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Free, booking essential
Join artist and teacher Dianne Minnicucci for a hands-on workshop exploring self-portraiture as a tool for student expression and classroom engagement.
Drawing on her current exhibition Belonging and Beyond – a series of photographic self-portraits that navigate her roles as artist, mother and teacher – Minnicucci will lead a practical session inviting teachers to reflect on vulnerability and the role of personal narrative in portrait-making.
The session will begin with a walkthrough of the exhibition, offering insight into Minnicucci’s collaborative process of making work alongside her students. This will serve as a jumping point for hands-on activities and group discussion focused on helping students create self-portraits that feel meaningful and accessible.
Together, we'll explore how creating self-portraits can help students overcome discomfort or self-consciousness in the classroom.
Please note: This session is part of our teachers’ programme, and specifically aimed at primary and secondary teachers.
Programmed in partnership with The Photographers’ Gallery as part of Autograph's Visible Practice Residency project.
Dianne Minnicucci is a London based visual artist exploring the boundaries of documentary storytelling.
Rooted autobiographically, her work presents familial moments loaded with intimacy. She is interested in a sensitive, intuitive approach to documentary style photography, unravelling the tension between the obscuring and unveiling of identity, knowing and unknowing, desire and fear. Minnicucci studied Fine Art Film and Video at Central St. Martins. She is Head of Photography at Thomas Tallis School in south east London.
Free Exhibition
How vulnerability and discomfort in front of the camera can become acts of self-discovery and collaboration
Everyone is welcome at Autograph. Planning a visit? Have a look at our Visit Us page to find out more about getting to the gallery, accessibility and more.
Autograph welcomes people with all types of disabilities.
Our building and entrance is step free. A wheelchair accessible lift goes to all floors.
The workshop will be seated and will take place in the Studio, on the ground floor.
All materials will be provided at the workshop.
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There will be complimentary refreshments at this event.
Autograph's events are popular, and often sell out. We recommend booking a ticket in advance. You do not need to bring your paper ticket to the event.
Banner image: Dianne Minnicucci, from the series Belonging and Beyond [detail], 2025. Courtesy the artist.
Images on page: 1) Dianne Minnicucci, Head of Photography at Thomas Tallis School, Greenwich. 2) © and courtesy Dianne Minnicucci. 3) Autograph, London. Photograph by Kate Elliott.
Autograph is a place to see things differently. Since 1988, we have championed photography that explores issues of race, identity, representation, human rights and social justice, sharing how photographs reflect lived experiences and shape our understanding of ourselves and others.
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