cities will offer an unforgettable human and photographic experience for workshop students, and the timing of the workshop in early fall should be an exceptional time of the year for photographing these two Eastern European cities so rich in photographic tradition.

Travel
Book yourself to Prague, to arrive by Sunday morning, October 4, or before. The first meeting of the workshop will take place in the middle of Sunday afternoon-exact time will be announced as workshop approaches. Very good deals are currently available available on a number of international carriers. You can book your return flight for Thursday, October 15 from Budapest, or remain on in Europe to explore on your own.

The Train between Prague and Budapest
Saturday October 10, 2008. The train departs Prague at 12:40PM and arrives in Budapest at 7:22PM . Train # 171. The trip is 6hr 42min. Earlier and later departures are available. The train fare is lower per person than renting a van and while not as flexible as a van (for stopping and making images) the train is a life-time experience and leaves time to relax, watch the countryside slide by, and photograph life on a European Train.
You will need to book your own train ticket, giving the above information. ticket. Go on-line to www.eurorailways.com/ptp/prabud.htm. Cost for the train is around $150, one way.

Hotel Arrangements:
In Prague, the class will meet daily for class sessions at the apartment where Peter Turnley will be staying-It is located in central Prague, near the Old Town Square, at:
Benediktská 3, 110 00 Prague 1

There are many good reasonably priced hotels in this area and students are welcome to stay in the hotel of their choice. Two recommendations are:
Hotel Rott
Male namesti 4
Praha 1 - Stare Mesto
You can see the hotel, its rooms and views on their web site at:
http://www.hotelsprague.cz/rott

A second recommended hotel is:
Hotel Josef
Rybna 20
110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
+420 221 700 901
http://www.hoteljosef.com/

For those students wishing a more home-like accommodation, apartment rentals may be found at: http://prague-stay.com/

In Budapest, daily class sessions will be held at the same hotel where Peter Turnley is staying which is at the:

HOTEL CENTRAL BASILICA (***superior)
1051.Budapest,Hercegprímás utca 8.
Phone:+36 1 328-5014
Fax:+36 1 328-5019
http://www.hotelcentral-basilica.hu/

rooms here are very reasonably priced

Meals
There are many excellent and inexpensive places to dine near the hotels. Breakfast is included in the hotel fare. It is possible to get by on $25 a day for meals. The first and last meal (not including beverages) of the workshop is provided by The Workshops.

Companions
This is an ideal workshop to bring along a spouse, son or daughter or partner. Non-photographic companions may join the group sessions and meals but are not involved in the critique or review sessions. Companion supplement is $150. Rail passes also not included.