Fee: $1900 includes all instruction, lodging, daytime meals, entrance fees and transfers within Peru. $350.00 deposit accepted anytime prior to hold space in workshop and final balance due by March 1st , 2008. Neither deposit nor balance is refundable after this date. You must arrive in Cusco by May 19th to acclimatize and rest prior to our workshop, May 20th.
All lodging is included at Adam L Weintraub’s family B&B, Panza del Artista. All group meals and transportation are included. Extra expenses would be individual excursions outside of group activities or entrance fees to museums or some churches in Cuzco, taxis, dinners & drinks and any tips above and beyond the normal for our guides and drivers.
Travel: To/from Cusco (via Lima) is not included. Flight arrangements to Cusco can often be arranged from the United States (or your country) but are significantly cheaper if arranged directly from Peru. You may contact Raymi Travel in Lima for best fares and ask them to arrange Lima to Cusco RT airfare for you. They also have a very convenient and clean hotel Hostal Mami Panchita near the Lima airport for an overnight (or two) prior to leaving on an early-morning flight to Cusco on May 19th.
A workshop materials fee of $200 is payable to PCNW and will cover the cost of film processing in Cusco or digital assistant for contacting, presentation or prints.
We will accept a maximum of 13 students for this workshop; additionally, we will invite 2 local photographers to work with us as we create access to local sites and personalize our photographic vision. This will offer us a unique opportunity to gain insight into the local perceptions and ideas as we discuss our own.
Students can use choose to photograph with C41 print film (either color or black-and-white) that can be processed overnight or they can work digitally (if working digitally, please bring digital camera, laptop, batteries and memory stick or other portable device to transfer files).
Optional three-day Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu add-on through May 28th instructed by Peru-expert Max Milligan. We will accept no further registrants after March 1st, 2008 due to Machu Picchu travel restrictions. The additional Machu Picchu excursion is $450.00 which includes all instruction, private guide, meals, lodging, entry and transport.
Leaving from Cusco mid-morning on May 26th, we’ll travel by private bus from Panza del Artista through the gorgeous plateau of the Andean farmlands towards the Sacred Valley. Stopping along the way for whichever distraction we care to entice, we’ll work our way down into the agricultural amphitheatre of Moray – three large terraced circles penetrating deep into the Andean mountains, thought to have been used as experimentation sites for Incan crops - and then to the modern-day crop of salt from the salt terraces of Maras. We’ll spend some time marveling over the geometrical possibilities of the circular indentations of the Moray and the trapezoidal terraces of crystallizing salt ponds. We’ll continue working our way down into the Valley from there on foot where we’ll rendezvous with our ride towards the original Incan village of Ollantaytambo. We’ll spend the night there at our friend’s B&B, El Albergue, along the train tracks and the Urubamba river.
On the 27th, we’ll head to Aguas Calientes on the first train out, arrive at our hostal and head straight up to Machu Picchu where Max will serve as a first-rate guide, instructor and photographic bouncing board of ideas. We’ll offer the afternoon off for alternative hikes around Machu Picchu, away from Machu Picchu or in the town of Aguas Calientes, itself. A delicious dinner and an early bedtime for us as the morning of the 28th we’re up at 5am to get to the ruins before the trains of tourists even leave Cusco. That’s three hours of heavenly solitude and introspection for us at one of the world’s most memorable sites.
As we come down from our Machu Picchu high, we’ll take the early train back to Ollantaytambo for our private ride to the town of Urubamba for lunch. We’ll then return towards Cusco via the market town of Pisac –those that wish to visit the ruins may do so, but most of us would probably prefer to wonder the cobbled streets and visit the many stalls selling local artisan crafts and souvenirs. We’ll head back to Cusco for a few glasses of Pisco to top off the trip!
