26/07/2026
A Youth Exchange doesn’t end when you fly home- its real value is what you bring back to your own community. ✨
📸🌿After returning from the "Seeing Beyond: Mindful Photography" project in the Czech Republic, Georgian National team hosted two dissemination activities in Georgia to share what they learned.
1. Photo Walk at Mziuri Park
In Tbilisi, 8 people joined us for an outdoor workshop. Before diving into photography, everyone introduced themselves without using standard labels - no jobs, titles, or cities- to help the group connect more naturally.
During the walk, we ran a few exercises:
🔍Human Camera: Working in pairs, one person kept their eyes closed while their partner guided them, opening their eyes for just a second to "snap" a single detail.
🔍Color Hunt: Looking at familiar nature in Mziuri Park and renaming colors with custom, creative names.
🔍Living Art: Finishing the day by working together to recreate a famous painting by Niko Pirosmani.
Through these activities, participants got to practice trust-building, creative thinking, and simply slowing down to pay closer attention to their surroundings.
2. Online Presentation (May 7)
Team gathered 10 participants online to talk about mindful photography and using visual tools for self-awareness. The team shared the photo series they created during the project, explained the assignments behind them, and answered questions from the group.
Thank you to everyone who joined us!
The "Seeing Beyond: Mindful Photography" project was co-funded by the European Union.