
ASHANINKA PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
photography // education project
This photography education project was carried out in the Ashaninka do Rio Amônia indigenous community, located in the Brazilian Amazon, on the border with Peru.
The project was developed based on the demand of Ashaninka leaders, who saw photography as a powerful tool to be incorporated into their culture. With this training, they intended to create a collection of images through their perspective that can be used for the cultural education of young Ashaninkas, for the defense of their territory and their culture, and their communication with other ethnic groups and with the non-indigenous world.
The workshop methodology was developed so that the knowledge acquired by students could be culturally appropriated. The teaching was done in a way that it allowed an education of the gaze, providing an understanding of the basic principles of light and image formation. The workshops dynamics included construction of handcrafted cameras using elements of the Ashaninka culture, photographic processes using natural pigments and drawings with photo developer on photographic paper. These analog photography program was elaborated and applied in the field with the collaboration of the photographer and educator Miguel Chikaoka in 2017.
The 2018 digital photography workshop was held from a crowdfunding campaign. In it, students worked with media processes and learned workflows on community-defined guidelines. Equipment such as digital cameras and laptops were donated. The workshop was assisted by the photojournalist João Roberto Ripper in the elaboration of the methodology and in the field work.



Ashaninka Photography Workshop project
Idealization | Coordenation | Photography
Pedro Kuperman
Production | Photography
Jaqueline Todescato
Technical and Pedagogical Consultancy
Miguel Chikaoka
Orientation I Pedagogical Consulting
João Roberto Ripper
Ashaninka Photography Workshop Video
Direction and Side Camera
Pedro Kuperman
Script and Editing
Thomas Mendel
Photography and Sound
Jaqueline Todescato

CLIPPING
Arles: festival de fotografia mostra trabalho de Pedro Kuperman e indígenas Ashaninka, do Acre
Radio France Brasil (2019)
Veja fotos feitas por índios ashaninka, de uma aldeia na fronteira do Acre com o Peru
O Globo (2018)
Entrevista: Oficina de Fotografia Ashaninka exposta em Montevidéo, Uruguai
Ariba Gente (2022)

EXHIBITIONS
ASHANINKA PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP - CdF Montevideo 2022
Exhibition at the Parque Rodó photo gallery, in Montevideo, Uruguay, held by the Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo. Result of the best portfolio award at the Fest Foto 2020 photography festival.