I ANDANAfoto Photography Contest
The ANDANAfoto Photography Award recognizes original photographic projects of an artistic nature and themes related to personal development.

The ANDANAfoto Photography Award recognizes original photographic projects of an artistic nature and themes related to personal development.
Each individual directs their gaze toward what captivates and interests them. No school can instruct you on what should capture your interest or where your gaze should be directed. Based on this, I suggest exploring the different types of gazes through a simple classification that may resonate with your current perspective in the present moment. We will define four gaze types: contemplative, expressionist, documentary, and conceptual.
No, we are not all the same.
That’s a lie.
Some individuals face challenges such as limited economic resources. Others have scarce personal skills or constrained social skills. Among them are those who may not believe in the possibility of changing the world or in people living harmoniously with equal opportunities and rights, despite recognizing our differences.
Photography, as a therapeutic tool, aims to enhance the health, well-being, and personal growth of individuals through the utilization or creation of images.
Today, more than ever in history, we have the possibility to take pictures at any time. We create images quickly and easily. We create images because we can.
Photography, since its invention, has changed our lives in every way, what we know, how we represent ourselves, what we discover and document.
Claude Cahun used self-portraiture to document her changes, to invent possible identities, and to become what she desired. The camera not only captures who we are, but also allows us to invent who we want to be, to discover that what defines us is fluid and ever-changing, that we are free to reinvent ourselves at any moment in our lives. This is the profound liberation.
Can images change the world we live in?
This great question can haunt those who make documentary photography, those who find spaces, places and communities in the world that need help or global support, and those who say that what is happening can’t happen in an ethical and civilized society.
In this second part, we jump to the 20th century. Photography as a therapeutic tool has been used and researched by many doctors and psychiatrists through different techniques and both individual and group resources
The use of photography as a therapeutic tool was explored and investigated by many doctors and psychiatrists with different individual and group techniques and resources.
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