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Workshop: Narrative Photography
The Kafkaesque Image: Narrative and Everyday Absurdity
Franz Kafka's universe extends beyond literature; it is a visual realm dominated by alienation, guilt without crime, oppressive structures, and paralysis before authority. This workshop uses narrative photography to explore how everyday objects, architectural spaces—particularly within Brutalist architecture—and routine situations can be decontextualized into powerful visual metaphors for the modern human condition and the philosophy of the absurd.
Through masterclass analyses, weekly assignments, reading short parables, and producing a final photo essay, participants will learn to craft compelling visual stories addressing isolation, surveillance, scale, and identity in the contemporary world.
Kafka's universe is not a recipe for making desolate or depressing images; it is a lens for questioning reality. Each participant will choose the tone of their story: from social critique and ironic satire to poetic mystery or contemplation.
Workshop: Narrative Photography
Sonder: The Poetry of Parallel Existences
We pass them every day—on the street, in train stations, or at coffee shops—catching their eye for a fleeting second before moving on. This workshop explores the concept of "Sonder": the striking realization that every passerby lives a life as vivid, complex, and chaotic as our own, complete with its own routines, ambitions, and internal monologues.
Through visual analysis, weekly street assignments, and group critiques, participants will use photography as a psychological and sociological tool to displace the self from the center of the frame. You will learn to sharpen your gaze for the quiet poetry of parallel lives, ephemeral encounters, and the invisible distances that both separate and connect us in the urban space.
This is not a technical course on camera settings, but a space for visual storytellers using any camera—including smartphones—to bear witness rather than simply document. Each participant will translate human otherness into evocative visual metaphors, defining their own narrative tone: from poetic mystery and quiet contemplation to sharp urban chronicles.
