You already see the world.
Discover what it reveals about you.
Life Coaching, Facilitation & Workshops through Photography - London + Online
Through photography and coaching, From Lens to Self creates space to notice differently, reflect more deeply, and discover new possibilities for how you want to move forward.
A different angle on yourself, that one which always leaves you with a clear step forward.
Why "From lens to Self" exists
You know something has to change. You just can't say what.
We live in a world of constant noise: screens, feeds, notifications, expectations and pressure.
We move quickly, think endlessly, and often talk things through without quite reaching the clarity we're looking for.
Sometimes, words alone aren't enough to see what is really going on.
Photography offers another way in.What catches your attention.What you choose to frame.What you leave outside the image.What you find beautiful, difficult, surprising or impossible to ignore.A photograph gives you something to pause with and a different way to explore what you may not yet have found words for.
From Lens to Self is a Life and Leadership coaching practice that uses photography as a tool for reflection, perspective and meaningful change, starting where you are in the world and where your are in Life.Through coaching, photographs become starting points for deeper questions, new perspectives and choices, helping individuals navigate change, teams seeking new ways of seeing, and professionals who want to think differently and create impact around them.You don't need to be a photographer. There is no right photograph.
The value is not in the picture itself, but in what your way of seeing can open up and impact for yourself and others.
HOW IT WORKS
Photography as a Mirror for Your Inner World
01. SLOW DOWN
Photography help us to slow down and focus on the present time to cultivate mindfulness and a deeper awareness of our surroundings.
02. Look Differently
Photography breaks habitual thinking and shifts in perspectives to uncover new insights.A lens forces you to choose: what do I frame? What do I exclude?
03. Go deeper
Coaching questions unlock the meaning beneath the image to understand ourselves through the images we create.What does this photograph say about where you are right now?
04. Move Forward
Every session ends with action.Move from reflection to the next tangible steps you can actually take.
What changes
What could happen after attending From Lens to Self Experiences
They will slow down, naturally, while reconnecting with your surroundings, and start noticing what they were rushing past.
They see their thinking more clearly. The fog doesn’t disappear overnight, but they have a way back into it.
They find a gentler way to reflect and become less harsh with themselves. Something about looking, really looking, at the world around you makes the inner critic quieter for a while.
They will leave with a repeatable practice, clearer and more focused on the steps to take in the direction of their goals
Social proof
The experience that changed how they see.
National Facilitator Awards 2023
In September 2023, "From Lens to Self" has been Shortlisted as Finalist for the National Facilitator Awards 2023 in the category of Innovative Facilitator Award
"It didn't hit me until a few days later how much of an impact the workshop had had on me.
I later implemented some changes in my life based on this workshop."
Rachel, Lead Product Manager, London
"Gianpietro has put together something novel.
The workshop is a condensed, slow-paced opportunity for a focus on your chosen area, with tools I hadn’t used before in the context of problem-solving or coaching, that I found working on a deep level in helping me understand my challenge, chart a path and move forward."
Stavroula, Tech professional consultant, London
"I wrote a poem at one point in the workshop that has now become the opening poem in my first book.
This speaks only to the quality of space and care Gianpietro brings to all of his facilitation spaces. Lens to Self is an innovative format delivered by a facilitator who has invented something unique.
There is nothing out there like it."
Josiane, Programme Lead Social Innovation, London
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Who it's for
Three Paths
Whether you're navigating a personal challenge, leading a team, or simply curious to explore more, there's a pathway designed for you.
INDIVIDUALS
Navigating a challenge. Feeling stuck in inner chaos. Being in a transition or a personal, professional or creative block.
The sense that something needs to shift, but you can’t yet name what.Online & Face-to-Face Experiences & Workshops, starting from £20. Coaching Programmes that go beyond words.
ORGANISATIONS
Leadership teams that want to think differently. Wellbeing programmes that put the employees first. Problem-solving workshops described by participants as the most impactful development experience they’ve had.
FOR CURIOUS STARTERS
New!
Not ready to commit to anything yet?
Between the 24th October and the 15th November, we are running the FROM LENS TO SELF FESTIVAL 2026, with more than 40 Experiences that will teach you how to use a camera to know more about yourself, reflect and take action.
Want to know more?
Your next perspective is waiting.
Individual Workshops
Experiences for Individuals
A completely different way to work on what matters to you.No photography experience required, ever. (But bring a digital camera, or your smartphone!)
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Open Online zoom Calls
60-Minute Online Calls
Two recurring online sessions, open to anyone. You don't need to commit to it or get prepared. Show up with a camera and something to look at.
FLTS - Slow Looking Hour
Slow, mindful photography practice
A guided slow photography and reflection session online. The session asks you to look at one thing long enough to actually see it. You leave with something you didn't arrive with.
FLTS - THE Value Compass
Look at your values in practice and act with them
If you have been trying to clarify what matters, this session gives you a slower route in.
Visual Values Compass is a guided online photography and reflection call designed to help you reflect on a value and take action from it.
FLTS - Monthly Review
Monthly Phone Decluttering and Self Reflection
Monthly structured review and declutter of the past month's photos, giving a sense to them before you forget what you were looking at. Experience a reflection on what you're noticing in your photographs, and in yourself. We look at what you noticed and what that tells you.
Online or in-person
Free/Pay as you Can
Weekly + MonthlyConnect with your Laptop and bring your camera/mobile.
90-Minute Introductory Sessions
From Lens to Self, bite-sized experiences
Ninety minutes that shift how you approach the rest of the day. These sessions blend photography, coaching, and honest reflection. Each is a complete experience in itself and the clearest introduction to the From Lens to Self practice.
The Camera as Mirror to the inside
You are not your thoughts. You are the one who watches them.
A 90-minute outdoor photography experience in mindful attention.
Learn to observe the world and yourself without urgency, without judgment, without the exhausting need to fix anything.
Come as you are. Leave with new eyes.
Clean Slate
Your mind accumulates residue the same way your body does.
A 90-minute urban mindfulness session using photography to introduce a daily mental clarity practice.
One prompt. Three photographs.
One question that changes how you start the day.
The Unfinished Image
Your homework today: take 10 deliberately bad photographs.
A 90-minute session on perfectionism, the inner critic, and the courage to be a beginner.
For creatives, coaches, and anyone who knows their inner critic well enough to want to meet it differently.
Online or in-person
From £25
if 1:1 (Upon request) £60
From Lens to Self, 3-Hour Specialist Workshops
3-4 Hour Specialist Workshops
Full coaching experiences designed to produce genuine insight about a specific challenge. Structured, facilitated, and built around using your digital camera (or smartphone) as the first tool for personal reflection.
From Lens to Self: Problem-Solving Through Photography. (THE OG!)
What if you could photograph your way into a problem you can’t yet think your way through?
A 3.5-hour photography-led coaching workshop where every question becomes a photo, and every photo becomes a new perspective. You’ll explore a personal challenge, goal or change you’re navigating and uncover possibilities you may not have seen before.Ideal for anyone facing a personal crossroads, working towards a goal, navigating change, or simply curious about using photography as a way to think differently.
Who Am I, Really?
The Identity Lens.
Who am I when I stop performing and start noticing?
A 3-hour photography-led coaching walk exploring identity, roles, and the self beneath the labels. Ideal for people at a crossroads, in transition, or simply living with the quiet sense that who they are has outpaced who they used to be.
Who am I Becoming?
Everyone tells you to 'know yourself'. But what do you do when you're in the middle of becoming?
A 3-hour photography and coaching workshop for people in transition, navigating change they can't yet name, becoming someone they can't fully see yet.
Reasonable Doubt. Working with the Inner Critic
Who am I when I stop performing and start noticing?
A 3-hour photography and coaching workshop that uses images of the imperfect and overlooked as evidence against the critic's most compelling arguments.
After the Storm. Beyond Loss.
What does the chaos inside me look like when it is mirrored in the world?
A 3-hour photography-led coaching walk using the external environment as a proxy for the turbulent internal landscape of grief, exploring the messy middle of transition, from a state of threat to one of openness
Ideal for those navigating life-altering bereavement, or whose previous world has been severed and requires a new way to be seen.
Online or in-person
From £50
if 1:1 (Upon request) £100-£150
From Lens to Self Experiences FAQ
What do I need for the workshop?
A digital camera or mobile phone (you don’t need to be a professional photographer), A power bank (if necessary), a Copybook and a Pen.
To mitigate risks from weather conditions, bring water, a hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and shoes (it is a walking workshop).
Can I bring a smartphone instead of a camera?
Yes, Any digital photography device is welcome, whether it’s a professional camera, a point-and-shoot, or a smartphone.
The focus is on the experience, not the equipment.
What if I'm not able to walk far?
Although the session includes some walking, it is not a long hike and it is a slow-paced workshop.
We move slowly with frequent stops to rest, sit, and participate in activities.
You don't need to walk far or for long periods.
Is the Workshop Suitable for people on the wheelchair?
Unfortunately, the workshop is Not Suitable for people in wheelchairs or mobility scooters, sorry, due to high slopes and possible difficult terrains, sorry.
