PRO mentoring: The Portfolio
An intensive cycle to turn scattered images into a coherent series. Selection, pacing and intent are developed so the work can be presented to galleries or festivals.
2500 EURApply
Passing on a way of seeing
The art of editing and photographic storytelling.
“Learn to see before learning to shoot.”
After two decades of teaching in Paris, Pierre Gassin works with photographers to develop their own visual writing. The focus is not only technical: meaning, editing and an author’s point of view are central.
In 2026, the emphasis is on outcomes: exhibitions, publishing and the durability of visual narratives in a world saturated with snapshots.
Programmes & mentoring
2026 artistic season
EUR
Immersion: In the Landscape
Fieldwork focused on natural light, from morning shooting in the archipelago to studio post-production, covering the complete landscape-image workflow.
1000 EURBook
From Shooting to Exhibition
How does an image move from camera to gallery wall? This module covers supports, scenography and the technical preparation of a professional photographic exhibition.
2500 EURApply
The Book Object: Editorial Creation
Photography often finds another life in a book. Visual narrative, paper choices and layout are brought together to shape a photographic book mock-up with an editor’s eye.
2500 EURApply
2026 immersion calendar
Finished
MAY
Spring Light
An exclusive immersion around traditional Charfia fishing in Kerkennah.
Finished
JUNE
Island Solstice
Work on contrast and night-time scenes across the archipelago.
Scheduled
SEPT
Résilience(s)
Documentary-reportage workshop between Sfax and the Kerkennah islands.
Passing on the gaze
The art of editing and photographic storytelling
Learn to see before learning to take.
Drawing on two decades of teaching in Paris, Pierre Gassin supports photographers in the search for their own visual language. The work is not only about technique, but about constructing meaning and developing an authorial vision.
In 2026, the emphasis is on what the work becomes: exhibition, publishing and the durability of a visual narrative in a world saturated with instant images.
Programmes & mentoring
2026 artistic season
PRO mentoring: the portfolio
An intensive cycle designed to turn scattered images into a coherent series. Selection, rhythm and intention are developed so that the work can be presented to galleries or festivals as a completed body of work.
Immersion: outdoors
A field experience focused on natural light. From early-morning shooting in the archipelago to post-production in the studio, the programme covers the complete landscape-image workflow.
From shooting to exhibition
How do you move from the sensor to the gallery wall? This module covers support choices, scenography and the technical management of a professional photographic exhibition.
The book as an object: editorial creation
Photography often reaches another form of completion in a book. Visual narrative, paper choices and page design: build a photographic book dummy under the eye of an editor.
2026 immersion calendar
MAY
Spring light
An exclusive immersion around traditional Charfia fishing in Kerkennah.
JUNE
Island solstice
Work on contrast and nocturnal scenes of life across the archipelago.
SEPT
Résilience(s)
A documentary-reportage workshop between Sfax and the Kerkennah islands.