The photographic eye: How images work

CHF 120.00
Date: 07. 02. 2026 12:30
Experience in this workshop how images work on different levels and what role perception, emotion and mental models play in photography. Basic creative principles, the psychology of perception and their practical application are covered in a condensed form.

Learning objectives

Sensitization for the effect mechanisms of images: Recognizing how the angle of view, perspective, image detail and depth effect shape the impact of images, reflecting on mental models, theory of mind and visceral characteristics when viewing and designing photographs.

Instructor

Roberto Carbone

Roberto Carbone is an experienced Zurich-based photographer, lecturer and photo coach. After working as a press photographer at Axel Springer, he founded his own photography company digital-fine-art in 2010. He has been working as a photography teacher in various educational institutions for over a decade. His work combines photography with mindfulness, focusing on conscious perception and the moment of the moment. In addition to photography, he offers courses and individual coaching in the field of mindful photography. He is the founder and curator of the make art not war photography festival, the Hikari no Michi Mindful Photography photo school and the Aperture 8 Photographer Network association.

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Date: 07. 02. 2026 12:30
Experience in this workshop how images work on different levels and what role perception, emotion and mental models play in photography. Basic creative principles, the psychology of perception and their practical application are covered in a condensed form.

Learning objectives

Sensitization for the effect mechanisms of images: Recognizing how the angle of view, perspective, image detail and depth effect shape the impact of images, reflecting on mental models, theory of mind and visceral characteristics when viewing and designing photographs.

Instructor

Roberto Carbone

Roberto Carbone is an experienced Zurich-based photographer, lecturer and photo coach. After working as a press photographer at Axel Springer, he founded his own photography company digital-fine-art in 2010. He has been working as a photography teacher in various educational institutions for over a decade. His work combines photography with mindfulness, focusing on conscious perception and the moment of the moment. In addition to photography, he offers courses and individual coaching in the field of mindful photography. He is the founder and curator of the make art not war photography festival, the Hikari no Michi Mindful Photography photo school and the Aperture 8 Photographer Network association.

Tickets: To the course store