Photographic Project Creation
Casting
A course by Tanit Plana , Photographer
About the video: Casting
Overview
“When we do a portrait-based project, casting is very important, the choice of the characters you are going to work with and through which you will express yourself. In a way, these people are a catalyst for you, you empathize with them and they work in the context of the project because in them you see some of your most intense emotions, wounds and weaknesses unfolding. I develop all the work of casting through social networks, launching the calls and communicating with those interested through audio messages, WhatsApp chats and via photography. Managing the entire casting carries a certain responsibility, as we are dealing with the wishes and hopes of the people who want to be photographed or want to participate in the project. ”
In this video lesson Tanit Plana addresses the topic: Casting, which is part of the Domestika online course: Photographic Project Creation. Learn to narrate a story through powerful images in a creative and structured way.
Partial transcription of the video
“CASTING Casting is a very strong point in the process because we have to think that the people we will choose will be the face and the body that will represent what we are looking for, what we try to communicate. In the casting process, for me, in this specific case of this project, it is very important to find people who are real. In this project it is very important for me to find and know how to locate who the people are that will give me more reality, that come with a less built mask, which will be more natural in the session and more spontaneous. I do the casting through networks and t...”
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Course summary for: Photographic Project Creation
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Fine-Art Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photography

Tanit Plana
A course by Tanit Plana
Catalan photographer Tanit Plana specializes in investigative photography, where she explores facets of emotions and concepts to prompt the viewer into questioning their own perspective. Since obtaining her degree in Visual Communication at Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Tanit has exhibited her work in renowned art spaces such as Sala Canal de Isabel II in Madrid and worked with major advertising agencies like Oglivy Barcelona, DDB Barcelona y SCPF.
She has received grants to fund her photography projects by Fundació La Caixa, Fundación BBVA, Fotopres’01, among others, and obtained an honorary mention for best photography book at the PHotoespaña festival in 2006.
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