We are working to make the workshop fully accessible in the future.
Are beginners in photography or coaching/personal development welcome?
Yes, beginners are very welcome! Our workshop is designed for all experience levels in photography or coaching.
We’ll guide you through the journey in a supportive environment.
What happens if it is a rainy day?
The sessions run in all weather.
We would only cancel if it is dangerous to be out - a big storm or very high wind.
Coaching with photography and somatic practices
For Organisations
A Team That Sees Differently, Thinks Differently.
From Lens to Self brings visual facilitation and photography-based coaching into your organisation.For team-building, leadership development, creative problem-solving, and employee wellbeing.A structured, facilitated, evidence-based methodology that has been described by participants as the most impactful professional development experience they have ever attended.Half Day, Full Day and Bespoke facilitation design.
workshops for organisations
Under Pressure
Workplace anxiety, hypervigilance & the always-on culture. When the office never closes. This series addresses the nervous system cost of chronic professional pressure and gives teams a concrete experience of what recovery looks and feels like.
After the Storm
Professional grief, corporate loss & redundancy. For teams navigating the aftermath of restructuring, role endings, or company change. Honest, held, and surprisingly transformative.
The Invisible Worker
Burnout, numbness & the erosion of professional identity. For people who are still showing up, but no longer fully there. The workshop locates what is still alive and begins designing the conditions for return.
Seen. Connection in the Workplace
Loneliness, team belonging & the high-contact-low-intimacy paradox. For teams that interact constantly but rarely connect. Rebuilds the attention that genuine collaboration requires.
The Work Worth Doing
Purpose, meaning & professional renewal. The culminating theme, for teams and individuals ready to ask the most important professional question: what is the work that deserves the best of who I am?
Every session is adapted to your team's specific context. Tell us who you are and what you're navigating we'll design from there.
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FROM LENS TO SELF FESTIVAL
24th October - 15th November 2026Online + across London
WHAT CAN PHOTOGRAPHY CHANGE ABOUT THE WAY YOU SEE YOURSELF AND THE WORLD?
40+ live sessions - from £10 - some free - English & ItalianBring your phone, your curiosity and one question.
Leave with something you didn't arrive with.SEE THE PROGRAMMEFree preview night, 14 Oct
Launch-price tickets end 11:59pm, 18 October. ·
Book a session
QUICK FACTS
📅 24 Oct – 15 Nov, 40+ workshop sessions💻 Events run Online calls on Zoom, Hybrid Experiences using WhatsApp 📲, Face-to-face workshops in London 🍁.🇬🇧🇮🇹 Events in `English and Italian🎟 One ticket per event. Book one or build your own full experience
WHAT THIS IS, AND ISN'T
The festival uses coaching, facilitation, mindfulness, design & social innovation methodologies and photography. The approach is trauma-informed: you choose what you photograph, what you share and how deeply you take part. It is educational and experiential approach, no experience neededIn the From Lens to Self Festival, we use Photography as the starting point, not the point.
We use images to notice, question, slow down, explore and see familiar things differently.It is NOT therapy, medical treatment or mental-health care. If you're struggling, please contact your GP or NHS 111. Samaritans are available 24/7 on 116 123.
Is this you?
Yes, if you are:a complete beginner or an experienced photographer
in a period of change, or feeling stuck
a coach, facilitator or leader looking for fresh ways of working
someone who wants an hour to slow down
or you are simply curious to experiment Photography-based Coaching and Mindfulness practices.Probably not, if you want:a photography class or a therapy session. This is neither.
Choose your way in
Across three weeks, the festival offers different ways of working with photography.
🧭 THE COMPASS
Coaching-led photographic inquiry into values, choices, direction and action.
Good if you have a choice or direction on your mind.Weekdays - 12:00 - 1h20min · Online · from £10
🔍 PHOTOGRAPHY IS…
Exploratory photographic practice: using photography to look at a theme, experience or way of seeing.
Good if you're curious and want to experiment.Evenings - 17:00 UK / 20:30 Italy - 1h 20 - Online - from £12
🐌 SLOW LOOKING
Mindful photographic practice for attention, presence and slowing down.
Good if you need an hour to slow down.Sundays - 1 hour - Online - from £10
FOCUSED WORKSHOPS
Theme-led experiences exploring a particular question or challenge through photography, facilitation and creative practice.
Good if you want to work on one thing.
Hybrid on WhatsApp - 1h 30 - from £18
NOT SURE? START FREEPreview night 14th Oct / The Developing Room 24th Oct / and 7th Nov / Closing session 14th Nov
WHAT TO EXPECT
A chance to pause, become curious and experience photography differently.Across the days, you’ll experience with ways of seeing, noticing, creating and reflecting.
Photography becomes a prompt for curiosity, conversation and self-discovery.You may discover a new perspective on something familiar. You may notice patterns, possibilities or feelings that usually pass unnoticed. You may simply enjoy being fully present with what is in front of you.You'll try simple exercises, reflect and, only if you want to, share.You decide what you photograph, what you share and what stays private.
THE PROGRAMME
BEFORE THE FESTIVAL
Wed 14 Oct · 17:00 UK · Online · FREE
What can a photograph change? A preview of the themes and activities. You'll also get a small gift 🎁WEEK 1, 24 Oct-1 Nov
Slow down, get curious, loosen up.WEEK 2, 3-8 Nov
Emotions, belonging and connection.WEEK 3, 10-15 Nov
Meaning, identity and direction, then a free closing session.
Your Festival, your way: Find your experiences
Festival Intro Night
Wednesday 14th October 2026
🏁 WHAT CAN A PHOTOGRAPH CHANGE?
(FREE FESTIVAL PREVIEW)
When: 17:00-18:00 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1hWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Intro to the workshops, themes, activities
You'll Leave with: A better understanding of what will happen at the FLTS Festival and a Gift 🎁
Price: FREE
About & Tickets
Week 1
Slow down, get curious, loosen up.
Saturday 24th October 2026
Launch-Price Tickets are available until 11:59 PM on 18th October 2026.
🎯 The Developing room -
MONTHLY REVIEW & DECLUTTER
When: 18:00-19:00 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1hWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Declutter, Diary, Clarity, Monthly Call.
You'll leave with: A (little) less cluttered camera roll and a clearer picture of what your mind has been paying attention to last month.
Price From: FREE
About & Tickets
Sunday 25th October 2026
🐌 THE SLOW LOOKING HOUR -
Mindful Photo Practice
When: 10:30-11:30 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1hWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Slow Looking, Attention, Presence, Mindfulness, Breathing Practices, Slowing Down.
You’ll leave with: something you didn’t arrive with, found simply by looking longer.
Price From: £10
About & Tickets
Tuesday 27th October 2026
🧭 The Compass: Curiosity
What else is there to see?
When: 12:00-13:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Coaching, Values, Curiosity, Observation, Perspective
You’ll leave with: one familiar thing seen differently and a question you didn’t start with.
Price From: £10
About & Tickets
🐌 🔍 Photography is...
Slowing Down.
When: 17:00-18:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Attention, Presence, Observation, Slow Photography, Slow Looking.
You’ll leave with: a slower way of looking at one thing and noticing what appears when you stop rushing past it.
Price From: £12
About & Tickets
🇮🇹 🐌 🔍 LA FOTOGRAFIA È...
Rallentare.
Quando: 20:30-21:50 (Ora Italiana 🇮🇹) 1h 20MinDove: Online on Zoom 💻
Lingua: Italiano 🇮🇹
Temi: Rallentare, Fotografia Lenta, Guardare Lentamente, Presenza, Osservazione, Attenzione
Ne uscirai con: un metodo per rallentare e osservare meglio una cosa sola, notando ciò che di solito ti sfugge.
Prezzi, Da: £12
Info & Biglietti
Wednesday 28th October 2026
🧭 The Compass:
Courage
When: 12:00-13:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Coaching, Values, Courage, Discomfort, Choice
You’ll leave with: a closer look at something you tend to avoid 😱 and what becomes visible when you approach it.
Price From: £10
About & Tickets
🔍 Photography is...
Awakening Play.
When: 17:00-18:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Creativity, Play, Experimentation
You’ll leave with: a different relationship with getting it right and permission to make images that surprise you.
Price From: £12
About & Tickets
🇮🇹 🔍 La Fotografia è...
Risvegliare il gioco.
Quando: 20:30-21:50 (Ora Italiana 🇮🇹) 1h 20MinDove: Online on Zoom 💻
Lingua: Italiano 🇮🇹
Temi: Creatività, Gioco, Sperimentazione
Ne uscirai con: un rapporto più sereno con l’errore e la libertà di sperimentare senza cercare subito il risultato giusto.
Prezzi, Da: £12
Info & Biglietti
Thursday 29th October 2026
🧭 The Compass:
Care
When: 12:00-13:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Coaching, Values, Care, Attention, Relationships.
You’ll leave with: a clearer sense of what you are already caring for and what may need more of it.
Price From: £10
About & Tickets
🔍 Photography is...
Shifting perception.
When: 17:00-18:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: ...
