Banda Foto

banda foto instigates creativity. banda foto was a project started by the need for an affordable way to learn photography in bucharest, romania, in an era before the ubiquity of youtube tutorials. mainly aimed at students and photography enthusiasts, banda foto created the photo hunt: a treasure hunt with a photographic twist. there have been 9 editions of the photo hunt over 6 years, which have morphed over time to take into account new technologies and participant feedback. over 500 people participated in the photo hunts. banda foto created the fist photographic creativity class, in collaboration with the romanian-american university, the japanese studies centre and the toyota creative library, in 2011. as part of this informal 3-month weekend class targeted to complete photography newbies, the students learned techniques to improve their creativity and expressive abilities. the banda foto blog (https://bandafoto.ro), initially started as a way to update participants about our events