Photo, Mind, Body: utilizing images to work with families in educational services

Today, more than ever, it is necessary to rethink educational action in an active manner. Photography, like many other artistic forms, allows you to interact with beauty. What occurs is a form of empathy with the artwork that enables one to transcend logical thought and rationality and develop bodily emotional knowledge. We do not have a single interpretation through which to interpret the photographic message and it is precisely this multiplicity of points of view that makes photography a particularly effective pedagogical tool for some interventions. On the basis of the theoretical model of psycho-body phototherapy, an application of the method is offered within educational contexts with the aim of creating empowerment and forming alliances between families and teachers