This bonus session is a continuation of my long-term workshop series, Photography as an Emotional Mirror, which I had the joy of sharing with participants during VSAC 2025. Even with the echoing venue and a brief technical interruption, the reflections and images you shared during the session were truly inspiring and deeply meaningful to me.

Therapeutic photography is more than making images — it’s about slowing down, observing, and connecting what we see with what we feel. In this session, we’ll explore a new guided practice to create space for reflection and discover fresh ways to express our inner states through visuals.

VSAC 2025 — Photography as an Emotional Mirror

During this workshop, participants explored the connection between body and image through mindful photography.

Here are some of their images and reflections — quiet glimpses into the emotional power of seeing.

Photography as an Emotional Mirror

  • Kath

    Calm

  • Mariana

    “The way the lines cross feel like they have a rhythm like the lines in my hand.”

  • Yu

    “One of my toes is currently numb due to an injury.

    Irregularity. Interruption of a line.”

  • Anonymous

    “Grounded and connected. Cantered. Balanced.”

  • Kath

    “Grounded.”

  • Wyatt

    ”When we let go of focus, the soft blurry world is different but also beautiful.“

  • Mika

    “Diaphragm opening after a long time of soul, emotional, physical tightness. Sensing the air again.” (Mika)

  • davitmagic

    “There’s a lot of music playing in my mind, but a dry, dead leaf that was once fresh & beautiful is stuck there, nagging and unsettling it.”