Project
The project was led by Helena Fernandino, who developed this initiative to honor Friedrich, who had worked in the same region. The workshops aimed to inspire children from local schools to explore nature through the lens of old cameras, all of which were older than the children themselves. The participants learned to find connections between the human body, nature, and art, while also discovering how to use perspective and express their unique artistic vision.
Team
Together with Helena and Annett Lohr, I helped guide the children in using the cameras. Alongside Knut C. Rothe, I also worked on documenting the event and producing short videos for Instagram Reels. My role involved teaching children, creating Instagram Reels, documenting the workshops, and designing titles and graphics for the documentary.
Challenges
I expected that keeping the children engaged and focused would be our biggest challenge, but they surprised us with their enthusiasm and creativity. They were eager to work with the cameras and had a wealth of ideas. The main difficulties we encountered were related to privacy concerns—some children could not appear on camera, others could be featured in the documentary but not on social media, and some had to be shown without their names. This became more complicated as the children changed daily, and we wanted to avoid dividing them into groups based on these restrictions.
For the Instagram Reels, we created a solution by using short video clips that complied with privacy guidelines, avoiding the need for blurring or masking faces.
