1. Intro / Hero text
2. A New Photographic Language
3. Not a Typical Mentorship
4. Program Format
5. What the Program Includes
6. The 8 Modules
7. Who This Is For
8. Pricing
9. Contact / Apply
1. Intro / Hero text
This is not a conventional photography mentorship. It is a one-to-one artistic program built around Allegorical Abstractionism — a symbolic visual language where abstraction, movement, light, emotion, and narrative intention come together. The mentorship is designed for photographers who want to go beyond isolated images and develop a more personal, intentional, and coherent body of work.
2. A New Photographic Language
This mentorship program is grounded in Allegorical Abstractionism, a new photographic language that unites abstraction and allegory, transforming light, gesture, color, and duration into vehicles of meaning rather than mere visual effect. Born from long exposure and intentional camera movement, this approach understands photography not as a decorative blur, but as an act of consciousness in which trees, suns, paths, seas, walls, and landscapes remain recognizable enough to function as symbols, metaphors, and contemporary myths. Rooted between Impressionist atmosphere, Expressionist force, and a Mediterranean Baroque intensity of light, the program is designed for photographers who want to move beyond isolated images and develop a more intentional, coherent, and authorial body of work.
3. Not a Typical Mentorship
It is a one-to-one artistic process built for photographers who want to move beyond attractive effects and develop a more intentional visual language. While technique remains important, it is treated here as only one part of a wider practice that also includes symbolism, atmosphere, coherence, project construction, editing with purpose, and the search for a more personal voice. The aim is not simply to improve individual photographs, but to help the artist understand how images can carry emotion, tension, metaphor, and narrative openness within a coherent body of work. In that sense, the mentorship is designed not as a standard lesson format, but as an entry into a more authorial way of seeing and building photography through the framework of Allegorical Abstractionism.
4. Program Format
The mentorship is offered in a one-to-one asynchronous format, designed to allow a more reflective and personalized development process. It is structured around 8 modules and unfolds over approximately 4 months, with 10 stages of guidance and feedback. Each module includes written material, visual examples from my own work, and practical exercises or reflections to be developed by the participant. The artist then submits images, thoughts, or work in progress, and receives individual feedback focused on direction, coherence, visual language, and artistic growth. The program is not based on live teaching sessions, but on a slower and more thoughtful exchange through shared documents, image review, and written or audio feedback. Although the structure is clear, the mentorship remains flexible and adapts to the pace, level, and personal direction of each artist.
5. What the Program Includes
The program includes 8 structured modules developed around a one-to-one artistic process, combining reflection, practice, and personalized guidance. Participants receive written material for each stage, visual examples drawn from my own work, and practical exercises designed to help translate ideas into images, sequences, and projects. The mentorship also includes individual feedback on submitted work, image review, support between stages, and ongoing direction focused on visual language, coherence, and project development. Rather than offering generic lessons or isolated corrections, the program is built as a sustained and personal exchange aimed at helping each artist deepen their practice and move toward a more intentional body of work.
6. The 8 Modules
- Introduction to Allegorical Abstractionism
An introduction to the theoretical foundations of this new photographic language, where abstraction and allegory come together to create images with greater symbolic, emotional, and narrative depth. - Long Exposure Travelling ICM
A focused exploration of my own technical approach, not as a mere effect, but as a way of shaping movement, gesture, duration, and space into a more intentional form of image-making. - Mediterranean Baroque and Personal Sensibility
A study of visual intensity, southern light, expressive excess, and the relationship between atmosphere and identity, helping the artist reflect on their own sensibility and visual energy. - Building Images with Meaning
A module centered on how to move beyond appearance and begin to read scenes symbolically, transforming subjects, places, and elements into signs, metaphors, and carriers of meaning. - Project Construction
The central module of the program, focused on how projects emerge, how they gain coherence, how images begin to relate to one another, and how a body of work develops its own internal logic. - Case Studies from My Own Series
A practical analysis of selected projects from my own work, showing how themes, symbols, atmospheres, and visual structures are built and sustained across a series. - Editing with Intention
An approach to editing understood not as invention or disguise, but as refinement: balancing light, tone, color, atmosphere, and coherence in order to strengthen the original artistic impulse. - Developing an Authorial Voice
A final module devoted to helping the participant move from influence and experimentation toward a more personal, coherent, and recognizable visual language.
7. Who This Is For
This program is intended for photographers who already have some experience with image-making and are looking to go beyond technique alone. It is especially suited to those who feel the need to develop a more intentional visual language, a stronger sense of coherence, and a deeper relationship between individual images and larger bodies of work. It may be particularly valuable for artists working with abstraction, ICM, long exposure, atmosphere, or expressive photography, but who want to move toward greater symbolic depth, project thinking, and authorial direction. It is not designed as a basic photography course for beginners, but as a more focused and reflective mentorship for artists seeking growth, structure, and a more personal language within their practice.
8. Pricing
The mentorship is offered in three possible formats, depending on the level of commitment and flexibility preferred by the participant.
Full Program
525 €
Paid in advance for the full 8-module program. This is the most complete and economical option.
Two-Part Payment
300 € + 300 €
For those who prefer to divide the full cost into two payments while still following the complete program.
Single Module Option
80 € per module
For artists who prefer to progress step by step, with the possibility of continuing or stopping after each module. If the full 8 modules are taken this way, the total cost is 640 €.
This structure is designed so that the full program offers the best value, while also allowing more flexible options for those who prefer a slower or more gradual commitment.
9. Contact / Apply
If you feel that this approach resonates with your work, you are welcome to get in touch.
To ask about the mentorship, request a place, or discuss which format may suit you best, please contact me through the contact page on this website or directly by email at macedoniomagno356ac@hotmail.com
This program is offered on a one-to-one basis, so places are limited and arranged individually according to availability.
