ONLINE | PRERECORDED | BIMONTHLY
Experimental Techniques: Exploring
Duration: 2 months | Start date: December 3
How do I sign up?
This course is part of the first block of the Diploma in Experimental Photography, a creative journey designed to help you develop your style and take your images to the next level. Here, we explore unconventional processes, creative resources, and techniques that will open up a world of possibilities. The most rewarding part is experiencing it as part of the full Diploma, connecting lessons learned, building experiences, and growing step by step. However, if you only want to focus on this module right now, you can also enroll separately for €125.
To what extent can you reinvent photography with your own hands?
During this eight-session course, you will discover everything you need to get started in the world of experimental photography. Beginning with an understanding of the photosensitivity of materials, we will explore its most well-known techniques guided by respected international artists. This theoretical-practical course is designed for all enthusiasts or professionals who want to delve into experimentation and understand its diversity and fundamentals. It is structured as a constructive journey that students can progress through week by week using the pre-recorded materials we provide, without ever feeling alone, as they can rely on the artists to clarify technical doubts and use our chat to support them in their learning process.
Techniques
Creative Photography • Cyanotype • Multiple Exposure Film Swap • Film Soup • Redscale • Chemigrams • Pinhole Photography • Solarigraphy
Content
8 Sessions • 10 Techniques • 7 Workshops • 3 Meetings 14 Conferences • 1 Chat for sharing materials and resolving doubts
Check out the full program!
DECEMBER 3 | LIVE | ONLINE | 17-19hs (Spain)
Ágora Presentation Meeting
Experimental Photography: Concepts, Debates, and Techniques with Pablo Giori
Conferences:
• A Social History of Experimentation: Science, Analog, Digital, and Starting Over with Pablo Giori
• Reconceptualizing Institutional Structures: Women's Perspectives with Dale Rio, Naroa Pérez, Susan Patrice and Anne Eder
• Body and feminism in the visual arts with Nadia Bautista, Ana Harff and Cairo Elio
• Painting Is Dead, They Said: Analog Photography in Context by Bridget Conn
•History of Experimental Photography by Marc Lenot
DECEMBER 8
Creative Techniques
Worshop: Creative EXP. Creative photography workshop with SIBUX
Conference:
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Learning to See: Creativity and Divergent Thinking with Ana Becerra
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Research to Create: Historical Techniques and Contemporary Creation with Rosell Meseguer
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“Creative” Photography in Catalonia (1973–1982) with Pep Rigol and Manel Úbeda
Webinar: Exploring Creative Photography: Find Your Gaze! with Lidia Vives, Irene Cruz, and Nadia Bautista, and Heather Palecek, Susan Burnstine, and Anne Eder
DECEMBER 15
Multiple Exposure and Film Swap
Workshop: Chance to power! Double exposure, portraits and film swap with Pablo Giori and Laura Ligari
Conferences:
• Multiple Exposure with Lena Storjohann and Kasia Kozinska
• Experimental multiperspective: relative space and cyclical time with Ernesto Mendoza
DECEMBER 22
Pinhole and Solarigraphy
Workshop: Pinhole and Beyond with Heather Palecek
Conferences:
• Pinhole photography and solarigraphy with Carlos Erices, Javier Piñana y Jordi Bofill
• Pinhole Photography with Diane Bos, Justin Quinnell and Heather Palecek
CHRISTMAS | LIVE | ONLINE | 17-19hs (Spain)
Ágora Monthly Community Meeting
DECEMBER 29
Film Soup
Workshop: Film Soup: Magical Potion Cooking Class with Juliana Gagné
Conference:
• No Good Dirty Negatives with Kelly Perletti
• The Aesthetics of Expired Film with Vera and Patrice Baunov
JANUARY 5
Cyanotype
Workshops:
• Cyanotype Basics with Sara Poer
• Cyanotype: Space and Time as Photographic Negatives with Virginia Dal Magro
Conference: Modern Cyanotype with Annette Golaz, Virginia Dal Magro and Fruma Markowiiz
JANUARY 12
Chemigrams
Workshop: Homemade chemigrams! Playing with photosensitivity at home with Irina Chernikova
Conference: Cameraless photography with George Roast, Irina Chernikova and Sophie Sherwood
JANUARY 21 | LIVE | ONLINE | 17-19hs (Spain)
Closing of Ágora Meeting
Presentations of student work, viewing of references and dynamics with questions.
More details
Designed for: People who want to get started in the world of experimental photography.
Admission Requirements: No previous knowledge required.
Goals:
To provide a comprehensive understanding of experimental photography and its techniques, enabling students to communicate projects with strong conceptual content through visual language.
Price: 50 euros.
Duration:
34 hours of classes. Each student manages their own time. The meetings have scheduled times, but it is not mandatory to participate live; students can watch the recorded videos later.
Approximate time dedicated weekly: 3-5 hours.
Modality: Pre-recorded online with 3 live meetings
Language: English with videos in Spanish and subtitles in English.
Starting Dates: December 3rd 2025.
What’s included:
• Unlimited lifetime access to all content from live and pre-recorded classes (workshops, lectures, and downloadable additional materials). • Be a member of the Ágora Community: participate for free in our monthly Online Meetings and showcase your work on our social media platforms. • Access the exclusive Ágora Community WhatsApp group with special discounts, direct contact with the instructors and the Ágora team, monthly updates, and exclusive content.