In Gozdowo we were trying to raise children’s interest in traditional - or even archaic - photographical methods.

On the first class we did so called "photograms": in the darkroom we had placed various objects on a photosensitive paper and then turned on the light for a moment. After developing the photos we got a photographic "imprint", a shadow, a trace of the objects on paper. At first every kid did his own little photogram in 9×13 format, moving to work in groups to work on bigger things.

The next day we showed them camera obscura - cameras made of cans which we had prepared beforehand. First we took a photo of our whole group standing on the stairs. The suspiction arose that we had hidden a digital camera inside the can, but when we opened the "camera" in the darkroom, the kids saw that there was only a piece of photosensitive paper inside. Then we gave out a few cameras to the children who could start exposing the films all by themselves.

All the photos were shown at the final presentation of the workshop but the two of us were no longer there. A pity.

The workshop has been led by Janek Mencwel and Tomek Kaczor with a great, unconditioned and thoroughly devoted help of Agnieszka Pajączkowska.