Sviluppare una narrazione fotografica
Workshop: Building a Photographic Narrative
Dates: Saturday & Sunday, April 18th–19th 2026
Where: Yes We Scan, Via Lodovico il Moro 57, 20143 Milano
Contact for info: info@yeswescan.it
Visiting Professional: John Angerson (www.johnangerson.com)
Instagram: @johnangerson
Workshop Overview
This intensive two-day workshop is designed to help photographers identify a clear area of interest and develop a coherent photographic narrative. Participants will explore how ideas become sustained bodies of work, how photographs generate meaning, and how narrative structure operates both creatively and professionally. The workshop culminates in a PechaKucha presentation of each participant’s project, supported by peer-to-peer critique and professional feedback. The workshop draws on key ideas from the work of John Angerson and aims to emphasize clarity of intention, personal responsibility, and commitment to long-term projects.
Core Questions for Building a Photographic Project
Participants will be guided through a set of core questions designed to test and refine their project ideas. This framework helps assess whether a project is visually driven, practically achievable, grounded in genuine knowledge or access to the subject, relevant beyond a purely personal level, and sustainable over time both creatively and responsibly.
Key Reading Context.
The workshop is informed by a small number of key ideas that will be revisited throughout the two days. These concepts act as points of reference rather than fixed rules, encouraging participants to think critically about photography as interpretation, the importance of committing to a project over time, the responsibility involved in choosing a subject, and the central role of editing in shaping meaning and building a clear, focused photographic narrative.
The Photo Essay: Key Narrative Elements
Participants will be introduced to the fundamental narrative elements of the photographic essay, exploring how different types of images work together to build context, introduce subjects, reveal relationships, and add depth through detail. Particular attention will be given to the role of transitional and interpretative images—those that sit outside conventional categories but help shape rhythm, meaning, and emotional resonance within a visual narrative.
Costo: €220
*195€ early birds entro il 1 marzo ‘26, e membri Yes We Lab
Lingua: inglese
Massimo 12 partecipanti
Luogo: Yes We Scan, Via Lodovico il Moro 57, Milano
Info e iscrizioni: info@yeswescan.it
John Angerson (b.1969, Bristol, England) is a documentary photographer whose work explores social change, belief systems and the shifting realities of contemporary life. He began his career in the early 1990s documenting the fall of the Berlin Wall and post–Cold War Eastern Europe, and has since developed a practice centred on long-form projects that examine how communities form, endure and transform. His monograph Love, Power, Sacrifice (Dewi Lewis Publishing) is the result of more than twenty years spent embedded with the Jesus Army and is widely regarded as a landmark study of a marginal religious movement. His most recent book, English Journey (B&W Studio), reimagines J.B. Priestley’s 1930s travelogue through a four-year photographic journey across modern England, addressing globalisation, outsourcing and changing patterns of work. The book has received major international design and photography awards and continues to be distributed worldwide.
This year marks the first completed presentation of 'On This Day' at Šiauliai Photography Museum in Lithuania. His work with the NASA astronauts on the space shuttle missions was exhibited in 2025 in South Carolina, USA, and in Dubai, UAE. Alongside his personal practice, Angerson teaches at universities across the UK and undertakes editorial and commercial commissions. Recent clients include The New York Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, Der Spiegel, Rolling Stone, El País and Lloyds Bank (Apple Pay).