Price From: £12
About & Tickets
🇮🇹 🔍 La Fotografia è...
Cambiare prospettiva.
Quando: 20:30-21:50 (Ora Italiana 🇮🇹) 1h 20MinDove: Online on Zoom 💻
Lingua: Italiano 🇮🇹
Temi: Percezione, Curiosità, Prospettiva
Ne uscirai con: la consapevolezza che cambiare inquadratura può cambiare quello che vedi e come lo interpreti.
Prezzi, Da: £12
Info & Biglietti
Friday 30th October 2026
📲 🎯 The Unfinished Image
A workshop for perfectionists
When: 10:30-12:00 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1h 30MinWhere: Hybrid on WhatsApp 📲
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Perfectionism, Creativity, Inner critic
You’ll leave with: ten bad photographs and a more interesting relationship with being imperfect.
Price From: £18
About & Tickets
📲 🎯 The Clean Slate
Does your mind need a reset?
When: 13:00-14:30 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1h 30MinWhere: Hybrid on WhatsApp 📲
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme:: Attention, Mental clarity, Creativity
You’ll leave with: a simple photographic practice for clearing visual and mental clutter and starting from what is actually there.
Price From: £18
About & Tickets
Saturday 31st October 2026
🍁 More London sessions to come.
When: 10:30-13:30 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 3h
🍁 More London sessions to come.
When: 14:00-15:30 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 2h
🎯 One Photo, one question
A MINI FLTS EXPERIENCE
When: 18:00-19:00 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1hWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Deep, Fast, High FLTS Practical Experience for the Community.
Price From: FREE
About & Tickets
Sunday 1st November 2026
🍁 More London sessions to come.
When: 10:30-12:30 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 2h
🍁 More London sessions to come.
When: 13:00-16:00 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 2h
🐌 THE SLOW LOOKING HOUR -
Mindful Photo Practice
When: 18:00-19:00 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1hWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Slow Looking, Attention, Presence, Mindfulness, Breathing Practices, Slowing Down.
You’ll leave with: something you didn’t arrive with, found simply by looking longer.
Price From: £10
About & Tickets
Week 2
Emotions, belonging and connection.
Tuesday 3rd November 2026
Launch-Price Tickets are available until 11:59 PM on 18th October 2026.
🔍 Photography is...
Sitting with emotions.
When: 17:00-18:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: ...
Price From: £12
About & Tickets
🔍 📷 La fotografia è...
Abitare le emozioni.
Quando: 20:30-21:50 (Ora Italiana 🇮🇹) 1h 20MinDove: Online on Zoom 💻
Lingua: Italiano 🇮🇹
Temi: Temi: Emozione, Riflessione, Consapevolezza di sé
Ne uscirai con: un modo per avvicinarti a un’emozione usando le immagini, senza doverla spiegare subito.
Prezzi, Da: £12
Info & Biglietti
Wednesday 4th November 2026
🧭 The Compass:
Belonging
When: 12:00-13:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Coaching, Values, Belonging, Identity, Connection.
You’ll leave with: a sharper look at where you feel part of something and where you don’t.
Price From: £10
About & Tickets
🔍 Photography is...
Inviting empathy.
When: 17:00-18:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: ...
Price From: £12
About & Tickets
🇮🇹 🔍 La Fotografia è...
Sentire con gli altri.
Quando: 20:30-21:50 (Ora Italiana 🇮🇹) 1h 20MinDove: Online on Zoom 💻 /
Lingua: Italiano 🇮🇹
Temi: Empatia, Connessione, Prospettiva
Ne uscirai con: un modo per ascoltare e guardare l’altro senza dare per scontato di sapere già cosa pensa o vede.
Prezzi, Da: £12
Info & Biglietti
Thursday 5th November 2026
🧭 The Compass:
Freedom
When: 12:00-13:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Coaching, Values, Freedom, Agency, Choice
You’ll leave with: a different view of a constraint and where your choice still exists within it.
Price From: £10
About & Tickets
🔍 Photography is...
Embracing vulnerability.
When: 17:00-18:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Vulnerability, Authenticity, Courage
You’ll leave with: a different way of looking at the imperfect, unfinished and difficult to show.
Price From: £12
About & Tickets
🇮🇹 🔍 La Fotografia è...
accogliere le vulnerabilità.
Quando: 20:30-21:50 (Ora Italiana 🇮🇹) 1h 20MinDove: Online on Zoom 💻
Lingua: Italiano 🇮🇹
Temi: Vulnerabilità, Autenticità, Coraggio
Ne uscirai con: uno sguardo nuovo sull’imperfetto, sull’incompleto, su ciò che è difficile mostrare.
Prezzi, Da: £12
Info & Biglietti
Friday 6th November 2026
🍁 More London sessions to come.
When: 10:30-12:30 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h30Min
📲 The Unfinished Image
A workshop for perfectionists
When: 13:00-14:30 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1h 30MinWhere: Hybrid on WhatsApp 📲
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Perfectionism, Creativity, Inner critic
You’ll leave with: ten bad photographs and a more interesting relationship with being imperfect.
Price From: £18
About & Tickets
🔍 Photography is...
Connecting.
When: 17:00-18:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Connection · Relationships · Belonging
You’ll leave with: a photographic way of noticing what happens between people, places and things.
Price From: £12
About & Tickets`
🇮🇹 🔍 La Fotografia è...
Creare connessioni.
Quando: 20:30-21:50 (Ora Italiana 🇮🇹) 1h 20MinDove: Online on Zoom 💻
Lingua: Italiano 🇮🇹
Temi: Connessione, Relazioni, Appartenenza
Ne uscirai con: un’attenzione fotografica alle relazioni tra persone, luoghi e cose.
Prezzi, Da: £12
Info & Biglietti
Saturday 7th November 2026
🍁 More London sessions to come.
When: 10:30-13:30 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 3h
🍁 More London sessions to come.
When: 14:00-16:00 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 2h
🧹 The Developing room -
MONTHLY REVIEW & DECLUTTER
When: 18:00-19:00 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1hWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Declutter, Diary, Clarity, Digital Decluttering, Monthly Call.
You'll leave with: A (little) less cluttered camera roll and a clearer picture of what your mind has been paying attention to last month.
Price From: FREE
About & Tickets
Sunday 8th November 2026
🍁 More London sessions to come.
When: 10:30-12:00 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h30Min
🍁 More London sessions to come.
When: 13:00-16:00 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h30Min
🐌 THE SLOW LOOKING HOUR -
Mindful Photography Practice
When: 18:00-19:00 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1hWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Slow Looking, Attention, Presence, Mindfulness, Breathing Practices, Slowing Down.
You’ll leave with: something you didn’t arrive with, found simply by looking longer.
Price From: £10
About & Tickets
Week 3
Meaning, identity and direction.
Tuesday 10th November 2026
Launch-Price Tickets are available until 11:59 PM on 18th October 2026.
🧭 The Compass:
Integrity
When: 12:00-13:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Coaching, Values, Integrity, Alignment
You’ll leave with: a visible conversation between what matters to you and how you are actually living it.
Price From: £10
About & Tickets
🔍 Photography is...
Preserving what matters.
When: 17:00-18:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Memory, Meaning, Attention, Cherished things
You’ll leave with: a clearer hierarchy of what truly matters, how to give weight to important memories and experiences, and how to distinguish them from what takes up space out of habit.
Price From: £12
About & Tickets
🇮🇹 🔍 La fotografia è...
Custodire ciò che conta.
Quando: 20:30-21:50 (Ora Italiana 🇮🇹) 1h 20MinDove: Online on Zoom 💻
Lingua: Italiano 🇮🇹
Temi: Cambiamento, Tempo, Memoria, Cose care
Ne uscirai con: una gerarchia più chiara di ciò che conta davvero per te, dare rilevanza alle memorie e alle esperienze importanti, distinguendole da ciò che occupa spazio solo per abitudine.
Prezzi, Da: £12
Info & Biglietti
Wednesday 11th November 2026
🧭 The Compass:
Meaning
When: 12:00-13:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Coaching, Values, Meaning, Attention
You’ll leave with: a closer look at what matters to you beyond what is simply useful or expected.
Price From: £10
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🔍 Photography is...
Witnessing change.
When: 17:00-18:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Change, Time, Memory
You’ll leave with: a way to stay in change without being swept by it. Looking at what is transforming, while it happens, to recognise what you are letting go of and what you want to carry with you.
Price From: £12
About & Tickets
🇮🇹 🔍 La Fotografia è...
Testimoniare il cambiamento.
Quando: 20:30-21:50 (Ora Italiana 🇮🇹) 1h 20MinDove: Online on Zoom 💻
Lingua: Italiano 🇮🇹
Temi: Cambiamento, Tempo, Memoria,
Ne uscirai con: un modo per stare nel cambiamento senza subirlo. Notare ciò che si trasforma, mentre accade per riconoscere cosa stai lasciando andare e cosa vuoi portare con te.
Prezzi, Da: £12
Info & Biglietti
Thursday 12th November 2026
📲 Clean Slate
Does your mind need a reset?
