OTM Academy

Workshop with Paolo Verzone.
Organised by OTM Academy in collaboration with

19–25 July 2025
Maximum number of participants: 12

An intensive week with Paolo Verzone, internationally renowned photographer with over 30 years of experience, to explore the narrative potential of light in photography. A training journey that blends hands-on practice, artistic vision, and direct exchange, set in the heart of the Cortona On The Move festival.

This experience goes far beyond the workshop itself, immersing you in the authentic beauty of Tuscany: photographic walks through Cortona’s most hidden and evocative corners, tastings of local delicacies including olive oil and wine, guided truffle hunts in the surrounding woods, and cultural visits to connect with the region’s rich history and traditions.

A unique opportunity to deepen your understanding of natural, artificial, and cinematic lighting in environmental portraiture—while enjoying an inspiring blend of photography, landscape, culture, and connection.

Workshop with Andrea Frazzetta.
Organised by OTM Academy in collaboration with

with the contribution of

19 July, 2.30 PM-7.30 PM
Cost: 99€
Maximum number of participants: 20

The workshop is free for 8 students from the festival’s partner photography schools, thanks to the contribution of Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze.
Participants can use their own camera or try out equipment provided by Sony.

Through an analysis of his recent project for National Geographic dedicated to the Via Appia, the workshop with Andrea Frazzetta, Sony Europe Imaging Ambassador, will focus on what it means to be a reporter today and how to continue to be a witness to the world in an age in which images are becoming increasingly important and widespread.
The workshop will cover several topics:

• the organisation of a reportage and the structuring of a photographic project;
• working with publishers and the realisation of a commissioned photographic reportage;
• field work, planning the shoot and immersion in the situations, the relationship with the subjects and the landscape;
• the construction of a selection and presentation of one’s own work.

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

• 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM: Classroom presentation and discussion
• 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM: Working together on the city streets.

During the outing, the participants, together with the photographer, will work in the historic centre of Cortona and along the Via Crucis to the Fortezza del Girifalco. Together with Andrea Frazzetta, the participants will construct a photographic story, a small travel reportage and talk about portraiture, street photography and landscape photography, dealing with different practical situations.

BIO
Andrea Frazzetta was born in 1977 in Lecce. He studied Art and Architecture in Milan. He is a photographer for National Geographic and a contributor to the New York Times. He is a researcher at the Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences at the Bicocca University of Milan. He has worked on commissions and personal projects in more than 80 countries around the world. His photographs have been published in numerous national and international publications, including National Geographic Magazine, The New York Times, Newsweek, The Newyorker, The Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, GEO, El País, Internazionale, Corriere della Sera, D di Repubblica, Vanity Fair. His projects have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the Arles International Photography Festival, Visa Pour l’Image – International Photojournalism Festival in Perpignan and the Cortona On The Move International Photography Festival. His work has won numerous awards including the Canon Young Photographer Award, the Luchetta International Journalism Award, PDN Photo Annual, American Photography and PX3 (The Prix de la Photographie, Paris). He has also been nominated for the World Press Photo Masterclass, the Foam Award, the Prix Pictet and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award. His reportage The Life and Death Shift, shot during the first phase of the pandemic in Italy and published as a cover story in the New York Times Magazine, won the ‘Premio Ischia Internazionale di Giornalismo 2020’, awarded by the Order of Italian Journalists under the high patronage of the President of the Italian Republic. This is the first time that such a prize has been awarded to a photographic work. Andrea Frazzetta is a recipient of the National Geographic Society’s Emergency Fund for Journalists. His work on the Via Appia, published by National Geographic, won the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation’s Lowell Thomas 2023 Award for best multimedia project.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Once the purchase has been made, the organisation reserves the right to refund the cost of the course only if the teacher is absent.

For information write to info@cortonaonthemove.com

Workshop with Filippo Chiesa and Alessandro Bernardi, dedicated to photographers who want to explore the power of the moving image.
Organised by OTM Academy in collaboration with

20 July 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM / 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Cost: 120€ 102€
Participants do not need to bring any special equipment.

What happens when photography comes to life and moves through time? What makes a video truly captivating?
Light, composition, colour: in this workshop Filippo Chiesa and Alessandro Bernardi will guide you from the construction of the image on the set to the colour grading phase to transform a shot into a coherent, powerful and personal visual narrative.
Designed for photographers, visual writers and videomakers, From Light to Colour is an opportunity to expand your visual language, learn essential tools for working with video, and reflect on how aesthetics and storytelling can merge in each frame in a practical and creative path that combines photographic sensitivity with video and colour grading techniques.

ALESSANDRO BERNARDI – BIO
Alessandro Bernardi has been working professionally for over twenty years in colour grading and post-production, both for video and photography, and has worked for clients such as Barilla, Campari, Nivea, Gucci, Prada, Canali, Tod’s, Esselunga, Luxottica, Chateau D’Ax, Zurich.
He teaches colour grading at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Milan, a subject he has also taught in Rome and Lecce, and in Masters courses at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Milan and the Politecnico of Milan. He has worked as a consultant and trainer with companies in the sector such as Sony, Arri, Epson, Eizo, as well as with various advertising agencies and production houses, and his students include photographers, creatives and internationally renowned professionals.
Fascinated by colour in all the visual arts, and a passionate teacher, his vast experience in colour grading and video production workflows, and his enthusiastic and unconventional approach to colour correction, enable him to impart to his students a knowledge of colour that can be applied to any software, be it Resolve, Premiere, After Effects or Photoshop.

FILIPPO CHIESA – BIO
Born in Parma in 1972. On the set he actively participates in the artistic and technical decisions. He moves easily from high-budget to low-budget productions and vice versa, preferring small, carefully selected crews with whom he realises works where attention to detail is paramount.
In 2023, he was nominated for an Emmy Award in the ‘Outstanding Cinematography’ category for the American series Italy Made With Love, which was broadcast on PBS.
He does not like technology for its own sake, but believes it is very important to know as much as possible about what the market has to offer in order to best communicate his personal vision.
He prefers to work in documentary and art video, but does not shy away from advertising and fiction. advertising and fiction.
He has worked and continues to work with some of the biggest names in the video industry.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Once the purchase has been made, the organisation reserves the right to refund the cost of the course only if the teacher is absent.