Argentina

Workshop Details

My Love Affair with Argentina

Since my first visit in 1995, Argentina has captivated me like no other place in the Americas. It remains a favorite destination I return to often.

Now, I invite you to join me and my Argentinian colleague, Nicholas Tinelli, on an immersive photography workshop in the vibrant heart of Buenos Aires. Together we’ll explore the city’s iconic neighborhoods—each alive with stories waiting to be captured. From colorful colonial streets and bustling markets to intimate tango scenes and bold street art, this journey will sharpen your photographic eye while deepening your cultural insight.

Often called “the Paris of South America,” Buenos Aires enchants with its Beaux-Arts mansions, neoclassical palaces, wide boulevards, and thriving cultural life. The Teatro Colón, world-class street art, and a renowned theatre scene reflect its artistic soul. As we walk across neighborhoods like Recoleta and Retiro, it feels as if they were lifted out of the illustrated pages of a 19th-century Paris or Madrid.

Tango, born in San Telmo and celebrated in La Boca’s lively Caminito, remains the city’s heartbeat—an art form of passion, longing, and national pride. Whether photographed in a quiet milonga or on a vibrant street corner, it’s a cultural ritual like no other.

We’ll also visit Palermo’s hip cafés and murals, and Recoleta’s aristocratic avenues, crowned by the famous cemetery where Eva Perón rests.

Buenos Aires is a city of contrasts—elegant yet raw, historic yet modern. With its mix of old-world charm and creative energy, it offers endless inspiration for photographers and explorers alike.

Workshop Itinerary

Argentina Discovering Tango & Gauchos- 12 Days Workshop Itinerary  $9,950.00

Day 1 – Arrival at Ezeiza International Airport & Welcome to Buenos Aires

• At a designated time at our Nuss Buenos Aires hotel lobby we will have a meet and welcome opportunity. We will go over our itinerary and answer any photo questions or goals any or our participants wish to accomplish. Throughout our time together I will always be available to help you, so each day you feel your natural growth as a photographer.  

• For those tired of jetlag we will take a break and those with energy you can go out and catch some images. 

• A welcome dinner at a chosen fine restaurant. 

📍 Focus: Travel photography mindset, light exploration, camera setup

📸 Photo Tip: Use golden hour to capture the soft, romantic mood of tree-lined streets city and people

Day 2 – Palermo Soho & Hollywood: Street Art + Modern BA

• After breakfast we march out to explore and discover the morning activities of the locals in Palermo Soho.

• Street art photography session in Palermo Hollywood with a local guide

• Visit Plaza Serrano and photograph hip daily life scenes.

• Evening wine bar shoot: ambient low-light photography & lifestyle candids.

📍 Focus: The people melt with the urban textures, color coordinate, lifestyle storytelling

📸 Photo Tip: Composition, storytelling with a single frame

Day 3 – Recoleta Elegance + Cemetery

• Morning shoot: elegant boulevards and Parisian/Spanish-style mansions.

• Guided visit to Recoleta Cemetery: dramatic tombs, shadows, textures.

• Afternoon at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes or outdoor café shoots.

• Golden hour: park life and portraits around Floralis Genérica.

📍 Focus: Architectural details, emotion in stillness

📸 Photo Tip: Work with light and shadow in tombs and sculptural forms

Day 4 – San Telmo & La Boca: History, Markets & Tango

• Early morning walk through cobblestone streets

• San Telmo Market photography session: bold colors, vendors, food

• We'll visit La Boca: colorful facades, street performers, tango duo

• Afternoon break, then visit El Zanjón (underground photo opp)

• Evening tango shoot at La Catedral del Tango: dancers, ambiance, movement

📍 Focus: Low-light indoor shooting, cultural emotion, motion capture

📸 Photo Tip:  Capturing rhythm and intimacy in movement

Day 5-7 –San Antonio de Areco Gaucho Festival

• After breakfast, we'll march for the San Antonio de Areco Gaucho Festival and check in our hotel.  