When: 10:30-12:00 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1h 30MinWhere: Hybrid on WhatsApp 📲
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme:Attention, Mental clarity, Creativity
You’ll leave with: a simple photographic practice for clearing visual and mental clutter and starting from what is actually there.
About & Tickets
🔍 Photography is...
Meeting yourself.
When: 17:00-18:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Identity, Self-reflection, Observation
You’ll leave with: a more honest reading of who you are right now. Through what you choose to look at and notice, your identity, values, needs, choices and directions will emerge.
Price From: £12
About & Tickets
🇮🇹 🔍 La Fotografia è...
Incontrare se stessi.
Quando: 20:30-21:50 (Ora Italiana 🇮🇹) 1h 20MinDove: Online on Zoom 💻
Lingua: Italiano 🇮🇹
Temi: Identità, Riflessione su di sé, Osservazione, scelte.
Ne uscirai con: una lettura più onesta di chi sei adesso. Attraverso ciò che scegli di guardare e notare, vedrai emergere identità,valori, bisogni, direzioni e scelte.
Prezzi, Da: £12
Info & Biglietti
Friday 13th November 2026
🍁 More London sessions to come.
When: 12:00-14:30 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h 20Min
🔍 Photography is...
Opening up to possibilities.
When: 17:00-18:20 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h 20MinWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Possibility, Direction, Creativity, Adaptability to change, clarity
You’ll leave with: a clearer view of what could come next and one direction worth exploring, while being open to change.
Price From: £12
About & Tickets
🇮🇹 🔍 La Fotografia è...
Aprirsi alle possibilità.
Quando: 20:30-21:50 (Ora Italiana 🇮🇹) 1h 20MinDove: Online on Zoom 💻
Lingua: Italiano 🇮🇹
Temi: Possibilità, Direzione, Chiarezza, Decisioni, Creatività, Adattamento al cambiamento
Ne uscirai con: le idee più chiare su cosa può venire dopo e su quale direzione vale la pena seguire.
Prezzi, Da: £12
Info & Biglietti
Saturday 14th November 2026
🍁 More London sessions to come.
When: 10:30-13:00 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 2h30m
🏁 WHAT DID YOU SEE DIFFERENTLY?
Free online closing session
When: 18:00-19:30 (UK Time 🇬🇧) 1h30minWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Celebration, final reflections, way forward
Price From: FREE
About & Tickets
Sunday 15th November 2026
🍁 More London sessions to come.
When: 12:00-3:00 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 3h
🐌 THE SLOW LOOKING HOUR -
Mindful Photo Practice
When: 18:00-19:00 (UK Time 🇬🇧) - 1hWhere: Online on Zoom 💻
Language: English 🇬🇧
Theme: Slow Looking, Attention, Presence, Mindfulness, Breathing Practices, Slowing Down.
You’ll leave with: something you didn’t arrive with, found simply by looking longer.
Price From: £10
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WHO'S BEHIND THE FESTIVAL
Hi, I'm Gianpietro.I'm an Italian-born, London-based coach and facilitator. At 17, I felt the urge to pick up a camera because I had no words for what I was living through. Many Years later, that became From Lens to Self, a practice that starts where words stop.From Lens to Self brings together my experience in community building and engagement, strategy facilitation, design, coaching, systemic & innovation practices, mindfulness and photography.I've led 150+ FLTS workshops since 2019. In 2023 the practice was a finalist for the Innovative Facilitator Award at the National Facilitator Awards.Affiliated with: Association for Coaching - MHFA EnglandREAD MY STORYBOOK YOUR TICKETS
FESTIVAL Q&A
1:1 Life Coaching
The Most Direct Path Through Your Challenge
One-to-one coaching using the photography and art-based methodologies, fully personalised, deeply transformative, and built entirely around your specific situation."Every question, every photograph, every exercise is chosen for you, in response to you, in the moment."
Past Coaching Client, London
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Life Coaching with Visual and Somatic Practices
Ways I can support you with Coaching
Single Session (1.5 h)
One focused session to cut through the noise, name the real challenge, and leave with a clear next step: no commitment, no programme, just traction.
120 min
Online / London
£150
Deep Dive Package
5 sessions (5–8 weeks)
Enough depth to break the pattern. We identify root causes, challenge the story you've been telling yourself, and build momentum that lasts beyond the sessions. Includes additional reflective exercises between sessions.
5 session × 60 min
+ Extras
Online / London
£1200
3-Month Transformation Journey- 12 sessions
The complete arc: from confusion to clarity to confident action. For people navigating transitions that matter. Two extended experiential sessions included. The format adapts to you week by week.
2 extra Activities
12 sessions × 60 min
2 extra Activities
Online / London
£2500
VIP Day - Full day in London/Location
An immersive day in London combining deep coaching, photography experiences, and reflection. For leaders, creatives, and people at a major crossroads. Includes lunch. Leaves you with a clear picture of where you're going, literally and figuratively.
Full day
Coaching + Lunch + Experiences
London / Face to Face Only
£1500
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Book a Free 20-Minute Discovery Call
No commitment. Just a conversation about what you're navigating and whether the From Lens to Self approach is the right fit.
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Resources
Free Resources and Links
Little Support for Your Practice
Mindful Music Selection - Spotify
The Camera as Compass Compilation
A 5+ hour curation of mindful, evocative, and calming music to anchor your focus. It’s the perfect companion for practicing FLTS activities, relaxing at home, or grounding yourself in the park. When silence isn't enough or environmental noise is too distracting, let these tracks create a gentle space for your thoughts.
Calm Countdown - Online Timer
Time for presence.
An ad-free, minimalist timer designed to anchor you in the moment. Featuring a soft, warm bell chime instead of a stressful alarm, it is the perfect companion to structure your slow-looking exercises and quiet your mind before picking up the camera.
Hold on.Something more is coming soon in this space...
About the Practice
The practice grew from a moment
when words ran out.
Italian-born, London-based coach, participatory facilitator, experience designer, visual storyteller.
Creator of From Lens to Self, a methodology that has guided over 150 FLTS workshops and hundreds of individuals, helping them see their challenges since 2009, and themselves differently through the lens of photography and creative self-discovery.
My Story
Gianpietro Pucciariello
I was 17 years old when my father started showing the first symptoms of what was then diagnosed as PSP, a rare, degenerative neurological disease. There were no words for what I was carrying.One afternoon, I felt the urge to pick up an SLR camera, walk to the River Adda, and start photographing the moving water. I wasn’t trying to make something beautiful, or to post online (it was 1999...) I was trying to make something that held what I couldn’t say.Something that day moved inside me. And I came back doing it, every week, for years.Without even knowing it, that was the beginning. I understood that using the camera could reach something language couldn’t, and that was helping me deeply.
The second turning point came in 2013. I was stuck in a London job that wasn’t me. I found a photojournalism course titled Telling Stories Through Photography. Those words stopped me.Through rediscovering photography, I rediscovered myself, my confidence, what I was actually capable of. That one decision led to everything that followed: going back to facilitation, social impact work, and discovering coaching. None of it would have happened without the photography.In 2019, I built that journey into a practice. Everything I’d learned design thinking, systems thinking, coaching frameworks, embodiment work, woven into a methodology that starts where words stop.That’s From Lens to Self.
Affiliated to:
More about it, listen to the IAF Podcast
The five Pillars of From Lens to Self
This is what actually happens in a session
Each pillar is a thread woven through every session, workshop, and programme.
The camera as a projective tool
Photography externalises what’s internal without the cognitive distortion that language introduces. What you choose to photograph says something your conscious mind hasn’t caught up with yet.
Slow, embodied exploration
Walking deliberately slow, paying attention, not performing. When the nervous system isn’t in threat mode, something inside becomes accessible.
Coaching Questions as Architecture
The questions are carefully sequenced and move in specific directions: from surface to depth and back, from story to value, from problem to possibilities, and then to actions.
The facilitator witnesses and asks without interpreting your images. You do.
Creative Integrations
Photography (of course), journaling, poetry, visual metaphors, Lego, doodling, artefacts, and reflective writing are bridging between felt experience and conscious insight, and produce tangible evidence to carry back into your life.
Community & Feedback Loops
Individual insight becomes relational when we share what we’ve noticed, if we feel to, and listen to others in a supported space. The group witnesses without advice.
That’s rare, and it matters.
A note on clinical practice: From Lens to Self uses coaching, facilitation, and visual methods.It is not therapy or counselling and does not replace clinical mental health support. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please contact your GP or a mental health service.
The Four Distinctions - What this is not
Four things people often wonder about FLTS
Not a photography class
No skill required.
The camera is a tool for inquiry, not an aesthetic instrument.
Experienced photographers often find this liberating as they have to put down everything they know about “good” photography.
Not Therapy
FLTS uses coaching frameworks, not clinical models.
It explicitly does not replace mental health support and says so with clarity and care.
If you’re in crisis, please reach out to a professional.
Not soft.
You will encounter your own thinking in here. The sessions ask real questions and don’t settle for easy answers, to create the foundation for your personal actions after the workshop.
