“The supreme happiness of life is knowing that you are loved—looked at—by yourself,
or more precisely, in spite of yourself.”
Victor Hugo
Start: May 12, 2025
Duration: 5 weeks
Format: Online
5th edition.
Photography speaks of aspirations and challenges, offering a unique perspective on life. Every time we choose to show an image, we make countless decisions: the place, the space, the framing, the composition, the type of camera, the editing, the selection, the development… And each of these choices inevitably defines us.
Images tell the story of our bodies, lives, hobbies, experiences, and projects. When we look at photographs, we realize we are looking at ourselves. And that is the key: to truly realize it.
The Online Specialization Course on Self-Knowledge through Photography is a self-paced training program with a minimum duration of five weeks. Throughout the course, you’ll explore photography as a tool for self-discovery through a combination of theoretical foundations and practical exercises, grounded in humanistic and Gestalt psychology and contemporary art.
The course includes all the necessary tools to understand and experience photography as a tool for personal transformation—including theoretical content, practical resources, inspiration, and 26 original activities.
Once you have access to the content, you’re free to enjoy the experience at your own pace.
I invite you to approach this course with an open and curious mind—like a game, a way of looking at things without preconceptions, without accepting or rejecting anything. Just living the experience and enjoying the journey of getting to know yourself, as if meeting someone for the first time.
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- Before We Start.
There are those who take photos, and those who reflect on them. I’m more like the latter. When I think about the circumstances that led me to use photography as a tool for selfknowledge, I think about myself—about that pivotal moment of change I was immersed in, and how photography allowed me to find myself, shape my identity, and reconstruct who I am today. - LESSON 1. Preliminary Exercises.
Have you ever practiced self-knowledge? Have you ever thought about what you’re like—what you believe or think about yourself? Let’s begin! - LESSON 2. The Right to Have a Gaze and to Create.
To understand what a gaze truly is, we can explore the differences between seeing, gazing, and observing. - LESSON 3. The Self-Portrait as Body Image: My Costumes, My Emotions, My Authenticity.
You may take photos of landscapes, nighttime scenes, or portraits—but you’d be the exception if you’ve never felt the urge to step in front of the camera and take a self-portrait. - LESSON 4. Body Itinerary. My Secrets and My Fears.
It all starts with the body… It’s all body. Nothing exists outside the body. — Ivone Gebara
What could be more personal than the body itself? We are our body, and it’s the only thing that truly belongs to us. We cannot leave it—we live in it, and we live with it.
- LESSON 5. Family Album.
Photography is a first-order scientific and artistic exercise. Thanks to photography, we get to experience more in life, as it allows us to observe things more closely and for longer periods. The fleeting record of our memories becomes a vast album of images. Life passes, but images remain. — Santiago Ramón y Cajal - LESSON 6. Identity and Sense of Belonging.
Forming a personal identity is a journey that begins in the most intimate sphere. The first seed from which identity is built arises from our sense of belonging to our family of origin. - LESSON 7. Analyzing your own Work: Keywords and Discovery.
Virtually all photography manuals focus on technique and composition. However, composition is not the most important element of a photograph. I like to think of photography as similar to the vocal apparatus: we might have excellent control over our voice—its tone and frequency perfectly tuned—but that mastery means little if we have nothing meaningful to sing or say. - LESSON 8. Analyzing Significant Images: Photographic Projection. The Image as an Answer.
In this lesson, you may need to open your mind and release your psychological defenses. We’ll enter the realm of the unconscious—a place some believe in, and others do not. My intention is to offer you the most poetic and integrative perspective possible. After all, we can only approach what we don’t know—and connect with it—through art and metaphor. - LESSON 9. Great Artists, Great Ways to Get to Know Yourself Through Images.
The title of this lesson may sound redundant—after all, making art and expressing yourself through it (in this case, through images) is already a way of revealing who you are. It’s a way of sharing something about yourself with others, and also with yourself. - LESSON 10. Starting a Personal Project.
There is still much to discuss, reflect on, and express. There is still more to say and share—which is why this lesson, focused on starting your own personal project, can serve as both a key moment and the culmination of this ongoing journey of getting to know yourself. This lesson will be the final exercise of the online course. - ACCESS to Mira.
Artificial Intelligence specializing in photography and personal development training at ANDANA. - To Continue Learning…
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“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Those who look outside dream; those who look within awaken.”
Carl Gustav Jung
Who is This Course for?
- This course is designed for individuals who want to explore photography as a tool for personal transformation, approaching visual culture and photographic expression as a tool for discovery and self-knowledge.
- It’s also intended for those interested in self-discovery and reflecting on their own identity, with the aim of improving their self-concept and self-esteem.
- This course is for you if you want to boost your creative potential in photography, while also exploring your artistic expression and development.
How it Works
- Click on the “Sign Up Now” button to complete your registration.
- Receive a confirmation email with immediate access to the initial content. Please check your spam folder if you don’t receive it.
- For five consecutive weeks, you will receive an email every Monday with access to two new lessons.
- All course materials are always available on the training platform. You will also have access to future updates.
- Upon completing the course, you will be able to download a 40-hour certificate of completion.
- Want to gift this experience? You can purchase a gift card with a personalized message delivered on the date of your choice. Additionally, you can opt to print the gift card.
About the Instructor
Amparo Muñoz Morellà
Psychologist, communicator, and educator. Co-director of ANDANAfoto and creator of this course.
Amparo has over 20 years of experience in community intervention and social integration. She conducts research and supports individuals who use photography to boost their creativity and as a tool for personal growth. Through her work, she shares her knowledge through articles, masterclasses, and courses on topics such as photography, psychology, and guidance for personal photography projects.
