Join award-winning fine art photographers Joel Tjintjelaar and Sharon Tenenbaum on a trip to the remote deserts of Atacama in Chile and Northern Argentina. This adventure will take you to incredible locations where you will be able to expand your Fine Art photography skills and learn more about B&W post processing and Long Exposure Photography. This is an amazing opportunity to spend time with Joel and Sharon in a photography-intensive workshop.
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After arrival in Salta, we are transferred to beautiful Finca Valentina (www.finca-valentina.com.ar) to have lunch, relax and get ready for our journey.
We first drive south from Salta through the Calchaquies Valleys, with its dramatic rock formations eroded into wild shapes such as in the Quebrada de las Conchas and Cafayate (Cafayate and Shell Gorges). Wine lovers can taste the fantastic world-class wines produced in this region. We’ll soon start the climb towards the high altitude deserts. We’ll spend the night at the Hosteria de Altura El Peñon (www.hosteriaelpenon.com).
Note: The beautiful Hosteria de Altura El Peñon has 8 rooms so single occupancy will most likely not be possible this night and the next.
This is one of the highlights of our trip. The Pumice stone field is approximately one hour away from our hotel, across a beautiful valley that requires some challenging driving. The field is about 55,000 square miles and lies in the heart of the Puna. It represents the largest Pumice stone concentration in the world, with some stones reaching 60-feet tall, surrounded by black sand from a volcanic eruption. Near the Pumice Stone Field we’ll visit giant white sand dunes under a blue sky. We will explore the north and south regions of the field as well as the Volcano of Carachi Pampa. Finally we will visit some huge white sand dunes that requires killed 4WD. The dunes are a few hundred feet tall and were originated by erosion of the pumice stones nearby.
This is a fantastic day, with lots of great locations for photography. We leave El Peñon and head north towards San Antoniode los Cobres. We drive through a few oasis filled with llamas and vicuñas. We arrive at the Dead Salt Flat and the Red Labyrinth Desert with good light. Salt flats are very photogenic and this one is no exemption. The Red Labyrinth is avast region of eroded deep red rock. Simply incredible out-of this-planet place. Another of the many highlights of the trip. We’ll arrive in the old mining town of San Antonio de los Cobres for dinner.
Note: The Hosteria de Las Nubes has 10 rooms, so single occupancy will be limit edthis night.
We’ll drive west towards Chile to start or visit to the world-famous Atacama region. Our first destination in Chile will be the gorgeous Miscanti Miniques Lagoon with its deep blue color, surrounded by high altitude desert landscape. We arrive at the Altiplanico Hotel in San Pedro de Atacama (www.altiplanico.cl/En/Sanpedro/sanpedro.html) and get ready for exploring the area for the following two days.
Incredibly photogenic full day visiting the gorgeous Atacama Salt flat and the wild rock formations at the Moon and Marsvalleys.
Early day visiting the Gysers of Tatio. These gysers are mostly active at sunrise. We will make a stop at Machuca Village, where villagers observe ancient traditions. Finally, we’ll visit the Salted Mountains for an epic sunset.
Today we head back to Argentina. Our first stop is the Flamingos NP for some unbelievable rock formations. The old town of Susques offers a nice place for lunch with its rustic and photogenic colonial times’ church before we reach Salinas Grandes, one of the most incredible salt flats we’ll encounter, with its geometrically carved turquoise pools. We spend our last night in the Puna at La Comarca Hotel (www.lacomarcahotel.com.ar/docs/eng/) in the colorful town of Purmamarca.
Today we drive to Salta airport in the morning for our flight back to Buenos Aires.
Workshop limited to only 14 participants!
Minimum number of participants: 10
Price: USD 5,500
Accepted forms of payment (Please read our refunds and cancellation policy below):
Please make checks payable to “Daniel Portal – AWP” and mail to:
Daniel Portal
23 Sheffield Road, apt 3
Roslindale, MA 02131
USA
Send an email to anotherworldphotography@gmail.com letting us know your name, and workshop you are registering for!
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All passengers must fill a basic Health Formand it is mandatory for them to in form about health conditions, such as high blood pressure, heart conditions and/or any other relevant information regarding health. The form must be emailed before the departure date.
We will be traveling at high altitudes. If you are prone to altitude sickness, have heart problems, are significantly overweight or are not in good physical fitness we don’t recommend this workshop for you for medical reasons.
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Note about Hotels:
Hotels on days 1, 2, and 3 will be double occupancy depending on the number of participants. This is a pretty remote location and these are the only hotel options in town.
More questions? Please ask us at anotherworldphotography@gmail.com
Dutch B&W fine art photographer is an international award winning photographer specialized in landscape and architectural photography in B&W.
Joel is the founder and co-owner of BWvision.com, a website dedicated to the art of B&W fine art photography, providing B&W fine art prints, interviews with renowned B&W artists, and some of the most popular tutorials on LE and B&W photography.
Joel has won many international awards in landscape and architectural photography and is also one of the ambassadors for the world’s leading B&W software Silver Efex Pro 2. His work has been published many times in print and online and in worldwide ads.
Sharon Tenenbaum is an International Award Winning Photographer. IPA 2008 – First Place, IPA 2011 – First and Third Place. National Geographic publication 2009.
Originally trained as a Civil Engineer, in late 2007 she decided to part from engineering to pursue her passion for photography. As a Photographer, Sharon is an entirely self-taught artist, having learned her craft through personal research and practical experience behind the camera. In her work, Sharon strives to combine her engineering side with her artistic side to create her “Bridges Portfolio”. Although an emerging artist, in a relative short period she has managed to define an artistic direction and distinctive style in her work, acquiring international recognition in the process.
Books by Sharon Tenenbaum:
Ebook: How to Create Long Exposure Fine Art Photography
Vancouver Like No Other – Photography Book
All payments are refundable upon request of cancellation (except a $50 processing fee and the Paypal/Credit Card fee of 2.9%). Cancellations (except mentioned fees) are in full up to 90 days prior to departure. Cancellations between 89 and 60 days prior to departure are subject to 50% of total in charges, between 59 and 30 days, 75% and no refunds will be issued with 29 days or less of notice. We start paying our providers 90 days in advance in most cases and often times those payments are not refundable, that is why we are forced to charge for late cancellations. However, in some cases (not all) some of the payments can be used towards another trip run by AWP. We will do our best to consider individual cases. If payment is not received in full 90 days prior to departure we cannot guarantee your spot on the workshop. Any participant wishing to register in full can take that spot.
No-shows are not entitled to any refunds