What makes a photograph feel true? And what happens when a staged image feels more honest than a real one?
What we choose to photograph is never neutral. Every image constructs, refigures, and shapes our experiences. We preserve moments because they carry joy, grief, memory, or a sense of justice. A photograph is rarely just a record—it is often an argument.
This workshop explores the spectrum between the staged and the real, examining how constant image-making continues to blur those boundaries. It opens with a framing talk that situates the discussion within both documentary and constructed photographic traditions, with particular attention to regional practices where archive and authorship intersect.
Hamad Jassim AlFayhani is a Qatari filmmaker and visual artist whose practice moves between the documentary and the poetic. Working across film, photography, he explores isolation, illness, and the fragile line between beauty and torment. His images blur reality and imagination, creating spaces where site, memory, and feeling coexist. Rooted in the Gulf's shifting landscapes, his work transforms personal introspection into a poetic reflection on what it means to feel, to endure, and to exist. He is also currently an Artist Intensive Study Programme (AISP) participant at the Fire Station.
Price: 50 QR
*Tickets are non-refundable*