Photography laboratory

Secondary school

Activity focused on the technique of capturing and fixing images. We will learn how to take a photograph with a camera obscura.

We will visit the Museum's rooms to understand the transition from capturing the image to fixing it, from its origins with the camera obscura to the first cameras used for photography. In the realm of photography, we will explore how the photographic technique evolved through the contributions of various inventors in terms of devices, exposure time, supports, and chemical emulsions, as well as the social uses that resulted.

In the workshop, we will take an outdoor photograph with a camera obscura and develop it, in order to experiment with all the concepts explained earlier. Through experimentation with the camera obscura, we will be able to take photographs in any format (anamorphic, stereoscopic), always following the same process and logic.

In case of rain or bad weather, we will experiment with indoor photography.

Objectives

- Understand the basics of analog photographic technique.
- Learn about one of the essential inventions for the evolution of humanity and the society of images.
- Understand the technical evolution that photography has undergone since its inception.
- Relate the importance of photography and its evolution to cinematic technique.
- Acquire specific photographic terminology and know how to apply it correctly.
- Experience the process of creating a photograph, from capturing the image to the positive development.
- Be aware of the importance of the factors that participate and influence the photographic process, both today and in the past century.
- Appreciate the past in order to understand the present.

Duration

3 hours (guided tour and analog photography workshop).

Price

9 EUR per student (groups of 19 or more students) / 180 EUR per group (groups of fewer than 19 students).

Observations

Maximum group size of 26 students.

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