Princeton Photo Workshop Westphalia-Photokina Photography Tour and Workshop

Princeton Photo Workshop Westphalia-Photokina Photography Tour and Workshop

Join Princeton Photo Workshop’s Alan Kesselhaut and German photographer and teacher Siegmund Bergemann for a 7-day travel photography workshop and tour in one of Germany’s most diverse, fascinating and less-traveled regions, including the post-industrial Ruhr district, home to some of the world’s most unusual industrial heritage sites, Charlemagne's medieval town of Aachen, the traditional half-timbered houses of Monschau and a day in Cologne at Photokina, the world’s leading imaging fair.

Itinerary

We’ll start the week in the post-industrial Ruhr district, home to some of the world’s most unusual industrial heritage sites. The group will have a private tour to shoot in Essen’s Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site “packed with oddities”. In Duisburg’s Landschaftspark, we’ll explore the decommissioned turn-of-the-century ironworks plant with its blast furnaces, inclined lifts and casthouses.
From this mid-20th century industrial region, we will be transported for the rest of our stay to the medieval town of Aachen, bordering the Netherlands. Renowned as the capital of Charlemagne's Frankish empire and a destination for royalty over the centuries, Aachen offers photographers stunning medieval structures combined with a lively street scene. We will also enjoy a day in Monschau, a small, historic town that remains largely unchanged over 300 years with its the narrow cobblestoned streets and traditional half-timbered houses.
The centerpiece of the tour is our day in Cologne at Photokina, the world’s leading imaging fair, with a side trip to the magnificent Cologne Cathedral.

Stop At:

• Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen, Gelsenkirchener Str. 181 45309, 45309 Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
• Landschaftspark, Emscherstr. 71, 47137 Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
• Aachen Cathedral, Klosterplatz 2, 52062 Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
• Historische Senfmuhle Monschau, Laufenstr. 118, 52156, Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
• Cologne Cathedral, Domkloster 4, 50667 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany