The Portrait as an Open Field of Exploration
In this 90-minute Mini-workshop, explore new ways of seeing and creating portraits, instead of relying on traditional, established ideas. Anita will present examples and references, as well as different approaches to portraiture, ranging from documentary to performative, and intimate to “interventional” practices. Participants are invited to bring a portrait they’ve created to contribute to the discussion. At the end, Anita will propose prompts and exercises for you to continue exploring independently. This Mini-workshop is ideal for those seeking inspiration, conceptual tools, and new ways of thinking about portraiture.
Anita Pouchard Serra is a French-Argentine photographer based in Buenos Aires and working mostly in Latin America. Her work focuses on current societal problems involving identity, migration, empowerment, and territory, with a strong transdisciplinary approach. She considers each project a laboratory to explore her photographic practice, from drawings to performance. She is a Pulitzer Center grantee and National Geographic Emergency Fund recipient (2020); a “We, Women” grantee by Women Photograph and United Photo Industries (2019); an Open Society Foundation “Moving Walls” fellow (2018); and a multiple IWMF (International Women’s Media Foundation) grantee. Her work has been published in Time, The New York Times, Le Monde, Bloomberg, Amnesty International, Days Japan, Wired, and Geo magazine among others and has exhibited her work in Argentina, France, Uruguay, Spain, and the United States. She has taught photojournalism in Argentina, France, the United States and El Salvador.
Anita teaches documentary storytelling and more for StrudelmediaLive.