Not Vague
This is a methodology built from multiple evidence-based disciplines: design thinking, systems thinking, embodiment practices, neuroscience, phototherapy, positive psychology, clean language, action research, bohm dialogue, and group dynamics.
Community Impact
Giving back
Since 2019, every ticket bought has helped someone else attend for free/pay as you can/reduced ticket price.More than 160+ workshop places have been donated to individuals working in community organisations, charities, and social enterprises.Here few of the Charities has been supporting" offering "From Lens to Self" reduced price/free tickets through the Pay it Forward Scheme since 2019.
Want to know more?
Explore the opportunities
The fastest way to understand From Lens to Self is to experience it. Start with a free online session, or book a discovery call to talk through what you’re navigating.
Next Steps
Contact & Bookings
Whether you're ready to book or still exploring, the best next step is a free 20-minute discovery call about what you're navigating & whether this practice is the right fit.Contact me via email using the form below, or alternatively, Meet me in any of the From Lens to Self Festival this October!
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Terms & Conditions
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Effective Date: 2 October 2026
The terms “we”, “us”, “our” and “From Lens to Self” refer to Gianpietro Pucciariello, trading as From Lens to Self, unless a different legal entity is identified on the relevant booking page or invoice.
Business address: Gianpietro Pucciariello for From Lens to Self, 96, Mortimer Road, N1 4LA, London (UK)Email: hello@fromlenstoself.com
The term “Site” refers to www.fromlenstoself.com and any related pages operated by From Lens to Self.
The terms “Service”, “Services”, “Event”, “Workshop”, “Session” and “Experience” refer to the activities, workshops, coaching-led photographic inquiries, mindful photographic practices, online sessions, hybrid experiences and face-to-face experiences offered by From Lens to Self.
The terms “you”, “your”, “participant”, “customer” and “user” refer to the person visiting the Site, booking an Event, communicating with us or participating in a Service.
These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of the Site and your purchase of and participation in our Services.
By using the Site, submitting information through the Site, purchasing a ticket or participating in a Service, you agree to these Terms. Your use of the Site does not, by itself, constitute consent to the processing of your personal data for marketing, analytics or other optional purposes. Personal data is handled in accordance with our separate Privacy Policy and, where applicable, our Cookie Notice.
You should not use the Site or participate in a Service if you do not agree to these Terms.INCORPORATION OF PRIVACY POLICY
Our Privacy Policy forms part of the framework governing your use of the Site and Services.
The Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain and protect personal data. It is a privacy notice and does not create consent merely because you visit or use the Site.1. ELIGIBILITY
To access or participate in From Lens to Self Services, you must be at least 18 years old and legally capable of entering into a contract.
The From Lens to Self Festival is an adult programme. People under 18 are not permitted to participate unless an individual event expressly states otherwise.
If we reasonably believe that a participant does not satisfy an applicable eligibility requirement, we may refuse participation.2. THE NATURE OF THE SERVICE
From Lens to Self provides educational, creative and experiential activities involving photography, facilitation, coaching, mindfulness, systemic practice, innovation practices and related methods.
From Lens to Self is not a photography competition and does not assess or judge participants according to photographic quality or technical ability.
From Lens to Self is not therapy, psychotherapy, counselling, medical treatment, psychiatric treatment, clinical mental-health care or a crisis-support service.
Photography and related exercises may invite reflection, conversation, attention, creativity or personal exploration. No particular psychological, emotional, professional or personal outcome is promised or guaranteed.3. WEBSITE USE AND LAWFUL PURPOSES
You may use the Site and Services only for lawful purposes.
You agree not to use the Site or Services to:
infringe another person’s rights;
harass, threaten, intimidate or abuse another person;
distribute unlawful, defamatory, discriminatory or malicious material;
interfere with the operation or security of the Site or any Service;
impersonate another person;
attempt to gain unauthorised access to accounts, systems or information;
use another person’s personal information without lawful authority; or
photograph, record, publish or distribute another person’s image or personal information in breach of applicable law or these Terms.
You remain responsible for your own conduct and for the lawful use of any photographs, recordings, information or other material that you create, upload, submit or share.4. BOOKING AND CONTRACT FORMATION
Festival Events are booked through Luma, the third-party event-booking platform used by From Lens to Self.
The event page contains the information applicable to the specific Event, including its date, time, location or online format, language, ticket price and any event-specific requirements.
A booking becomes effective when your payment has been successfully processed and Luma issues your booking confirmation, subject to these Terms and any specific terms stated on the relevant Event page.
Luma is a third-party platform and has its own terms, privacy policy and other applicable policies.
The purchase of a ticket also involves Luma and its payment-processing providers processing your information in accordance with their own policies.5. TICKETS AND INDIVIDUAL ATTENDANCE
Each festival Session has its own ticket unless the Event page expressly states otherwise.
There is no general festival pass.
A ticket is valid only for the Event stated on the booking confirmation.
Tickets are individual and may not be duplicated, resold commercially, copied or used by more than one person.6. TICKET TRANSFERS
A ticket may be transferred once to one other person, provided that the transfer is notified to From Lens to Self before the Event and the new participant satisfies all applicable eligibility requirements.
One ticket may be transferred to one person only. A transferred ticket cannot subsequently be transferred again.
We may require the original purchaser to provide sufficient information to identify the booking and the replacement participant.7. PRICES AND PAYMENT
Prices are shown in British pounds sterling (£) unless expressly stated otherwise.
All prices displayed include any VAT that is legally chargeable.
Prices may change between booking periods.
For Festival 2026, ticket prices may be offered according to the following schedule:
Festival Launch Price: until 18 October 2026 at 23:59 UK time.
Standard Price: from 19 October 2026.
Last Chance Price: from three days before the relevant Event.
Where discount codes are available, their terms and validity will be stated with the relevant code.
Payment is made through the booking platform.
We do not ordinarily receive or store your full payment-card number. Payment processing is handled through Luma and its payment-processing provider(s), including Stripe where applicable.8. REFUNDS AND CANCELLATIONS BY PARTICIPANTS
Tickets are non-refundable, except where a refund is required by applicable law or where an Event is cancelled by From Lens to Self in circumstances covered by our cancellation policy.
Where an Event is a leisure activity scheduled for a specific date or period, the statutory 14-day cancellation right that generally applies to distance contracts does not ordinarily apply. Nothing in these Terms excludes or restricts any statutory consumer right that cannot legally be excluded.
If you cannot attend, please use the ticket-transfer procedure described above.
Personal circumstances, change of plans, travel disruption, illness or inability to attend do not ordinarily create a right to a refund.9. CANCELLATION OR CHANGES BY FROM LENS TO SELF
We reserve the right to make reasonable changes to an Event where necessary for operational, safety, venue, technical or other legitimate reasons.
Where we make a material change to an Event that significantly alters the experience you purchased, we will communicate the change as soon as reasonably practicable and, where required by applicable law, provide the remedy available to you.
If From Lens to Self cancels an Event because the facilitator is unable to attend and we do not provide the Event in the form purchased, the affected ticket will be refunded.
Nothing in these Terms limits your statutory rights where an Event is not provided with reasonable care and skill or does not otherwise meet mandatory consumer-law requirements.10. EVENT INFORMATION
We aim to ensure that information published for Events is accurate.
Event information may change where reasonably necessary, including details concerning venue arrangements, timings, facilitators, technical arrangements or other operational matters.
The information displayed on the individual Event page at the time of booking forms part of the information provided to you about that Event.
If you identify an error in published information, please contact us.11. ATTENDANCE, PUNCTUALITY AND PARTICIPATION
From Lens to Self experiences are designed to be practical, participatory and experiential.
You will normally be invited to photograph, observe, reflect, respond, discuss or otherwise take part.
You are free to decline a particular exercise or stop participating in an activity. However, because the Services are experiential, passive observation may mean that you receive only a small part of the intended experience.
For online Events, the facilitator may restrict entry after the initial arrival period where this is reasonably necessary to avoid disrupting the group.
Where an Event states that a five-minute late-entry window applies, participants arriving after that period may not be admitted.
You may leave an Event early, but you must do so in a way that does not unnecessarily disrupt other participants.12. ONLINE EVENTS
Online Events may use Zoom or another platform identified on the Event page.
You are responsible for having a suitable device, internet connection, software and environment for participation.
We cannot guarantee uninterrupted access where disruption is caused by an internet service provider, telecommunications network, third-party platform, device or other circumstances outside our reasonable control.
Please do not participate in an online activity while driving, cycling, crossing roads or carrying out another activity where using a phone, camera or computer could create a safety risk.13. ZOOM RECORDINGS
Certain Zoom sessions may be recorded for educational, documentation or quality purposes.
Where a Session is recorded, participants will be informed before or when recording begins. A recording may contain your voice, image, name, chat contributions, questions or other material that you choose to contribute during the Session.
Recordings are not automatically made available as a participant replay.
From Lens to Self will not use a recording containing your identifiable image or voice for unrelated advertising or promotional purposes unless the necessary separate permission or other lawful basis has been obtained.
