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Sensory Photography: See the world and yourself without your eyes

Sensory photography & mindfulness

The Sensory Photography Workshop is a unique team wellbeing experience that combines mindfulness, creativity, and presence through the art of photography. Designed for all levels (no technical photography skills required), participants are guided to slow down, engage their…

Active Listening Attentive Work Creating Visual Art Creative Activity Group Activity Group Creativity
Duration 75–90 min
Group Size 10–20

Workshop

Description

The Sensory Photography Workshop is a unique team wellbeing experience that combines mindfulness, creativity, and presence through the art of photography. Designed for all levels (no technical photography skills required), participants are guided to slow down, engage their senses, and reconnect with their surroundings and others— using their phone or camera as a mindful tool.
Through guided sensory prompts and creative exercises, teams explore how to see with intention using all their 5 senses, deepen their sensory and emotional awareness, and experience the world—and each other—from fresh perspectives.
Whether indoors, in nature, or in an urban setting, this immersive session fosters both individual reflection and team connection.

Benefits

1. Reduces Stress & Mental Fatigue
Engaging the senses and slowing down visual processing helps calm the nervous system, offering a break from cognitive overload and digital fatigue. 2. Boosts Creativity & Innovation: Non-judgmental, playful exploration of everyday moments unlocks creative thinking — a core skill for problem-solving and innovation.
3. Enhances Mindfulness & Focus: Photography becomes a grounding anchor for the present moment, improving mental clarity and concentration in the workplace.
4. Strengthens Team Bonds: Sharing images and perspectives promotes empathy, active listening, and new ways of seeing one another — essential for collaboration.
5. Accessible & Inclusive. No photography experience required. Every participant can engage, express, and benefit equally — regardless of background or role.

Additional Experience Info

If I tailor the workshop specifically for the client (e.g., based on internal challenges or industry), it will be 100 more. If extra printed materials, toolkits, post-session summaries, etc. are requested, this must be agreed upon beforehand. 10 to 20% discount for booking a series of workshops

Hosted by Ingrid Guyon

About the Host

Ingrid Guyon is a French photographer, filmmaker, and participatory visual media practitioner and facilitator with nearly two decades of international experience. She is known for her commitment to social change through visual storytelling. She's the founding director of Fotosynthesis, a social enterprise she established in 2009 to harness photography, filmmaking, and community cinema for education, dialogue, inclusion, peacebuilding, and healing. Her creative participatory photography workshops involve body movement, group work, dialogue, self-expression, identity, visual ethics, storytelling, peace, mindfulness, and therapeutic and experimental processes to promote empathy, active listening, creativity, self-esteem, and cohesion.

Travel Locations

I am based between Zaragoza (Spain) and London (UK) and often work in Madrid and Barcelona. I can travel anywhere in Europe as long as the travel and accommodation costs are covered on top of my fees.

Focus Areas

Creative/CultureWell-being/Health

Location

London / Zaragoza / Madrid / Barcelona, United Kingdom

Languages

English, Spanish, French

Certifications & Credentials

Public Liability Insurance

Client Requirements

Thsi will depend on the workshop I offer

Past Clients

King;s College London, NHS, Belfast Exposed, Southbank Centre, Museum of London, Victoria & Albert Museum

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