docu picture by Daniel Donnelly, Bahrain 2017

HIJACKING REALITY

No Budget Staged Photography
[2 day workshop]

What does an artist need to produce strong staged photography? Expensive camera equipment? Special light sources? Assistants? Actors? Set designers? Make-up? No! Just a good eye, intuition and a personal understanding of one‘s subject.

Hijacking Reality is a creativity workshop, not a technology workshop. Hijacking Reality is the rediscovery of playfulness. Hijacking Reality is creative directing, set and lighting design – on a shoestring budget. During the course you will learn how to enhance your creative imagination and develop strategies to break conventional rules and leave with images that you may have thought were never possible.

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REVIEWS

  • ✱✱✱✱✱ | Boost Creativity
    The workshop totally fulfilled my expectations: it was focusing on creative side of photographic process starting from the definition of the concept, finding ways of its implementation till selection and analysis of the results. The teacher was always initiative and ready to help. . The atmosphere of the workshop was friendly and fun!

    Tamara | Berlin 2017

  • ✱✱✱✱✱ | TOUCHES ALL PHOTOGRAPHIC SENSES
    Playfulness and visual fantasy beyond the conventional photo playground opens up another view for active photography. Boris accompanied and encouraged, gave many impulses to dive into Hijacking Reality.

    AIja Pole | Berlin 2017

  • ✱✱✱✱✱ | EXPANDING THE IMAGINATION
    Boris is the first photographer I have met that did not assume that he knew more than us! Together with his study of philosophy and photography, his class was literally a mind opening weekend of imagination and experimentation! What was good about these techniques, is that I can apply them to my current projects.

    Marylou Zuzarte | Berlin 2017

  • ✱✱✱✱✱ | FANTASTIC WORKSHOP
    What a great experience this was, from a photographic, artistic, group and teacher’s point of view. All of us created surprising images to not only enrich our current portfolios but also inspire future work. Techniques and playfulness adopted for good! Boris is the master of his students’ “hijacking reality disasters” and guides, supports and constructively criticises photographic output in a clear and pleasant way. Also, he introduced a philosophical dimension which was unexpected and highly appreciated. Thank you again!

    Andrea Below | London 2016

  • ✱✱✱✱✱ | NEUE PERSPEKTIVEN
    Ein wirklich hilfreicher Foto-Workshop um sich auszuprobieren und wieder neue Ideen zu bekommen. Fern von Megapixelwahn und “glatten” Bildern bringt Boris einen dazu, mit dem Medium der Fotografie zu spielen und kreativ zu werden. Zuerst muss man sich ein wenig überwinden, aber dann gibt’s kein Halten mehr. So sollte Fotografie sein: Bilder, die der Kopf macht, nicht nicht die Kamera.Superklasse!

    Bernd | Berlin 2017

  • ✱✱✱✱✱ | A DOOR TO A DIFFERENT DIMENSION
    If I had only known a few years ago what I learned during the weekend! It would have made a great difference to at least 2 of my recent projects. Better late than never though.
    I really appreciate Boris as a teacher; he’s very knowledgeable and structured. He was also very engaged during the whole process. 

    Fredrik Norberg | Berlin 2016

  • ✱✱✱✱✱ | FOTOGRAFIE “ÜBER BANDE”
    Mein großer Dank geht an Boris für den genialen Workshop. Zwar wird die gegenständlichere Fotografie weiterhin mein Ding sein, dennoch habe ich ein ganzes Bündel an Tipps und Tricks mitnehmen können, die mein weiteres Treiben beeinflussen werden. Es ist schon eine echte Erfahrung, mit wie einfachen Mitteln man ein Bild deutlich aufpeppen kann, damit es sich von einem Bildchen geknipst doch eher zu einem Bild fotografiert entwickelt.

    Klaus | Berlin 2016.

  • ✱✱✱✱✱ | NO-BUDGET-KREATIV-FEUERWERK
    Im Workshop  gab es reichlich Input: Philosophische Gedanken, theoretische Aspekte zur Fotografie, Anregungen, sich mit der eigenen Position zu Fotografie auseinander zu setzen aber vor Allem eine Unmenge an Impulsen, Ideen und praktischen No-Budget-Tools für eine kreative künstlerische Umsetzung fotografischer Themen. Der Kopf wurde frei, die Atmosphäre offen und lebendig und die Ergebnisse überraschend. Das Ganze in einem gut strukturierten, konstruktiven und humorvollen Gruppenprozess. Vielen Dank dafür!

    Bodo Viebahn | Berlin 2016 

SOME RESULTS FROM THE WORKSHOP

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