• In this town we will have a front sit to one of the oldest gaucho festivals in the country. During our three days, we'll have ample opportunities to document, and make strong portraits, of this unique culture. You will photograph gauchos parading and showing their horsemanship and wearing traditional attire with silver and leather ornaments. The women will also be dressed for this important celebration.

• Traditional asado lunch with locals and we will celebrate eating the famous Argentinian barbeque which I first fell in love in 1995

📍 Focus:  The action, cultural moments, details of tradition

📸 Photo Tip: Wide-angle storytelling vs. close-up intimacy

Day 8 – After breakfast returning to Buenos Aires

• We'll visit La Boca: colorful facades, street performers, tango duo

• Late afternoon we will visit Puerto Madero

📍 Focus: Vibrancy, contrast, character-driven photography

📸 Photo Tip: 

Day 9 – Colonial Sacramento in Uruguay

• Full day trip to Colonia del Sacramento—a UNESCO-listed gem founded in 1680—is one of Uruguay’s most photogenic destinations. Its cobblestone lanes, colonial architecture blending Spanish and Portuguese influences, vintage cars.

• We'll cross the historic gate-drawbridge Portón de Campo built in 1745 and from there walk to the Barrio Histórico. Its dramatic entrance will set the tone and offers striking shots of historic fortifications and early morning light. From there we'll head to Calle de los Suspiros (“Street of Sighs”). It is Colonia’s most photographed lane, steeply paved with wedge stones and flanked by low stone houses framed by bougainvillaea and vintage lamps. A perfect place for framing the right image.

• Break for lunch.

• We will climb the 100 stairs to the top of El Faro Lighthouse, built in the mid‑1800s atop 17th‑century convent ruins. It will give us  sweeping views of the town, the Río de la Plata, and—on clear days in front and across from us, Buenos Aires skyliner. 

• Next destination will be Plaza Mayor (Plaza de Armas)—a leafy central square overlooking the Basilica del Santísimo Sacramento (Uruguay’s oldest church)—to capture relaxed street life, church façades, and café moments for photos and also us to chill out. While we enjoy our time at the café, anyone is welcome to wander the side streets, where vintage cars are causally parked against pastel façades add nostalgic charm. Plenty of great Kodak moments everywhere.

• Late afternoon We will stroll along the riverfront Rambla de Colonia or head to the Bastión de San Pedro viewpoint, where sunset reflections over the Río de la Plata and the silhouetted island of San Gabriel make for cinematic compositions. Those who love long exposure, a tripod is required, we will walk to pier at riverside for long exposures of moored boats and tranquil water at dusk—a perfect close to your photographic exploration

• For dinner we will try the classic chivito sandwich, or any of other cuisine, at a local café. Afterwards we'll take the ferry back to Buenos Aires. 

• 📍 Focus:
  📸 Workshop: Night time photography

📍 Focus: Action, cultural moments, details of tradition

📸 Photo Tip: Fast-action, candid portraiture, photo essays

Day 10 – Editing Session & Group Review + Personal Project Day + Farewell Dinner + Slideshow Presentation

• Group review of your top 10 images from the trip and will have slideshow of your best work

• Final editing session & story-building exercise

• Free afternoon with local photographer and assistants

• Final group dinner celebrating of our time together and what event, moment or photo capture made it special for each participant and a slideshow presentation of your best work

📍 Focus: Curating a series, personal voice

📸 Photo Tip Constructing your visual narrative

Day 11 – Farewell Breakfast 

• Group breakfast and farewell as you make your ways to the airport and to home-sweet-home.

• If you are able to stay longer in Argentina, I encourage all of you to do it. Go out and put to use all those skills  learned during our IPW adventure.  

📍 Focus: Celebration of creative growth

📸 Photo Tip: Save final images for the closing slideshow!