Using Photography to Tell Difficult Stories

Saturday 17th February 10:30 – 16:30 (with breaks)
Sunday 18th February 11:30 – 15:30 (with breaks)

The Workshops are free to attend, but donations are welcome
All materials and light refreshments will be provided

For the best experience, we recommend attending both sessions.

Many artists have used art as a catharsis for traumatic experiences, but where do you start?

In this thought-provoking workshop, award-winning Bulgarian photographer Eugenia Maximova will guide participants through the process of using photography to tell a difficult story, based on her own experience of losing her sister-in-law to a brutal act of murder in 2018.

Day 1: Saturday 17th February 10:30 – 16:30 

Participants will work as a group to create photographs and organise these into a narrative, telling the story of an historical event based in Gloucestershire (details to be revealed on the day).

Day 2: Sunday 18th February 11:30 – 15:30

Participants will work individually, drawing on the concepts learned in Day 1 to create their own projects. Participants can either bring materials to tell their own story, or choose a story from the selection that will be on offer.

About Eugenia Maximova

(b. 1973, Bulgaria) Based in Vienna, Eugenia Maximova’s artistic practice engages with socio-political contexts. Inspired by her childhood in Bulgaria, she explores issues of identity and everyday life in post-communist cultures, consumption, and transience. Eugenia’s ongoing photo-project Silent River examines the silence surrounding the death of her sister-in-law, 30-year old television journalist Victoria Marinova, who was brutally raped and murdered in the Bulgarian city of Ruse. Silent River won the 2023 inaugural Austrian Photobook prize.