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Short courses of the Nebrija Arts and Humanities Institute The Art of Communicating with Your Photographs

The Art of Communicating with Your Photographs is a course designed to help your images transcend simple capture and become narratives filled with intention and emotion. Throughout the program, you will learn to consciously use composition, light, color, and context to convey messages and moods. You will also explore symbolic language, emotional framing, and photographic storytelling, with classical and contemporary references such as Cartier-Bresson, Dorothea Lange, and Laia Abril. Practical exercises will guide you in discovering your own vision, building a visual narrative, and strengthening your ability to read and create meaningful images.

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General Objectives

Learn to look at a photograph beyond the obvious.
Develop tools to read, interpret, and engage in dialogue with images.
Stimulate visual writing, from the analytical to the poetic.
Understand the role of context, memory, and emotion in photography.

Who is this course for? This course is aimed at those who want to discover the power of photography to express, inspire, and communicate.

Students of photography, art, or communication who want to take their training further by exploring visual storytelling and the expressive power of images.


Aspiring photographers, advanced amateurs, and professionals seeking to specialize in the conscious use of composition, light, and color to communicate ideas and emotions more effectively.


Visual creators, artists, and individuals interested in visual communication who want to innovate in their personal or professional projects by using photography as a tool to tell stories in fields such as art, education, culture, and digital media.


SCHEDULE Tuesdays and Fridays
(from 17:30 to 19:30)
DURATION 20 h
FORMAT In person
WHERE Edificio Nebrija Vallehermoso
WHEN October 28 – November 28, 2025

Professor

Profesora
Mireia A. Puigventós

Mireia A. Puigventós (Barcelona, 1977) is an art historian, cultural manager, and lecturer specializing in creativity, curatorial practice, and photographic theory. She holds a degree in Art History and is a PhD candidate in Artistic, Literary and Cultural Studies (UAM), with postgraduate studies in cultural management and art communication. Her research focuses on visual culture, memory, and gender studies.

She has contributed to museological projects for institutions such as the Museum of Human Evolution, the Museum of the History of Madrid, and ACCIONA, and has curated exhibitions at the National Museum of Anthropology, Conde Duque, and the CNIO. She has also developed editorial and audiovisual projects in collaboration with artists such as Eduardo Nave, Eva Lootz, and Benjamín Cano.

Since 2014, she has combined cultural management with teaching at universities and photography schools (TAI, PHOTOESPAÑA, LENS, Too Many Flash, Espacio Modotti) and is currently a faculty member of the Department of Arts at Nebrija University.