שבוע סדנאות - Reading Pictures / Andreas Trogisch

The greatest advantage of photography is, in a way, also its greatest disadvantage: by its very nature, it allows for “true-to-life” depictions. However, the immediate and easy recognizability and interpretability of the subject matter tempts us to completely overlook the formal qualities of the image. But anyone who wants to consciously compose photographs needs a “naïve” eye, one that can consciously perceive and analyze the construction that allows us to recognize something in an image and understand how it affects us.

This workshop aims to awaken an awareness of this dimension of photography and to train this eye through practical photographic exercises.

Andreas Trogisch is a graphic designer and photographer based in Berlin. In 1989, he co-founded the graphic design studio grappa (renamed Troppo Design in 2014), where he created visual identities and print material for theaters, cinemas, and museums. Today, his work focuses primarily on book design, often exploring the intersection of database programming and automated layout systems. He also teaches as a lecturer and guest professor and has been part of the faculty at the Ostkreuz School of Photography in Berlin since 2021. His photographic works are regularly exhibited and published in book form.