“Photographs are footprints of our minds, mirrors of our lives, reflections from our hearts, frozen memories that we can hold in silent stillness in our hands — forever if we wish. They document not only where we have been, but also point the way to where we might perhaps be heading, whether or not we realize this yet ourselves…” (Judy Weiser)
Conscious Photography Workshops.
A mindful attitude means constantly asking yourself the questions: What? Why? How?
In the process of personal growth one must seek the answers to the questions: Who am I? Why am I here? What do I do and why ? Why do I do it for? If the photographic process is conscious, many questions can be answered.
PSYCHOLOGY AND PHOTOGRAPHY CONNECTION: Psychology and photography offer us another view, both of the world and of our interior. Thus, this is precisely the point where they connect... forming a wonderful and useful union to explore and express ourselves. In both psychology and photography: - Mental representations are present. - the cognitive world is present and manifests itself.
PHOTOTHERAPY: Psychologist encourage the use of photos by the client in the sessions. The therapist’s primary role is to encourage and support clients’ own personal discoveries while exploring and interacting with their personal and family snapshots. PhotoTherapy is not about interpreting people’s photos for them; instead, the input should always come from the client, guided by their therapist’s photo-stimulated questions, while both explore the image and its emotional impact together.
During PhotoTherapy sessions, photos are not just passively reflected upon in silent contemplation, but also they are: actively created during sessions (or after), posed for, talked with, listened to, reconstructed, revised to form or illustrate new narratives, newly taken or collected on assignment (as “homework assignments” before the next therapy session), re-visualized in memory or imagination, integrated into art therapy creative expressions, or even set into animated dialogue with other photos — all of which allows clients to better reach, understand, and express parts of themselves in ways that were previously not possible.
THERAPEUTIC PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTOVOICE WORKSHOPS:
Therapeutic Photography is the name for photo-based activities that are self-initiated and conducted by oneself (or as part of an organized group or project), but where no formal therapy is taking place.In contrast with PhotoTherapy techniques — which are therapy practices — Therapeutic Photography techniques are photographic* practices, where the intended goal is to produce positive change in individuals, couples, or families — but they also include broader Social Action Photography techniques where the goal is to improve well-being, reduce social exclusion, and create positive change at community, societal, national, or international levels.
*Therapeutic Photography does not mean just only photo-taking.
It also includes other photo-interactive activities, such as photo-viewing, -posing, -planning, -discussing, or even just only remembering or imagining photographs.
Here is where I have worked with Muslim and migrant women through the Centre Pompidou of Málaga, The Fine Art Museum of Bilbao, and several NGO´s
In the process of personal growth one must seek the answers to the questions: Who am I? Why am I here? What do I do and why ? Why do I do it for? If the photographic process is conscious, many questions can be answered.
PSYCHOLOGY AND PHOTOGRAPHY CONNECTION: Psychology and photography offer us another view, both of the world and of our interior. Thus, this is precisely the point where they connect... forming a wonderful and useful union to explore and express ourselves. In both psychology and photography: - Mental representations are present. - the cognitive world is present and manifests itself.
PHOTOTHERAPY: Psychologist encourage the use of photos by the client in the sessions. The therapist’s primary role is to encourage and support clients’ own personal discoveries while exploring and interacting with their personal and family snapshots. PhotoTherapy is not about interpreting people’s photos for them; instead, the input should always come from the client, guided by their therapist’s photo-stimulated questions, while both explore the image and its emotional impact together.
During PhotoTherapy sessions, photos are not just passively reflected upon in silent contemplation, but also they are: actively created during sessions (or after), posed for, talked with, listened to, reconstructed, revised to form or illustrate new narratives, newly taken or collected on assignment (as “homework assignments” before the next therapy session), re-visualized in memory or imagination, integrated into art therapy creative expressions, or even set into animated dialogue with other photos — all of which allows clients to better reach, understand, and express parts of themselves in ways that were previously not possible.
THERAPEUTIC PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTOVOICE WORKSHOPS:
Therapeutic Photography is the name for photo-based activities that are self-initiated and conducted by oneself (or as part of an organized group or project), but where no formal therapy is taking place.In contrast with PhotoTherapy techniques — which are therapy practices — Therapeutic Photography techniques are photographic* practices, where the intended goal is to produce positive change in individuals, couples, or families — but they also include broader Social Action Photography techniques where the goal is to improve well-being, reduce social exclusion, and create positive change at community, societal, national, or international levels.
*Therapeutic Photography does not mean just only photo-taking.
It also includes other photo-interactive activities, such as photo-viewing, -posing, -planning, -discussing, or even just only remembering or imagining photographs.
Here is where I have worked with Muslim and migrant women through the Centre Pompidou of Málaga, The Fine Art Museum of Bilbao, and several NGO´s
SOCIAL PROJECTS
"Invisible Images: Creative expression as a form of resilience and bridge with the host society" for migrant women at risk of social exclusion in collaboration with the foundation CEPAIM Teruel and the
University of Zaragoza. Course funded by the Government of Aragon (International Cooperation and Education for Development and Global Citizenship). |
"Strike the pose": Workshop give for teenagers where visual language was taught to analyse critically the mass medias. Re-enactment of advertising images were used to deconstruct gender stereotypes so that they develop a critical spirit.
Project funded by the University of Malaga and the Gender Studies. |
"No limits!": Project done in the Fine Art Museum of Bilbao with women under social exclusion with limited power due to poverty, language, race, social class, ethnic or gender barriers, among others, I present the activity "Invisible Images" whose main objective was to promote a space for self-knowledge and expression through art and photography specifically.
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"ANOTHER LOOK": Workshop given under the Master in comunitary psychologist in the University of Malaga.
Project funded by the Gender Equality Unit. |
Workshop/project given to Muslim women (Red Cross) to analyse women representations in the arts and encourages photographic excercises where women explored self concept and identity through self portraits.
Centre Pompidou of Malaga. |
"Taswir" (images in arabic) is a participatory photography project where Muslim women were taugh to use photography as a tool to express their realities, motivations, problems and identity crisis to result in an exhibition to build bridges with the local community to stop stereotypes and Islamofobia. Funded by the Basque Government and the Ellacuria Foundation. |
ONLINE AND PRESENTIAL PHOTOTHERAPY WORKSHOPS: "Self develpment and self knowledge through photography" (women)
I DESIGN WORKSHOPS OR EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS FOR ALL TYPES OF GROUPS, ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS, MUSEUMS...
THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY.
Contact: oihana.marco@gmail.com
Contact: oihana.marco@gmail.com