Please do not disclose highly sensitive or confidential information during a recorded Session that you would not want captured in the recording.
Further information about recordings and personal data is contained in our Privacy Policy.14. WHATSAPP HYBRID EXPERIENCES
Some Events use WhatsApp as part of a hybrid experience.
Where WhatsApp is used, you will be asked during registration to provide a telephone number associated with WhatsApp.
WhatsApp may be used to:
send exercises or instructions;
communicate with participants;
receive photographs or written reflections that participants choose to share;
maintain continuity between exercises.
The WhatsApp group associated with a hybrid experience may remain active for approximately one week after the Session so that participants can continue the photographic experiment.
Because ordinary WhatsApp group participation exposes your telephone number to other group members, you should consider this before joining.
You are responsible for your own physical location, movements and behaviour while carrying out a hybrid exercise. You must use common sense, follow applicable laws and instructions, remain aware of your surroundings and stop an exercise where continuing would be unsafe.
From Lens to Self is not responsible for injuries, losses or damage caused by a participant’s unsafe, unlawful or unreasonable conduct.
Nothing in this clause excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded or restricted.15. FACE-TO-FACE EVENTS
Face-to-face Events may take place in community gardens, public spaces, creative spaces or other locations across London.
Outdoor and community locations may involve uneven ground, weather exposure, steps, limited shelter, limited seating or limited toilet facilities. Accessibility differs by venue and is stated, where known, on the relevant Event page.
Participants are responsible for wearing suitable clothing and footwear and for considering their own ability to participate safely.
For outdoor Events, weather may affect the practical experience and reasonable changes may occasionally be necessary for safety.16. PHOTOGRAPHY AND CONSENT
You retain responsibility for the photographs you make.
You do not transfer ownership or copyright in your photographs to From Lens to Self merely by taking part in a Session or submitting a photograph during an exercise.
Where another person is identifiable in a photograph:
you are responsible for obtaining any consent or other lawful basis required for the photograph’s creation, use or publication.
Participants must respect requests from people who do not wish to be photographed.
The facilitator may provide additional consent and photography instructions for particular Events.17. PARTICIPANT CONTENT AND IMAGE LICENCE
You retain ownership of copyright and other intellectual-property rights in photographs, writings, drawings, audio, video and other original material that you create.
By voluntarily submitting material directly to From Lens to Self for publication, exhibition, documentation or promotional use, you grant From Lens to Self a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to reproduce, publish, display and communicate that material for the specific purposes explained to you when the material is requested or submitted.
This licence does not transfer ownership of your copyright to From Lens to Self.
From Lens to Self will not sell your photographs, content or likeness to a third party for monetary gain without your separate agreement where such permission is legally required.
You should not submit material that you do not have the right to share.
Where you withdraw permission for future promotional use:
we will take reasonable steps to stop future use under our control, but withdrawal cannot necessarily undo material that has already been printed, published, distributed, archived, shared by third parties or otherwise lawfully made public.18. PUBLIC POSTS AND GROUP SHARING
If you voluntarily post material in a public area of the Site, social media platform or other public forum, you should assume that people other than From Lens to Self may be able to view, copy or share that material.
Do not publish another participant’s personal information, photograph, recording or contribution without appropriate permission.19. CONFIDENTIALITY
We ask participants to respect the confidentiality of personal information, experiences and contributions shared by other participants during a Session.
Participants must not knowingly reproduce, publish or disclose another participant’s personal story, identifying information, photographs or confidential contribution outside the Session without permission.
However, because Sessions may involve independent participants and third-party platforms such as Zoom or WhatsApp, From Lens to Self cannot guarantee absolute confidentiality of everything another participant may hear, see, save or disclose.
Do not share information in a group setting that you require to remain absolutely confidential.20. OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The Site and Services contain intellectual property owned by or licensed to From Lens to Self.
This may include the From Lens to Self name and branding, text, photographs, graphics, videos, audio, worksheets, exercises, workshop structures, written materials and other creative or educational material.
You may use materials supplied to you during a Session for your own personal, non-commercial use.
You must not reproduce, sell, publish, distribute, teach, licence, upload, commercially exploit or create derivative materials from our proprietary workshop materials without our prior written permission.
This restriction does not affect rights that you already have in your own independently created material.
21. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES
The Site and Services may link to or use third-party services, including Luma, Zoom, WhatsApp, Substack and payment or hosting providers.
Those providers operate under their own terms, privacy notices and security arrangements.
We are not responsible for the independent operation, availability, security, content or policies of third-party services, except to the extent that applicable law makes us responsible.22. WELLBEING, SAFETY AND HEALTH
Participation is voluntary. You are responsible for deciding whether an Event is appropriate for you and for stopping participation if you believe you should do so.
From Lens to Self does not provide emergency support, crisis intervention, clinical assessment, diagnosis or treatment.
If a Session causes you distress or you become concerned about your physical or mental health, stop participating and seek appropriate professional or emergency support where necessary.
The fact that an approach is described as “trauma-informed” does not mean that From Lens to Self provides trauma treatment or clinical psychological care.23. DISCLAIMER
Materials, descriptions and examples provided on the Site are intended to explain the nature of the Services.
They are not guarantees of a particular result or experience.
Any examples of participant experiences, photographs or outcomes are illustrative only and should not be interpreted as a promise that another participant will experience the same outcome.24. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful, including liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot legally be excluded or restricted.
Subject to the paragraph above, we will not be liable for indirect or consequential loss to the extent that the law permits such exclusion.
We will not be responsible for loss, damage, injury, delay or disruption caused by circumstances outside our reasonable control, including third-party platform outages, telecommunications failures, extreme weather, venue closure, public-authority restrictions or participant conduct, subject always to any liability that the law requires us to accept.
Nothing in this section removes your statutory rights as a consumer.25. REFUSAL OR TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION
We may refuse access to or remove a participant from a Service where reasonably necessary to protect other participants, the facilitator, the venue, the Site or the integrity of the Service.
This may include serious or repeated breaches of these Terms, abusive conduct, harassment, threats, discriminatory behaviour, unlawful conduct, deliberate disruption or serious safety concerns.
Where removal results from your serious breach of these Terms or unacceptable conduct, you will not ordinarily be entitled to a refund. This does not affect any legal right you may have that cannot lawfully be excluded.26. CODE OF CONDUCT
Participants must behave respectfully towards facilitators, staff and other participants.
Unacceptable conduct includes harassment, intimidation, threats, discrimination, bullying, unwanted sexual conduct, abusive behaviour, deliberate disruption, unlawful activity or misuse of another person’s personal information.
We may take reasonable action to protect participants and the integrity of the Event, including asking a participant to stop particular conduct or leave the Event.27. INDEMNIFICATION
You are responsible for losses directly caused by your unlawful or deliberate misuse of the Site or Services, including infringement of another person’s intellectual-property, privacy or other legal rights.
Nothing in this clause requires you to indemnify us for matters arising from our own unlawful conduct or liabilities that cannot lawfully be transferred to you.28. GOVERNING LAW
These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales.
If you are a consumer, nothing in these Terms removes any mandatory legal protection or right that applies to you in the country or jurisdiction where you are entitled to receive that protection.29. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
If you have a complaint or dispute, please contact us first at hello@fromlenstoself.com so that we can try to resolve the matter directly.
If a dispute cannot be resolved informally, the courts of England and Wales will generally have jurisdiction, subject to any mandatory rights you may have as a consumer to bring proceedings elsewhere.
Neither party is required by these Terms to submit to private arbitration unless separately agreed or required by law.30. RECOVERY OF LEGAL COSTS
Each party will generally bear its own legal costs unless a court orders otherwise or applicable law provides otherwise.
The previous provisions granting an automatic entitlement to recover attorneys’ fees are not intended to apply to consumer disputes.31. EFFECT OF HEADINGS
The headings in these Terms are included for convenience and do not affect the interpretation of any provision.32. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
These Terms, the Privacy Policy and any Event-specific terms expressly incorporated into the booking form the agreement between you and From Lens to Self concerning the relevant Service.
Where there is a conflict between these Terms and information specific to an individual Event, the Event-specific information will apply to that Event to the extent necessary to resolve the conflict.33. WAIVER
Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce that provision later.34. SEVERABILITY
If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.35. ASSIGNMENT
These Terms bind the parties and their lawful successors.
You may not assign your contractual rights or obligations except for the specific ticket-transfer right expressly permitted under these Terms.
We may transfer our rights and obligations as part of a genuine business transfer or reorganisation, provided that doing so does not unlawfully reduce your rights.36. PRIVACY
Please read our separate Privacy Policy for information about how personal data is processed.
Nothing in these Terms constitutes blanket consent to the processing of personal data, publication of your likeness, waiver of intellectual-property rights or permission to use your information for marketing.37. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS
We may update these Terms from time to time.
The latest version will be published on the Site with its effective date.
A change to these Terms will not retrospectively alter the contractual terms of a booking that has already been made, unless the change is required by law or agreed with you.
