Street Photography · Berlin

The Workshop
That Works On
The Body First

You know the shot. Your body won't take it.
This is the only workshop in Berlin that fixes that.

Street Photography Workshop

Street Photography Workshops & Photography Classes Berlin — in English, German & Greek

The Workshop

"I freeze every time I try to photograph someone."

Most street photography workshops work on the technical problem. They teach composition, timing, how to read the light. The technique is not the problem.

The problem is in the body. The hesitation before raising the camera. The freeze when someone looks back. That's a physiological response. It doesn't respond to information.

Efi is a yoga teacher and a trained actress. She works on the body before the first shot. Most participants break through in the first 30 minutes. They leave with photographs that prove they did.

The street is a stage. You just need someone to walk out onto it with you first.

Photography classes and workshops in English, German, and Greek  ·  Street photography in public spaces in Germany is legal. The workshop covers where and how.

Format 01

Group Walk

When you watch someone else approach a stranger, something shifts. You find yourself going next. The group does something solo instruction can't. Four hours, six people maximum.

From €180 per person  ·  Max 6 participants
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Format 02

1:1 Intensive

Every block is different. The 1:1 gives Efi room to work on yours. Four hours, full attention, built around whatever is stopping you.

From €380  ·  Half day, Berlin
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Format 03

Greek-Language Walk

The same workshop, at full depth, in the language you actually think in. For Berlin's Greek community and visiting Greek photographers. Small group.

On request  ·  Auf Griechisch / στα Ελληνικά
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Sessions fill up. Write early.

About Efi Longinou — Street Photographer & Yoga Teacher, Berlin

Efi Longinou — Street Photography Teacher Berlin
Efi Longinou

"Acting and photography come from the same place: watching people. The street is a stage. My camera is the only prop I need."

I started photography in Greece. I've been in Berlin for years, shooting its streets while working as an actress. Both come from the same habit: reading people.

I'm also a yoga teacher. Acting, photography, yoga. Not a portfolio. That's why this workshop is different. I help you with your body before we touch the camera.

Teaching

  • Guest Teacher — Lisbon Street Photo Fest
  • Guest Teacher — Grundtvig Folk High School, Denmark

Selected Exhibitions

  • Rome Photo Lab, Rome 2024
  • Keep Your Eyes Peeled, Berlin 2024
  • Head On Photo Festival, Sydney 2021
  • Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad 2020
  • European Month of Photography, Berlin 2020
  • Miami Street Photography Festival 2019 & 2022

Jury

  • Italian Street Photography Festival, Rome 2023
  • Aussie Street, Sydney 2023
  • German Street Photography Festival, Hamburg 2019

Memberships

  • Burn My Eye
  • interCollective
Portfolio — efilonginou.com ↗
Fine Art Prints

Berlin, As She Sees It

These are Efi's own photographs, not client work and not workshop output. The moments that stopped her, from the streets she teaches on. Edition of ten, signed, with a certificate of authenticity.

The shop opens once the first sessions have run. If you've walked with Efi, you get access first. You already know these streets. The print is how you keep them.

Get notified when prints are available:

No spam. One email when the shop opens.

Book a Workshop

The First Step Is the Message.

Write to Efi directly. Tell her when you're in Berlin and what you're after. She replies within 48 hours. You don't need to have it figured out first.

German  ·  English  ·  Greek Berlin — outdoor & in-home sessions