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ONLINE | PRE-RECORDED
Professional Experimental Techniques
Duration: 2 months | Start date: October 1
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?
Designed for those who wish to take their experimental practice to a professional level, this course offers a tour of specialized techniques and complex processesthat require precision, technical knowledge, and a more conscious approach to the photographic medium. Over eight sessions, we will combine lectures and workshops, both live and pre-recorded, to explore practices such as photo transfer, mordançage, color ecological photography, metallic silkscreen, and advanced chemigrames. We will also address how to shape and circulate our projectsthrough photobooks and experimental exhibitions. We will conclude with a live session to share the created works and reflect on how to build a solid practice with its own voice, in addition to lectures that will help us begin to think about the final product we want to give our images.
Techniques
Photo Transfer • Mordançage • Tricolor Cyanotype • Phytograms • Metallic Photoserigraphy • Advanced Chemigraphs • Photobooks and Exhibitions
Content
8 Sessions • 7 Techniques • 7 Workshops • 3 Meetings • 21 Conferences • 1 Chat to share material and resolve doubts
Check out the full program!
OCTOBER 1 | LIVE | ONLINE | 7-9 PM (Spain)
Ágora Presentation Meeting
Experimental Photography: Concepts, Debates, and Techniques with Pablo Giori
Conferences:
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#Erased, History of Photography with Elena González Torres
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Wad-ras, Invisible Women with Marta Fàbregas and Amares Azielos by Carol Priego
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Experimental Photography, Gender and Queerness with Sophie Sherwood, Naroa Pérez, Cendre and Stéphanie Probst
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Platforms for Change: Photography and Gender Perspective with Femgrafía, LATAM Photographers, Feem, and Foto Feminas
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Reconceptualizing Institutional Structures: Women's Perspectives with Dale Rio, Naroa Pérez, Susan Patrice and Anne Eder
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Body and Feminism in the Visual Arts with Nadia Bautista, Ana Harff, and Cairo Elio
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Mestizo Plots: Art as a Decolonizing Medium with Marystela Camacho and Vilena Figueira
OCTOBER 6
Photo Transfer
Workshop: Photo Transfer on Different Media with Carola Etche
Conferences:
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Photograph as Object: when Medium Matters with Bridget Conn, Simone Rojas-Pick, Ella Morton, Lynn Bierbaum and Michael Kirchoff
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The Support is the Message: Printing on Alternative Materials with Francesco Amorosino, Emily Swift, Flora Fanzutti and Carola Etche
OCTOBER 13
Intervened Photography II: Mordançage
Workshops:Introduction to Mordançage: Black and White Prints with Ella Morton
Conference: Fragility and Volatility: Experimental Processes in Extreme Landscapes with Ella Morton and Dale Rio
OCTOBER 20
Ecological color photography
Workshops:
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Tricolor Cyanotype with Maria Solaguren-Bascoa
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Phytograms with Anne Eder
Conferences:
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Sustainable Photography - Making it Easier to Make the Right Choices with Henri Blommers, Malin Fabbri and Anne Eder
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Faces that Disappear - A Sustainable Photographic Process with Wendel Alves de Medeiros
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Climate Crisis and Non-Human Photography: Creating with the Environment with Cendre, Ella Morton and Isabelle Gagné
OCTOBER 22 |LIVE | ONLINE| 7-9 PM (Spain)
Ágora Monthly Community Meeting
OCTOBER 27
Advanced Printing: Metallic Photoscreen Printing
Workshop: Metallic Photoscreen Printing with Juan Rodriguez Ogarrio
Conferences:
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Ink images with Carles Mitjà
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Searching for the Impossible: Insights into the Origins of Photography through Its Original Texts with Rebecca Mutell and Martí Llorens
NOVEMBER 3
Advanced Chemigram
Workshop: Creating a 1/1 Chemigram Darkroom Print with Emily Swift
Lecture: Chemigrams, Crystalogram, and Soil Chromatography with GuL Cevikoglu and Stig Marlon Weston
NOVEMBER 10
Photobooks and Exhibitions
Workshop: Experimenting with Photobooks/Photozines with Stéphanie Probst
Webinar: Nuevas Exploraciones Visuales con Julián Barón y Marta Fàbregas
Conferences:
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Narrative and Message in Historical and Contemporary Photo Artists’ Books with Fruma Markowitz and Catalina de la Cruz
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Libros Fotoquímicos de Artista con Catalina De la Cruz
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Experimentation and Feminism with Chiara Bruni, Mont Carver, Jevgenija Frolova, Jana & Elisabeth Kiesser and Stéphanie Probst
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Exhibitions Experimental 2024 with Stefan Dinu, Emma Backer, Yuk Tsang Ng, Hilde Maassen, Joshua Curry, Anna Melnikova, Edward Levinson, Imogen Hero, Shaina Gates, Viktor Kostenko, Haluro de Clara, Constanza Solórzano, Andrea Petit and Laura Boronat
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Exhibitions 2025 with Séverine Chauveau, Kevin Hoth, Kei Ito, Caroline Roberts, Agate Tūna, Ella Morton/Dale Rio, Wai-Hang Siu, Francesco Amorosino, Ralph Nevins, Pinzauti Giorgia/Paris Tommaso, Rob Macdonald, Ludovica Bastianini, Javier Talavera, Marta Fàbregas, Clara Garrido and Sofia Silva
NOVEMBER 12 | 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 already have experience with experimental photography techniques and want to expand their knowledge and creative skills.
Admission Requirements: It is recommended to have completed the beginner and/or intermediate techniques courses.
Goals:
• Explore and master advanced techniques in experimental photography. • Encourage creativity and experimentation while seeking your own artistic voice and specialization. • Deepen your understanding of technique interaction and cross-pollination through workshops and thematic conferences.
Price: 125 euros.
Duration:
30 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: October 1st.
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.
Required Materials:
In each class, the necessary materials are explained. The materials you need will be explained in each class. We recommend watching the class first and then deciding what materials you want to buy. With this link, you can see where to buy the materials in many cities around the world.
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