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Being Human Festival 2024

Family Photography Workshops at Portchester Castle

Free, but must be booked in advance (bookings open 1 October 2024 - link will be visible here)

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Create your own response to the site of Portchester Castle using photography with artists Eva Louisa Jonas and Maya Brasington.

Suitable for everyone aged 8+, workshops begin with a brief introduction from Historians with knowledge of the story and the experiences of the Black prisoners of war held at the castle. This will be followed by simple photography activities that explore creative and sensitive ways to use photography to record traces of history within the castle grounds.

Please book places for everyone attending

Suitable for ages 8+. Children must be accompanied by an adult

Bring your Smartphone.

  • This event is part of Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 7–16 November 2024. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, with generous support from Research England, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information please see beinghumanfestival.org.