Experience Street Photography with Awareness and Intention in Mexico City. More than a decade teaching street photography worldwide.
An immersive workshop with Alex Coghe focused on seeing, thinking and capturing meaningful moments in the street
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE IN MEXICO CITY
FULL DAY SESSION
8 Hours / Price: 750 US$
SPECIAL DISCOUNT UNTIL MARCH 30:
YOU PAY ONLY 699 US$
This workshop is more reflective, with time to slow down, work on different exercises, and develop a deeper understanding of your approach
Focus: vision, depth, and personal direction
This is a full one-to-one street photography mentorship, not just a longer walk with a camera.
What this experience offers
Initial conversation to understand your background, goals, and doubts
Two shooting sessions in different areas and visual contexts of the city
In-depth discussion about approach, ethics, and human interaction in street photography
Lunch and coffee breaks as moments to reflect and talk photography
Detailed image review and on-the-spot editing of the photos taken during the day
Honest, structured feedback and long-term advice on how to develop your personal vision
Tuition available in English, Spanish, and Italian
Who it’s for
Ideal if you want to seriously develop your street photography, gain clarity about your direction, and understand not only how to shoot, but why you shoot.
Focus: experience, mindset, immediate practice
This experience is designed as an intense immersion into street photography, focused on seeing, reacting, and shooting.
What this experience offers
Short coffee and Introduction to my personal approach to street photography
Practical tips and simple exercises to improve observation, timing, and composition
Continuous shooting in a carefully selected area of Mexico City
Live feedback while shooting, directly on the street
Tuition available in English, Spanish, and Italian
Who it’s for
Perfect if you want a strong street photography experience, quick insights you can apply immediately, or if you have limited time but still want to go deep into the street.
HALF DAY SESSION
4 Hours / Price: 450 US$
SPECIAL DISCOUNT UNTIL MARCH 30:
YOU PAY ONLY 399 US$
This experience is about immediacy: quick immersion, fast feedback, and instinctive shooting
EXPRESS DAY SESSION
2 Hours / Price: 249 US$
SPECIAL DISCOUNT UNTIL MARCH 30:
YOU PAY ONLY 219 US$
This is a short and focused street photography experience, designed as an introduction to shooting on the streets of Mexico City.
Focus: awareness, observation, and immediate practice
This is not a tour, but a concentrated street photography session.
What this experience offers
A concise introduction to my approach to street photography
Immediate practical guidance on observation, timing, and framing
Continuous shooting in one specific area of the city
Live, on-the-street feedback while you shoot
Tuition available in English, Spanish, and Italian
Who it’s for
Ideal if you are short on time, curious about street photography, or want a first experience before going deeper.
You won’t just take photos. You’ll learn how to see in the street.
Since 2011, I have been mentoring photographers worldwide in Mexico City, the city where I developed my career as a photographer and which remains a vibrant and inspiring place for everyone passionate about photography.
“The workshop is still affecting the way I think when I take pictures.” - Carl Pfirman
This workshop is for you if
• You feel overwhelmed or hesitant when photographing in the street
• You want to move beyond random shots and understand timing and intention
• You are tired of copying styles and want to develop your own voice
• You want real feedback while shooting, not generic advice
What makes this workshop different
• Real street photography, not staged or fake
• Continuous feedback while shooting, not only image reviews
• Focus on seeing and decision-making, not gear or presets
• One to One Tuition and a personalized approach
How it works
Step 1 Choose your workshop
Step 2 Pick your date
Step 3 Meet in Mexico City and shoot
Please note
• One to One formula workshop
• Availability depends on schedule
• High season dates fill quickly
Still unsure?
I adapt to your level
No pressure or performance expectations
I guide you gently but directly
This workshop is designed to meet you where you are in your photographic journey
Whether you are approaching street photography for the first time or refining an already established practice, the experience adapts to your level, your pace, and the way you see.
Rather than following fixed formulas, you will work on observation, awareness, and intention. The focus is not on copying styles or chasing results, but on understanding how you relate to the street and how to translate that relationship into images.
During the workshop you will work on:
• Learning to see beyond the obvious and recognize meaningful moments
• Gaining confidence while photographing in real urban situations
• Improving your sense of timing and visual awareness
• Understanding your own habits and decision-making process
• Strengthening a personal approach that grows naturally over time
Exercises, discussions, and feedback are shaped around your experience and needs, allowing each participant to progress in a way that feels coherent and authentic.
By the end of the workshop, the goal is not just to leave with new photographs, but with a clearer understanding of how to move, observe, and work in the street with greater confidence and intention.
