Ways of looking at photography
Workshop for adults

What is the difference between looking at photography and looking through photography? Does a photograph's interpretation depend on the person who's looking? Or maybe it depends on the context? When you're looking at photographs, can you really tell what they show or what they are? How and why can you look askance at photography? What can you not see in photos? Can you define photography with photographs?

It is said that Zofia Rydet did not see most of the developed images of photographs she took as part of the “Sociological Record”. You’re invited to take a look at those images from less obvious points of view. We will use photographs from the “Record” to think about how and why we should look at photography in the first place, we will try to detect our own preconceptions and habits related with viewing photography and we will try to form a visual definition of photography.

The workshop will consist of a series of exercises performed in the “Record” exhibition space. The workshop is aimed for adult participants, especially those interested in photography (not necessarily photographers themselves).

Please see the exhibition before taking part in the workshop. Limited number of participants. Sign up at zapisy@artmuseum.pl. Please e-mail us with a short answer to the following question: how would you describe your interest in photography? The organizers reserve the right to select participants.

The meeting id held by:  Agnieszka Pajączkowska – cultural manager, culture expert, graduate student at University of Warsaw's Institute of Polish Culture (Faculty of Film and Visual Culture), member of the Association of Creative Initiatives “ę” and the Katedra Kultury Association. Her focus is on creative, critical and theoretical work in the field of photography, especially the practices of everyday and functional photography. She has an interest in museum education and the concept of visual education. Leading workshops and other photography-related activities, she has worked with, among others, Krakow Photomonth Festival, Sputnik Photos and the History Meeting House. At the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, together with Katarzyna Mieleszko, she organized workshops for the “Lest the Two Seas Meet” exhibition. She collaborates on projects that merge photography, visual education and local history, such as Migawki. Spotkania z fotografią (“Snapshots”), Seminarium Wizualne (“Visual Seminar”), Tożsamości Odzyskane (“Retrieved Identities”), Wizualny Eksperyment Muzeany (“Visual Museum Experiment”). She has been working with the “Sociological Record” since 2013 as part of the “Something that remains” project. She also runs her own project called the Traveling Photo Lab