FUJIKINA Arles 2025

Workshop théorique : “La photographie comme un langage”  (for 1h30)

In french

Workshop Pratique : “Créativité: s’inspirer, expérimenter.” (for 2h00)

in french

Workshop in partnership with World Press Photo (for 1h30)

Confronting Urgent Social Issues: Documentary Meets Art Photography

Discover how to combine documentary and artistic photography in your practice to engage with pressing social and cultural issues such as memory, community, and environmental degradation. For over a decade, Musuk Nolte has navigated image production, presentation, and circulation, successfully integrating himself into the realms of photojournalism, book publishing, and artistic photography. In this hands-on workshop, Musuk will share his advice on how to collaborate meaningfully with communities and explore image-making in more conceptual and imaginative ways, how to create work infused with dreamlike elements but rooted in reality, where documentary meets the poetic, and the real merges with the imagined.

Biography

Musuk Nolte (b.1988) is a photographer and editor born in Mexico City, Mexico.

His work combines documentary and artistic photography to explore social issues, including memory and environmental degradation. He frequently collaborates with communities and cultures from the Andean and Amazonian regions.

Nolte holds a degree in professional photography with a specialization in contemporary photography. His work has been recognized in numerous competitions and he has received various fellowships and grants, such as Magnum Foundation’s Emergency Fund (2017), The Elliott Erwitt HC7 Fellowship (2017), Vital Impacts Grant (2022), the Bertha Foundation Fellowship (2022) and finalist of the Discovery Award at the Rencontres d’Arles (2025). Currently is a National Geographic Explorer.

He has published eight books and is the founder and director of KWY Ediciones, an independent publishing house for visual narratives by Latin American authors.

Workshop théorique : “Construire un projet d’auteur : du concept à la réalisation”  (for 1h30)

in french

Workshop Pratique : La poésie du quotidien (for 2h00)

in french

Workshop in partnership with World Press Photo (for 1h30)

The Importance of Personal Narrative in Long-Term Projects

In this workshop, photographer Aliona Kardash will guide participants through the process of finding their unique photographic voice. Through a blend of theory and practical insight, she will share best practices for applying narrative structures to your work, helping you build more layered and emotionally resonant long-term projects. Drawing from her own experience, Aliona explores personal history and identity as a foundation for storytelling. Her work often navigates themes of cultural and national identity, the relationship between people and their past, and the search for common ground within personal stories. This session is ideal for photographers looking to deepen the narrative quality of their projects and connect more meaningfully with their subject matter.

Biography

Aliona Kardash (1990) is a documentary photographer from Siberia, based in Hamburg, Germany. She is a member of DOCKS collective and is represented by LAIF Agency.

Aliona holds a BA in Journalism from the Tomsk State University in Russia. In 2017 she studied photography in the International Class of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, since 2019 she is a MA student of the FH Dortmund. A recipient of the STERN Stipendium 2022, she worked for a year as a photojournalist for Stern Magazine.

Workshop théorique : “Du réel au récit : penser un projet photographique”  (for 1h30)

in french

Workshop Pratique : “Sublimer les objets par la lumière naturelle” (For 2h00)

in french

Workshop in partnership with World Press Photo (for 1h30)

Why Your Work Belongs In World Press Photo

This practical talk will provide valuable guidance on how to successfully enter one of the world’s most prestigious photography competition, regardless of your current career stage. Gain insights, tips, and behind-the-scenes knowledge—from understanding the judging process to using your entry as a powerful networking tool. Anna and Mariana will draw on their knowledge of the contest, organisation, industry and medium to provide participants with useful advice about how the World Press Photo can support the career development of visual storytellers.

Anna Kućma is a Program Manager at World Press Photo. She is responsible for managing special projects and supporting the organisation’s education and outreach initiatives. Prior to relocating to the Netherlands, she founded and directed the Uganda Press Photo Award and FOTEA, a unique educational photography platform and contest for East African photojournalists and photographers. Anna has over ten years of experience in photography education, cultural development, and production. She has collaborated with various partners, juried open calls, curated and assisted exhibitions, and worked on innovative visual storytelling initiatives.