In collaboration with Javier Sancho Boils, she co-founded ANDANA. Since 2015, they have focused on leading photography workshops that serve as educational, personal, and social development tools for various organizations and government entities.
She is the author of the books Fotografía para crecer. Guía práctica para enseñar fotografía en la infancia y adolescencia (Photography to Grow: A Practical Guide for Teaching Photography to Children and Adolescents), Descubre la fotografía. Mirar, crear y disfrutar desde la infancia (Discover Photography: Look, Enjoy, and Create from Childhood), You Are What You Look At and Photography to Get to Know Yourself. Origin”.
You can learn about her work, conferences, courses, and workshops at amparomunozmorella.com
With the translation of Denise Ponce
The contents of this course have been adapted into English by ANDANA and translated by Denise Ponce.
Course Reviews
Eva Oriol
The experience is beautiful and enriching. In that moment, it’s difficult to fully appreciate the value of everything you’re living, sharing, and feeling. I know it was a starting point, after which I no longer postponed living my life. It’s about listening and getting to know yourself without further delay because before you know it, you don’t even recognize yourself anymore. And this person in constant evolution, myself, continues to surprise me. Currently, I’m exploring self-portraiture, of course, with my inseparable ally, Photography
José Luis Castillo
It’s not just the course. It’s what comes next. Your generosity is great and awakens my desire to keep going and somehow give back what I have learned. To you or somebody else. It’s not a course; it’s a wave that keeps spreading. Letting go is our responsibility. This course offers you an experience. Be open to whatever happens. Before pressing the button, a photograph is created by constructing a gaze. Our best gaze requires our best version. Photography also entails getting ready for our best gaze.
Luciana Lozano
This is an excellent course, extremely thorough. It introduces you to a world of thinking and thinking about yourself, both as an individual and as a photographer, through your unique and distinct gaze.
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Teresa Miralles
I recommend applying any technique of self-knowledge because I believe it is absolutely necessary. As for Getting to Know Yourself Through Photography, it has been like entering a world of very revealing images, which, when done seriously, can involve finding many surprises and reliving emotions and feelings. For example, in your family album. It has also been very enriching for my friends to send me the photos they took of me back in the day that I had not seen and others I did not remember. Seeing the passage of time and the transformation of my face and gaze. A job well done. In my opinion, the course is very, very thorough. I will repeat some exercises later on to compare with this moment in my life. Thank you.
Montse Mendoza
Investing time in getting to know myself a little more has undoubtedly been one of the best gifts I’ve ever given myself. It has allowed me to be more coherent, authentic, and kind to myself, providing a clearer understanding of who I am and expanding my consciousness. It has helped me better understand myself and the people I accompany in their therapeutic process, which brings me satisfaction. I feel grateful for everything I have experienced.
Ximena
I totally recommend this course. I found things of myself that I knew they were there but I never think about it or maybe I never knew they were there.
Price
The full course for a one-time payment.
US$150
The course includes all the necessary tools to understand and experience photography as a tool for personal transformation: theories, practical content, inspiration, and 26 original activities.
Thank you very much for your interest, the registration period for this training has ended.
However, write to english@andanafoto.com in case there are places left and your participation is still possible.
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Purchase a gift card with a personalized message delivered by email on the date of your choice. You can also print out the gift card and give it in person.
FAQs
How is this course different from Photography to Get to Know Yourself?
The online “Specialization Course on Self-Knowledge through Photography” is a self-paced program with a minimum duration of 5 to 10 weeks. In it, you’ll explore photography as a tool for self-knowledge through theoretical insights and practical exercises based on humanistic and Gestalt psychology and contemporary art. Upon completion, you’ll receive a certificate.
It’s important to note that this training is not limited to professionals. It’s designed for anyone interested in exploring their own journey of self-knowledge. That said, professionals will also find valuable insights applicable to their work.
The “Photography to Get to Know Yourself” workshop, on the other hand, offers an online recreational experience. Through exercises inspired by contemporary photography, it invites personal exploration. While it doesn’t include theoretical content, it offers a deeply transformative experience.
There’s no fixed schedule—you’re free to enjoy the experience at your own pace. The course includes 24 sessions with guided audio lessons, inspiring artists, photography exercises, and recommended music. Each session takes about 10 to 15 minutes a day to read, listen to, or watch. You decide when to access the content and create the suggested images.
Participants often connect and share with others through Instagram. You’ll also find other training experiences that follow this same methodology.
All of our workshops and courses are learning experiences where emotion plays a key role. Each one is unique, yet fully compatible with the others.
Is access to the course permanent?
Yes, the content is permanently available on the training platform. You can review it anytime, as many times as you like. Everyone learns at their own pace.
What is the schedule?
The course consists of an introductory module, ten modules with the training contents, and an additional module with annexes.
Modules 1 and 2 will be available in the first week, while the remaining modules will become available at a rate of two per week.
When will I receive my certificate?
Upon completing the course, you will be able to download a 40-hour certificate of completion.
I don't know how to use an SLR camera. Can I still take the course?
Yes, you can! This course doesn’t require the use of an SLR camera—any device that takes photos will work for the activities.
What are the payment methods?
You can pay using a credit or debit card, PayPal, Google Pay, or Apple Pay. All transactions are securely processed with SSL encryption.
Can I pay in my currency?
The original price is in US dollars, as the training platform operates in USD. This ensures a smooth exchange process for other currencies.
Although the price is displayed in US dollars at the time of enrollment, you can pay in any currency. Our payment processors (Stripe and PayPal) will automatically convert your currency to USD, and the charge will appear on your statement in your local currency.
Do you have any questions or have you run into any issues while completing your enrollment? If so, feel free to email us at english@andanafoto.com