Mexico City: A Living Stage for Street Photography
During the workshop, Mexico City becomes your open classroom.
You will move through streets that never stand still, where life unfolds in layers and every corner offers a new visual possibility. The city is intense, unpredictable, and deeply human, and you will experience it from the inside, not as a spectator, but as an active observer.
As you walk through different neighborhoods, you will be immersed in contrasting rhythms: crowded markets, quiet pauses, sudden gestures, fleeting light. You will learn to stay present, to read the scene, and to respond instinctively when a moment appears and disappears in a heartbeat.
This environment naturally pushes you to sharpen your awareness. You will be challenged to anticipate, to connect, and to photograph with intention rather than hesitation. The constant human presence helps you understand timing, proximity, and emotional weight in real situations.
Throughout the experience, the city itself becomes a teacher. Each street, each interaction, each change of light offers an opportunity to refine the way you see and move as a street photographer.
By the end of the workshop, Mexico City will no longer feel chaotic or overwhelming. It will feel readable, alive, and full of visual conversations you know how to enter with confidence and authenticity.
Alex Coghe
Your Photo Coach
I’m a professional photographer since 2010, with experience shooting in Italy, the US, and Mexico. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of guiding students from all over the world. Teaching is more than just a job for me: it’s a passion. Through my workshops, I share not only techniques, but also the mindset and approach that define authentic street photography.
TESTIMONIALS
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Great to meet you and go out on the streets with you. The workshop was great for me, and it is continuing to affect the way I am thinking when I am taking pictures. It was great that we started by chatting over coffee about my answers to your questionnaire. It really helped that you had seen some of my work. I love shadows and sun, but it was cloudy the day of the workshop, so you asked me how I was going to approach shooting without sun and shadows. I thought about working in layers, and we talked about that approach. I loved the part of the workshop where we went to the transit stop and just watched the action for a while before making any pictures. It was fascinating to watch the scene change from moment to moment. I found that I was able to see complex layers in that area. I also appreciated that you encouraged me to work with reflections, to change up my angles, and to get more emotions in my work. Those are directions that I will continue working on. It was great at the end of the workshop when you looked through my photos on the camera. At first, I was nervous about letting you see all of my flawed pictures! But I’m very glad that I allowed you to look through the photos and allowed myself to be vulnerable. I listened to what you said very carefully about not cropping images. After the workshop, I found myself framing photos in camera with the intention of NOT cropping anything. The workshop has affected me for sure.
Carl Pfirman, Los Angeles
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Alex is a knowledgable and passionate teacher. His passion for street photography and for passing on his know-how really shows and has a great impact on whoever is willing to listed. Set in the magical streets of Mexico City, Alex will take you through steets and alleys in a workshop that is supposed to ignite the sparkle and make you fall in love with street photography and with Mexico. Although Alex is very clear about his artistic vision and workflow (as he explains in detail) he never pushes an agenda and is adamant that you should Be developing your own style and approach. Even as someone who mainly deals with landscape photography, I feel enriched by the experience and I strongly reccomend this to anyone!
Enrico Baldassari
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The workshop with Alex is a day to remember as he is an engaging person, enthusiastic about his work and above all very well prepared. After having done a workshop with him, she begins to think differently about photography and photographic vision. Definitely an educational experience. It is more a day in which a seed is transmitted that can make a plant grow in those who intend to cure it, rather than 10 useless workshops that promise to create photographers.
Gianni Ranuio, Saronno
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Unforgettable and highly constructive experience
Gian Luca Marino, Turin
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It was a" journey "full of emotions. I tried to do my best, and I learned a lot from your advice Alex Coghe.
Tatiana Biagini, Florence
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Fantastic experience, I hope to be able to repeat it
Michele Cernigliaro, Catania
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Alex Coghe's workshop, for example, of all those I've done, has this goal of creating something in the long run and even if I contribute little from abroad, it's the first that comes to mind as a post-workshop involvement and therefore what I would recommend at the moment. In addition to being the only one for whom I "came out" with the idea of taking photos for a project that is very important for those who start.
Iacopo Biondi, Milan
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Thanks to you Alex Coghe for the professionalism, humanity, enthusiasm and magic of photography that you managed to convey to me. It was truly a wonderful experience.
William Actis, Turin
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Many thanks for the wonderful time I had with you walking in the streets of Mexico city for two days. Your flexibility in making the workshop a pure shooting experience for me was fantastic. It was nice to see you in action and work through the various modes – shooting fast at times and then slowing down and concentrating on different com-positional elements. I liked the way you look at street photography as a sum total of urban architecture, elements, geometry, and people. Thanks again for workshop.”