Where a change materially affects a future booking, we will provide appropriate notice where required.38. HOW TO CONTACT US
For questions about these Terms, bookings, Events, accessibility or participation:
Email: hello@fromlenstoself.com
Postal address: Business address: Gianpietro Pucciariello for From Lens to Self, 96, Mortimer Road, N1 4LA, London (UK)
From Lens to SelfGianpietro Pucciariello, trading as From Lens to Self
From Lens to Self
Privacy
PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: 2 October 2026
Gianpietro Pucciariello, trading as From Lens to Self, (“I”, “me”, “mine”, “we”, “us” and “our”) respects your privacy.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and disclose personal data when you visit or use the From Lens to Self website, contact us, book or attend an Event, participate in a From Lens to Self experience, join a WhatsApp group connected with an Event, interact with us on social media, subscribe to communications or otherwise provide us with personal information.
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) addresses our data collection practices and describes your rights to access, correct, or restrict our use of your personal information. Unless we state otherwise, this Policy applies when you visit or use our website(s) – https://www.fromlenstoself.com/, our social media channels and related platforms (“Platforms”).
By using the Platforms, you agree to the terms of this Policy, our Terms of Service (located here https://www.fromlenstoself.com/#termsofuse) or any other agreement that governs your use of our Platforms (collectively, “Agreements”). You should not use our Platforms if you do not agree with the terms and conditions contained in these Agreements.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and disclose personal data when you visit or use the From Lens to Self website, contact us, book or attend an Event, participate in a From Lens to Self experience, join a WhatsApp group connected with an Event, interact with us on social media, subscribe to communications or otherwise provide us with personal information.
For the processing described in this Privacy Policy, the data controller is Gianpietro Pucciariello, trading as From Lens to Self, unless a different controller is expressly identified for a particular service or Event.
Contact details:Email: hello@fromlenstoself.comPostal address: From Lens to Self / 96, Mortimer Road, N1 4LA London (UK)
This Policy should be read together with our Terms & Conditions and, where applicable, our Cookie Notice and the privacy policies of third-party platforms that we use.1. WHAT IS PERSONAL DATA?
Personal data is information relating to an identified or identifiable living person.
Depending on how you interact with From Lens to Self, this may include your name, email address, telephone number, booking information, photographs, voice, video image, communications, technical information and information that you choose to provide to us.
Some information you may voluntarily provide when asking for accessibility support or discussing wellbeing may constitute “special category data”, such as health information. We do not require you to provide medical or diagnostic information in order to participate. Please provide only the information that is necessary for the specific request.2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect personal data in different ways.
Information you provide directly
This may include:
name;
email address;
telephone number;
booking or registration information;
information you provide when contacting us;
information provided when requesting accessibility support;
marketing preferences;
photographs, writings, drawings or other creative material that you voluntarily submit;
comments, questions or feedback;
information you voluntarily provide during communications or participation.
We do not seek to collect demographic, employment, billing, shipping or other information merely because it appears in a generic template. We collect such information only where it is actually necessary for a specific purpose.Booking and payment information
Bookings for Festival Events are managed through Luma.
When you book an Event, Luma may provide us with information necessary to administer the Event, such as your name, email address, ticket type, attendance information and registration responses.
Luma states that when a person registers for an event, relevant personal data is shared with the event host, and when a person purchases a ticket, relevant information is shared with Stripe, its payment processor.
We do not ordinarily receive or store your complete payment-card details.
Payment processing is handled through Luma and its payment-processing providers, including Stripe where applicable.Information you provide through communications
If you email us, complete a contact form, respond to an event communication or otherwise contact us, we may keep the information you provide so that we can respond to you, administer the relevant relationship and maintain appropriate records.
Please do not send sensitive information by ordinary email unless it is genuinely necessary.Photographs, recordings and participant content
Depending on the Event, we may process:
photographs you voluntarily submit;
photographs created during an Event;
your name or display name;
your voice;
your image;
Zoom chat messages;
written contributions;
feedback or comments;
recordings of online Sessions where recording is used.
Participation in a From Lens to Self Session does not automatically transfer ownership of your photographs or other creative work to us.
Where we ask you to submit photographs or other material for exhibition, publication or promotion, we will explain the intended use and the permission or licence requested.3. INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY
When you visit the Site, certain technical information may be collected automatically by the Site or by services operating on our behalf.
This may include:
IP address;
browser type;
operating system;
device type;
pages visited;
approximate access times;
referring website;
technical and security information;
information about how you interact with the Site.
The exact information collected depends on the current technical configuration of the Site and the services enabled on it.4. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
The Site may use cookies and similar technologies.
These technologies can be used for purposes such as:
essential website functionality;
security;
remembering preferences;
measuring website use;
analytics;
embedded media;
marketing or advertising.
We distinguish between technologies that are strictly necessary for the Site to operate and technologies that require your consent under applicable law.
Where consent is legally required for non-essential cookies or similar technologies, those technologies will not be activated until the required consent has been obtained.
You will be given information about the categories and purposes of non-essential cookies through our Cookie Notice and/or cookie-consent mechanism.
We do not treat continued browsing of the Site as consent to non-essential cookies.
The ICO states that non-essential storage and access technologies generally require active, informed consent under PECR, and users must be given meaningful information and control.5. WHY WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We process personal data only where there is an appropriate lawful basis.
Depending on the circumstances, our lawful bases may include:
performance of a contract;
taking steps at your request before entering into a contract;
compliance with a legal obligation;
our legitimate interests, where those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms;
your consent, where consent is the appropriate lawful basis.
We do not rely on a blanket statement that “using the Site means you consent”.6. PURPOSES AND LAWFUL BASES
Providing and administering Events
We use your personal data to:
process bookings;
administer tickets;
communicate event details;
provide joining instructions;
manage attendance;
respond to questions;
organise event logistics;
provide reasonable administrative support.
Our lawful basis will normally be performance of the contract with you or taking steps at your request before entering into that contract.Communicating with you about an Event
We may send you essential administrative communications, including:
booking confirmations;
changes to an Event;
joining instructions;
venue information;
safety information;
cancellation or postponement information;
responses to your enquiries.
These communications are service or administrative communications and are not the same as optional marketing communications.Customer service and enquiries
We may use your information to respond to messages, questions and requests.
The lawful basis will normally be taking steps at your request before entering into a contract, performance of a contract, or our legitimate interests in administering and maintaining our relationship with you.Accounting, taxation and legal compliance
We may process personal data to:
maintain appropriate financial records;
establish, exercise or defend legal claims;
respond to lawful requests;
comply with tax, accounting, consumer-protection or other legal obligations;
prevent fraud, misuse or unlawful activity.
The lawful basis may be compliance with a legal obligation and/or our legitimate interests in protecting our legal and financial position.Marketing and newsletters
We may send information about From Lens to Self, future Events, projects, workshops or related activities.
Where electronic marketing consent is required by PECR, we will obtain and record appropriate consent before sending it.
You can withdraw consent or object to direct marketing at any time, and every marketing email will provide an appropriate way to unsubscribe.
PECR governs electronic marketing and the ICO confirms that individuals have an absolute right to object to direct marketing.
Where an existing-customer soft opt-in is lawfully relied upon, we will apply the requirements of PECR, including providing a clear opportunity to opt out when details are collected and in subsequent messages.7. SUBSTACK
From Lens to Self may use Substack for newsletters and related communications.
When you subscribe through Substack, Substack processes subscriber information as part of its platform and we may receive information made available to publishers, subject to the operation of the Substack service and its privacy policy.
You should review the current Substack Privacy Policy alongside this Policy.
Unsubscribing from the newsletter will stop future marketing communications from that mailing list, although we may retain a minimal suppression record where necessary to ensure that your opt-out is respected.8. ZOOM
Online Events may use Zoom.
Zoom may process information including registration information, device information and meeting content such as audio, video, chat, files and recordings, depending on the meeting configuration and what participants choose to share.
Where we use Zoom, we configure Sessions according to the nature of the Event, including any recording settings.
Where a Session is recorded, participants will be informed before or when recording begins.
Recordings are used only for the purposes described in the relevant Event information and this Policy.
Please also review Zoom’s current Privacy Statement.9. WHATSAPP
Some hybrid Events use WhatsApp.
If you join a WhatsApp group connected with a From Lens to Self Event, your telephone number may be visible to the other members of that group.
Messages, photographs and other content you post in the group may therefore be accessible to other participants.
This is a consequence of using a third-party group-messaging service and cannot be prevented by From Lens to Self.
You should review WhatsApp’s current privacy and terms information before joining a group.10. SHARING YOUR INFORMATION WITH OTHER PARTICIPANTS
We do not have a general right to share your personal data with other participants merely because you joined a From Lens to Self project.
A participant’s information may become visible to other participants when:
the participant voluntarily shares it during a group activity;
the participant posts it in a WhatsApp group;
the participant speaks or appears in a recorded group Session after being informed of the recording;
the participant voluntarily publishes material in a public forum.
We will not deliberately disclose private participant information to another participant unless there is a lawful reason to do so.11. PARTICIPANT PHOTOGRAPHS AND CREATIVE MATERIAL
Your photographs and other creative material remain yours.
