Teaching Resources
Our teaching resources are designed to support knowledge and understanding of photography.
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Combining Text and Image: A Mode of Collaboration
A learning resource exploring the practice of combining text and image, and how this shapes narrative and the interpretation of the collaborative photographic image. Introduction This learning resource has been written by Arpita Shah to accompany her work From one dream to another, commissioned by Devonshire Collective and Photoworks. Themes From one dream to another is collaborative …Countryside, Community and Class
A learning resource exploring community, class, and rurality through the work of Joanne Coates.It’s About Time
A resource exploring relationships between photography and archaeology.Myth, Legend and Folklore
A resource exploring approaches to capturing a ‘sense of place’ through photography, inspired by the work of Tereza Zelenkova.Ecology and Interdependence
A resource using photography as a creative tool for studying animal behaviour, the environment and human impact inspired by the work of Sam Laughlin.Connections
A series of assignments for students exploring how connections can be made through photography – from collaboration and exchanging photographs as a form of visual conversation to appropriation and photographing blindfolded.Paying Attention
A resource supporting group discussion about the work of photographer Poulomi Basu, focusing in particular on photography’s ability to help us pay attention to the world around us.Collections
Resources are grouped in Collections inspired by Photoworks’ curatorial programme and themes relevant to teachers and young people.
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