Storytelling and Mindfulness through Photography
August 2025
Workshop
August 2025 saw the first New Zealand workshop completed. 11 students from all walks of life joined at the Shutter Room in Whangarei. With a lot of courage and a challenge in front, they jumped into the stream.
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Week by week, exploration and discussion took us deeper and deeper, learning in a creative, yet challenging, class pushed technical understanding and self expression. By the end of it, a body of work was developed, ideas blossomed, Portfolios were created and some even started their own projects and work.
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Here are some of the things students had to say about it:
"An exceptional experience of a Photography course held by Diego. Open, generous, creative & inspirational. A safe space of learning, engagement & manaakitanga."
Alivia
"I did this course to further my creative passion and to gain experience with a camera. I would you recommend this course to anyone with a desire for creative expression."
Noah
"Dyego blends experience, theory and philosophy in a wonderful course. Highly recommend it."
Colin
"I needed a real world outlet for creative expression that wasn't locked up in the prison of my mind, as much as a chance for structured social connection in a creative setting. I believed it would be good both for my creativity, my socialization and my mental health. And it was."
Jen
"I enjoyed the most being encouraged to think as an artist and embrace self expression rather than a documenter of things. This was my first visual creative arts course so felt super supported by teacher and class."
Mick