Mariana Rettore is an Exhibitions Manager and Curator at the World Press Photo Foundation, based in Amsterdam. She currently oversees the presentation of the annual World Press Photo exhibition in approximately 20 locations worldwide, as well as of other curatorial projects within the organisation. Prior to WPPF, she worked as a producer and assistant curator at the Tiradentes Photo Festival in Brazil between 2018 and 2023. In 2021, she led the coordination of an international open call for lens-based artists that culminated in an exhibition at Rotterdam Photo. Mariana has acted as a jury member for the W. Eugene Smith Student Grant, a portfolio reviewer at photo festivals, and this year will be part of the Nomination Committee for the Documentary Practice & Visual Journalism award of the 2026 ICP Infinity Awards. Originally from Brazil, Mariana holds a master’s degree in Creative Industries, awarded jointly by the University of Glasgow, Uppsala University and Erasmus University of Rotterdam.

Workshop théorique : “Produire et diffuser votre regard personnel”  (for 1h30)

in french

Workshop Pratique : “Photographier la danse : mouvement et émotion” (for 2h00)

in french

Workshop in partnership with World Press Photo (for 1h30)

Editing for Visual Narratives: Constructing Meaning and Position

This workshop offers a space for reflection and dialogue on the process of editing photographs to create compelling visual narratives.

Transforming a group of images into a cohesive photo essay that communicates both content and intent is a major challenge. Editing involves more than choosing strong photos—it’s about sequencing, rhythm, coherence, atmosphere, and crafting a visual language that speaks beyond aesthetics. Narratives in photography don’t need to be linear. What matters is creating connections—through themes, tensions, contrasts, or moods—that resonate emotionally and critically. Editing is also a way of thinking and positioning oneself. It’s about choosing what to show, in what order, and what to emphasize or leave out. This workshop encourages a critical, authorial approach to these decisions.

Biography

Maíra C. Gamarra is  is a Brazilian-Bolivian curator, editor, educator and researcher. She works in the management of artistic and cultural projects as well as institutions, curating exhibitions, festivals and events across Latin America. She is actively involved in various initiatives across visual arts, documentary, and artistic photography, contributing as a guest lecturer, instructor, mentor, portfolio reviewer, and juror for grants and competitions. Her work emphasizes the intersection of education, research, and curatorial practice.

She is the Founder and Director of Mira Latina, an organization dedicated to Latin American photography and art through a critical and anti-colonial lens. Mira Latina explores contemporary forms of representation and visuality, fostering critical reflection on artistic and documentary practices. It proposes experiences that encourage research into cultural and political dynamics, the power dynamics embedded in imagery, and the role of image creators.

Maíra holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Communication and a Master’s in Latin American Studies. She is a member of the POY Latam Advisory Board and the Network of Cultural Producers of Photography in Brazil.

Workshop Théorique : ” Impressionism, concevoir un projet photographique”  (for 1h30)

in french

Workshop Pratique : “Libérez votre créativité avec les simulations de film”  (for 2h00)

in french

Workshop in partnership with World Press Photo (for 1h30)

Expanding Visual Narratives

In this workshop, visual artist Randa Mirza will guide participants through her artistic process and discuss the potential role of mixed media in expanding visual narratives. Documentary photography often embraces unconventional media in order to enable its creators to express complexities that exist beyond the borders of the photographic frame, but how and where should photographers begin to explore its potential, and what considerations should they be mindful of? Using examples from her own rich artistic practice, Randa will provide practical advice on how an expanded documentary storytelling practice can embrace video, sound, performance, installation, or poetry. Participants will be invited to reflect about the possible place of multimedia in their own practice.

Randa Mirza is a visual artist who works with photography, video, installation, and performance. Rooted in a feminist and decolonial discourse, her artistic practice questions hegemonic systems of thought and standardised representations. By making current symbolic, social, and political constructions visible, her work questions the point of view of the gaze, and the contexts in which images are produced and received, bringing to light what is forgotten or intentionally hidden. As a space for reflection, reparation, and resistance in the face of violence, her work falls somewhere between documentary, personal expression, and artistic writing. she lives and works between Marseille, France and Beirut, Lebanon.