An 8-week masterclass in cinematic photography with Ines Mora — award-winning DP, former Magnum contributor. Learn to see light the way filmmakers do.
A structured path from seeing to making. Weekly live critiques, private feedback on every submission, and a final portfolio reviewed by Ines.
Before the camera, the eye. We dismantle how natural and artificial light shapes space, mood, and meaning — and rebuild your instinct for reading a room the way a cinematographer does.
The frame is a decision, not a rectangle. Move beyond thirds into tension, weight, lead space, and the geometry of attention.
Color theory stops being theory when it starts making people feel. Build a personal color language, not a preset.
How close is close enough? Portraiture as a practice of permission, patience, and the unspoken contract between camera and subject.
Still photography borrows everything from cinema. Learn to think in sequences, reveals, and implied motion — even in a single frame.
Editing is where a photographer's taste becomes visible. Build a ruthless selection practice and learn to sequence a series.
Technique is the floor. Voice is the ceiling. We close the gap between what you can do and what only you would do.
A finished body of work: twelve images, a sequence, a statement, a print plan. Reviewed by Ines and presented to the full cohort.
A photograph is a decision about what to leave out.Ines Mora — Course Director
No TAs. No outsourced feedback. Every critique, every portfolio review, every 1:1 is with Ines directly — capped at 40 students per cohort.
Ines is a Berlin-based photographer and director of photography whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Aperture, and the permanent collection of the MoMA. Over fifteen years she has shot for Leica, Hermès, and the Criterion Collection, and taught workshops from Arles to Tokyo.
She built this course for the people she wishes she'd had access to at 22 — working photographers who can already operate a camera, but want to understand why an image works, and how to make one that could only come from them.
Cohort 07 begins April 28, 2026. Applications close when 40 seats are filled — typically two to three weeks before start.
The full 42-lesson curriculum, assignments, and reference library. Study on your own schedule.
Everything in self-paced, plus weekly live critiques with Ines and a reviewed final portfolio.
Over 1,200 photographers have completed the program. A small sample of what they've said.
Changed the way I look at a room before I even lift the camera.
Ines gives the kind of feedback that is uncomfortable and completely necessary.
I came in wanting presets. I left with a point of view.
Any camera you can operate in manual mode, including a phone with manual controls. This is a course about seeing, not gear. Most students shoot mirrorless or DSLR; a few shoot film; one past graduate shot the entire course on an iPhone and placed in the top five of her cohort.
Intermediate to advanced. You should already be comfortable with exposure, focus, and basic composition. If you're still learning the mechanics, we recommend starting self-paced and joining a cohort later.
Plan for 6 to 8 hours a week during the cohort: 2 hours of lessons, a weekly live critique (90 minutes), and a shooting assignment. Self-paced students set their own rhythm.
All critiques are recorded and posted within 24 hours, with timestamps for each student's review. You can submit questions in advance and Ines will address them in the session.
Full refund within the first 14 days of the cohort if the program isn't a fit. After week two, we offer prorated credit toward a future cohort.
Yes. Every cohort reserves four need-based scholarships covering 50 to 100 percent of tuition, prioritizing applicants from underrepresented regions and backgrounds. Apply through the enrollment page.
