Photographing cultural heritage. The new workshop begins
27.10.2025
The new edition of the workshop Photographing Cultural Heritage, organized by the Department of Cultural Heritage: Archaeology, History of Art, Cinema, and Music at the University of Padua, will begin on November 10.
The workshop aims to provide participants with basic technical, theoretical, and practical knowledge for acquiring and interpreting photographic documentation images of cultural heritage. It is open to students enrolled in the following undergraduate programs: History and Protection of Artistic and Musical Heritage, Design and Management of Cultural Tourism, Archaeology, and Arts, Music and Performing Arts Disciplines.
Participants will learn the fundamentals necessary to assess techniques used in scientific photography for the documentation of cultural heritage. The workshop will highlight how operational choices always lead to a personal interpretation of the subject’s representation and must therefore be consistent with the goals of photographic documentation. Even in applications that follow more or less standardized guidelines (museums, research and study, advertising, print, web, etc.), this interpretation can be shaped by the photographer based on the directions of a scholar or commissioner who is well-informed about relevant techniques and procedures.
The tools, techniques, and methods of interpreting the subject that will be presented are those used in professional scientific photography services.
The workshop has a total duration of 20 hours, with mandatory attendance (one absence permitted). In-person participation in the practical exercise is required. Eighteen hours will be devoted to lectures and two to a hands-on session on a real photographic set prepared for shooting cultural heritage objects.
Registration is open from October 27 to 31, 2025, by sending an email to: michele.barollo@unipd.it
