“Observing the new visuality of culture is not the same as understanding it“.
Nicholas Mirzoeff

A game to train your eye and improve your skills on visual language

My Photography Toolbox is a reference deck of cards for those who work with images, photography and visual design. Each card plays with a visual concept like Composition, Fundamentals, Principles or even Attitudes and is complemented by an example card. The box contains two rule sets, but serves also as an aid in the design process, or as a conversation piece between designers and clients. Whichever use, it’s aim is to improve visual literacy.

The FOURTH edition is available at BIS publishers, Bol (ND), Barnes & Noble (USA), Laurence King (UK), in museum shops like MACBA (Barcelona), and in concept stores.

My Photography Toolbox can be played with a smartphone or a compact camera; with paper and scissors; with pencils or paint.
14 + Played individually or in small teams of 2-3 players. Components: 30 Concept Cards (Genre, Composition, Principles, Fundamentals, Attitude), 30 Example Cards, 9 Audience Awards.

Read the review in dutch on www.Fotografie.nl

If you wish to know more or if you are an educational institute looking for ludo-didactical tools, send us a message to info@ponsverhoog.org.

 

 

The cards are divided into separate categories by color.  By taking one of each color and using them to create a photograph, the player is acknowledging the function of visual rules and how they create meaning and emotion.