Palermo
Nine days. Max 12 photographers. Working directly with Per Valentin.
You use the Method in real situations in the city: streets, markets, people and hard light. An assignment every day. Every evening Per reviews your pictures.
Choose what you want to hear about. We'll write when there is news. It's free and it's not a registration.
Why should this image exist?
In Palermo we work with THE LUMINA METHOD™ by Per Valentin, with MEANING at its centre.
- SEEING
- FEELING
- INTENTION
- RHYTHM
- IDENTITY
This is what you work with every day in Palermo: in the assignments, in the selection and in the reviews with Per.
Nine days focused on your photographs.
For photographers who know their camera and want to make more deliberate choices about subjects, light, selection and coherence. This is not a camera course or a tour of photo spots. You work with THE LUMINA METHOD™ by Per Valentin through specific assignments.
- Confirmed
- Palermo · 1–9 March 2027 · maximum 12 participants. Daily assignments, photographing, selection and image reviews with Per.
- Being finalised
- Hotel and formal registration.
- Working with Per
- Per sets the daily assignment, follows the work and reviews your selected photographs each evening. You use the feedback the next day. The 212-page working and Method book explains the questions behind the work.
- Why no more than 12?
- So there is time to look at and discuss each participant’s photographs. You are not simply joining a trip. Your choices are part of the teaching every day.
A city that asks you to look closely.
Palermo is chosen because the city asks you to look closely. The light is hard. The streets are full of people, markets and work. The subject does not stand still and wait for you.
You have to move closer and decide what the photograph is about.
The city is our working space.
See first. Photograph afterwards.
Each day you work on a new assignment. You photograph, select images and receive concrete feedback.
Over the nine days, you work on making your photographs hang together.
- 01
Pictures that feel like yours
Work out why you photograph what you photograph.
- 02
Light and mood
Choose how light and colour should affect the photograph.
- 03
Composition as choice
Choose what belongs in the frame and what stays out.
- 04
The coherent series
Build a whole — not a collection of single frames.
- 05
Stand by your choices
Also when your pictures look different from everyone else's.
- 06
Patterns in your work
Notice what you repeat. That is where your pictures start to look like yours.
The same questions. New situations each day.
You return to the same questions each day: What do you see? What does the photograph need? What do you include? What do you leave out?
The questions help you decide the photograph before you press the shutter.
What a day looks like.
The days share the same basic rhythm: a briefing and an assignment in the morning, photographing in the city, selection and editing, and a shared image review with feedback in the evening.
The programme may be adjusted along the way, for example because of the weather or light.
- Morning
A short introduction. The task of the day. Purpose and intended outcome.
- Late morning
Photographing in the city or on location.
- Lunch
A pause. Company. Rest.
- Afternoon
More photographing. Individual editing. One-to-one guidance.
- Evening
Dinner and a shared image review.
- Closing
Comments, evaluation and personal guidance.
Palermo, seen through the method.
Portrait from Palermo
What it involves.
- Destination
- Palermo, Italy
- Dates
- 1 – 9 March 2027
- Duration
- 9 days of photographic work
- Group size
- Max. 12 participants
- Accommodation
- Hotel being finalised
- Status
- Formal registration has not opened
Included
- Daily photographic assignments
- Daily one-to-one guidance
- Daily image critique
- Work on selection and a series
Not included
- Travel to and from Palermo
- Lunch
- Drinks beyond what is included
- Travel insurance
- Personal expenses
- Single-room supplement (optional)
Hotel and formal registration are being finalised. Final inclusions and practical terms will be published before you can register.
Per Valentin.
Per has photographed and taught for decades. He cares less about technical tricks than about the choices you make before you press the shutter.
He is present throughout: he sets the daily assignment, photographs alongside the group and gives concrete feedback on your images every evening.
My work is not to give you my pictures. My work is to help you find yours.
More about Per ValentinFREE ONLINE INFORMATION SESSIONS WITH PER VALENTIN
Curious about THE LUMINA METHOD™ and LUMINA Palermo 2027?
Join Per Valentin for a free online session to learn about our successful Bologna experience, the photographic approach, and what to expect in Palermo, 1–9 March 2027.
There will also be time for questions.
Both sessions are free and without obligation.
Would you like to attend?
If you received our email invitation, simply reply with 4/11 or 8/11, and we will send you the meeting link and practical details.
If you haven't received an invitation, you are welcome to email brandingforbiz@gmail.com directly and let us know which session you would like to attend.
Register your interest in Palermo.
Formal registration has not opened. You can still express your interest here. This is not a booking and comes with no obligation. We'll follow up personally.
Max 12 participants · One group