Jag M., Washington DC
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Thanks for the two day individual workshop. I enjoyed it and learnt a lot. I found your presentations very knowledgeable and helpful. I particularly enjoyed being able to walk through the Centro Historico area of Mexico City and photograph the amazing street scenes together. Best wishes and keep in touch.
Mark Bassett, Canberra
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Thanks Alex Coghe 4 everything In The workshop, it was great, so happy to learn from you. The honor is 4 me you really are a Professional!!! Thanks!!! If I need to come to MX again to learn more from you I will do!!!!
José Marcelo Llobet, Costarica
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On Monday, I did a one-day street photography workshop with professional photographer Alex Coghe. It was a great experience and I learned things that immediately improved my photography. Alex, originally from Rome, has been in el D.F. for 5 years and his approach to photography really opened my eyes.I won’t divulge any of his secrets – you will have to take a workshop if you are in central Mexico – but I will say that I am now shooting almost exclusively in manual mode. I used to shoot mostly in aperture priority, but now I am going full manual with aperture, time, and focus, with only ISO on automatic. It has already helped me get sharper images when shooting street photos.
Jeff Bell, Alaska
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Hi Alex I want to thank you very much for the workshop, I took something to write for various reasons, wanted to be quiet, without the euphoria of all this visual maelstrom you showed me, taking several days to assimilate all the information and many others in processing, pass by several stages euphoria, frustration, anger, etc. etc. until I could and achieve it in pictures, I’ve been practicing with a point and shoot to shoulder and chest shots is difficult because these cameras are slow to definitely focus me urgently needs fuji I have also been looking at many images, many photographers, I have many styles of everything visual soaked I can, sometimes I go down the street and see some interesting scene then I hear anything you said, is not funny? I think there is a radical change in my pictures I can see the progress that I’m very excited and passionate when I made a good picture.
Marie Reyes, Mexico City
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Thank you, Alex! Great experience, intense, instructive, a huge punch, also a brilliant human encounter! What a weekend! Highly recommended!
Reuven Halevi, Rome
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The workshop with Alex was fantastic. It was clear that he is not only a skilled photographer but also an effective coach and teacher. I really enjoyed our time together and walked away several practical learnings and photos. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking to improve their craft.
M.I., Houston TX
FAQs
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Although my street photography courses are thought for people with a knowledge of the camera and an understanding of exposure triangle, I also teach those who start with photography, in the idea that there is not only one way to take pictures and you can take good photos even using the most automatic settings. The important thing is always and only the result and my teaching is less orthodox, without universal rules and I am a patient and understanding teacher. You may be new to the genre of street photograohy or you may be an experienced street photographer: my workshops are highly customized by creating a student profile.
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Walking is part of a street photographer's business. To walk is very necessary. On a full-day workshop, we usually walk around 10 km. Having said that, I know how to adjust to the student. I've had people in my 80s and I clearly don't expect the same kind of commitment.
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Anything from a good basic digital compact camera to a professional DSLR will be fine, even a smartphone is OK with me. I have also students using a film camera. Usually I recommend to avoid to bring a lot of gear: one camera, one lens is still the best option for me. My recommendation about the lens is anything between 24mm and 50mm FF equivalent. And yes, better the prime lens than zoom lenses.
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Just bring your cameraset-up, spare batteries, spare memory cardsand last but not least comfortable shoes.
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Mexico City is very quiet in this respect. Although it can also rain very heavily at certain times of the year, in any case it is not like other cities and it never rains all day. With that said, if it rains, it will be my guarantee to find places where we will allow the show to continue.
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After the payment I will send you all the instructions about our meeting point. this will change based on where you will be based in the city but mostly based on the type of workshop I have designed for you, according to your student profile.
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You can bring a friend to my street photography experience workshops just in case the person is accompaning us and cannot be considered a photographer or person interested in photography.
If your friend is another photographer is permitted for an additional 200 US$.
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In that case it would be a masterclass and the cost increases significantly. It must also be discussed together and my role would not be limited to that of a guide because I teach and I don't do the accompaniment. In the past they asked me to take them to Tepito or build wokshops even in more dangerous areas. Personal safety comes first.
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Mexico City is no more dangerous than other megacities. I've lived here for well over a decade and nothing really dangerous has ever happened to me. As a photo coach my main interest is that my students are not exposed to any unpleasant events and therefore I try to avoid going to places that could endanger their safety. Those who come with me must feel at ease throughout the experience.
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Once registered I will send a questionnaire that creates the student profile and this includes the request for information on eating preferences. The experience must be comfortable in all aspects for the student.
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