If you voluntarily send a photograph or other creative material to From Lens to Self for a stated purpose, such as an exhibition, website article, project documentation or promotion:
we may use it only under the permission, licence or other lawful basis applicable to that submission.
We do not obtain a blanket waiver of your copyright merely because you participate in From Lens to Self.
We do not automatically obtain permission to sell your photographs, content or likeness.
Where a separate licence or consent is requested, its scope will be explained to you.12. PHOTOGRAPHS OF PEOPLE AND THIRD-PARTY CONSENT
A photograph of an identifiable person may constitute personal data.
If you photograph other people during an exercise, you are responsible for respecting their privacy and obtaining any consent or other lawful basis required for the photograph’s creation, publication or use.
From Lens to Self may provide additional consent instructions for specific Events.
Participants must not use a From Lens to Self Event as permission to photograph strangers in circumstances where doing so would be intrusive, unlawful or unsafe.13. RECORDINGS
Certain online Sessions may be recorded for educational or documentation purposes.
Where we record:
participants will be informed;
recordings may include voice, image, name, chat contributions and other participant content;
recordings will be access-controlled where reasonably possible;
recordings will not automatically be published publicly;
promotional use of identifiable participant footage will not be assumed merely because the Session was recorded.
Recordings will normally be retained for no longer than necessary for the stated educational or documentation purpose and, as a general policy, no longer than 12 months unless a longer period is reasonably necessary for legal, security, evidential or archival reasons.
If you do not want to be included in a recording, please contact us before the Event. Depending on how the Session is designed, we may be able to offer an alternative participation arrangement. Where recording is integral to the Session and no reasonable alternative is possible, this will be explained in advance.14. ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION AND SPECIAL CATEGORY DATA
You may contact us about accessibility or participation requirements.
We encourage you to provide only the information necessary for us to understand and respond to your request.
If you voluntarily provide information concerning a medical condition, disability or other health matter, that information may constitute special category data.
We will not request a medical diagnosis where a practical description of the access requirement is sufficient.
Where we need to process special category data, we will do so only where an appropriate condition under data-protection law applies. Where explicit consent is required and appropriate, we will obtain it separately from ordinary Terms & Conditions acceptance.
The ICO stresses that special-category data must have both an Article 6 lawful basis and an appropriate Article 9 condition, and that explicit consent must be genuine, specific and separate where relied upon.15. WELLBEING INFORMATION
From Lens to Self does not require you to provide information about your mental health, trauma history, diagnosis or medical condition in order to participate.
If you voluntarily provide wellbeing information:
we will use it only to the extent reasonably necessary for the purpose for which you provided it, such as responding to an access request or communicating with you about participation.
We do not use participant disclosures to diagnose, assess or clinically profile participants.
16. LEGITIMATE INTERESTS
Where we rely on legitimate interests, we will use this basis only where the processing is necessary, proportionate and reasonably expected in the circumstances, and where your interests, rights and freedoms do not override those interests.
Our legitimate interests may include:
operating and improving the Site;
administering Services;
communicating with customers;
maintaining IT and information security;
preventing fraud or misuse;
keeping appropriate business records;
establishing or defending legal claims;
maintaining the quality and integrity of our Services.
The ICO describes legitimate interests as requiring a purpose, necessity and balancing assessment rather than being an automatic justification for processing.17. DIRECT MARKETING
You have an absolute right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing.
If you object to marketing:
we will stop using your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
We may retain a minimal suppression record so that we can remember that you have asked not to receive marketing.
We will not continue marketing to you by changing the claimed lawful basis after you have withdrawn consent where the original marketing relied on consent.
The ICO confirms that withdrawing consent must be easy and that direct-marketing objections are absolute.18. PROFILING AND AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING
We do not use solely automated decision-making to make decisions about participation, eligibility, pricing or access that produce legal or similarly significant effects on you.
We do not use personal data to create clinical, psychological or therapeutic profiles of participants.
We will not treat participation in From Lens to Self as permission to infer sensitive personal characteristics about you for unrelated purposes.19. WHO WE MAY SHARE PERSONAL DATA WITH
Depending on how you interact with us, personal data may be processed by:
Luma, for Event registration and administration;
Stripe or another payment provider used through Luma, for payment processing;
Zoom, for online Events;
WhatsApp/Meta, for WhatsApp-based hybrid Events;
Substack, for newsletter and subscriber-management services;
website hosting, technical support and security providers;
email and communication service providers;
analytics or cookie providers where lawfully used;
professional advisers where reasonably necessary;
regulators, courts, law-enforcement authorities or other public bodies where legally required;
service providers acting on our behalf where they need access to personal data to provide their services.
We do not sell your personal data to data brokers or sell your personal data as a standalone commercial asset.
We will not share personal data with a third party for its own unrelated marketing purposes unless you have been properly informed and the sharing is lawful.20. THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS
Some third-party providers may act as processors on our behalf, while others may act as independent controllers for their own activities.
The precise legal role of a third party depends on the processing involved and the contractual and technical relationship between the parties.
Where a third party independently determines how it processes your information for its own purposes, that processing is governed by the third party’s own privacy policy as well as any rights you may have under applicable law.21. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
Some providers used by From Lens to Self may process personal data outside the United Kingdom.
Where a transfer of personal data outside the UK is subject to the UK GDPR’s international-transfer rules, we will use a permitted mechanism, such as a UK adequacy regulation, appropriate safeguards or an applicable legal exception.
Where appropriate safeguards are required, we will take the additional steps required by applicable UK data-protection law, including carrying out the relevant transfer assessment where required.
The ICO confirms that restricted international transfers must be covered by UK adequacy regulations, appropriate safeguards or a valid exception, and that appropriate safeguards require the relevant transfer assessment.22. DATA SECURITY
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures intended to protect personal data against accidental loss, destruction, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or unauthorised access.
Access to personal data is limited to people and providers who reasonably need it for the relevant purpose.
People authorised to process personal data are expected to handle it confidentially and in accordance with applicable requirements.
No method of electronic transmission or storage is completely risk-free.
If we become aware of a personal-data breach, we will assess it and take the steps required by applicable law, including notifying the ICO and/or affected individuals where legally required.23. DATA RETENTION
We do not keep personal data indefinitely.
Our retention periods depend on the purpose for which the information was collected.
As a general policy:
Enquiries and ordinary correspondence: normally retained for approximately 12 months after the last substantive contact, unless further retention is necessary.
Booking, payment and financial records: retained for as long as reasonably necessary to meet tax, accounting, consumer-law, contractual, insurance and legal requirements, and generally for no longer than six years after the relevant transaction or accounting period unless a longer period is legally or reasonably necessary.
Event administration and attendance records: normally retained for approximately 12 months after the Event, unless needed for complaints, legal claims, safety matters or legitimate administrative purposes.
Marketing information: retained while you remain subscribed or until you withdraw consent or object, subject to a limited suppression record where necessary to respect your preference.
Recordings: normally retained for no longer than necessary for the educational or documentation purpose and, as a general policy, no longer than 12 months, unless a longer period is reasonably necessary for legal, evidential, security or archival purposes.
Participant photographs or creative material submitted for a specific project: retained for as long as reasonably necessary for that project and the relevant agreed use, subject to the applicable licence, consent or withdrawal arrangements.
Retention periods may be extended where reasonably necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims or to comply with a legal obligation.24. YOUR DATA-PROTECTION RIGHTS
Subject to applicable law and relevant exemptions, you may have the right to:
be informed about how your personal data is used;
request access to your personal data;
ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information;
ask us to erase personal data in certain circumstances;
ask us to restrict processing in certain circumstances;
object to certain processing;
object absolutely to direct marketing;
withdraw consent where processing relies on consent;
receive certain personal data in a portable format where the right to portability applies;
exercise rights relating to solely automated decision-making where applicable.
The precise scope of each right depends on the legal basis and circumstances of the processing.25. HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS
To exercise a data-protection right, contact:
hello@fromlenstoself.com
Please provide enough information for us to identify you and understand your request.
We may ask for reasonable information to verify your identity before disclosing personal data, particularly where disclosure could create a risk to another person’s privacy.
We will normally respond to a valid request within one calendar month, although applicable law may permit an extension for particularly complex or numerous requests.
Where we are entitled by law to refuse, restrict or charge for a request, we will explain the applicable reason.26. WITHDRAWING CONSENT
Where we process your personal data on the basis of consent:
you may withdraw that consent at any time.
Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing that took place before withdrawal.
We will make withdrawal reasonably as easy as giving consent.
Where you withdraw consent to marketing, we will stop the relevant marketing.
We will not simply switch to another lawful basis to continue the same processing where doing so would be unfair or inconsistent with your original consent.27. PUBLIC INFORMATION
If you voluntarily publish information in a public area of the Site, social media, public comments, reviews or other publicly accessible area:
that information may be visible to other people and may be copied or redistributed by third parties.
Please consider carefully what you choose to make public.28. SOCIAL MEDIA
We may maintain social-media accounts or link to social-media platforms.
Information you post publicly on a social-media platform is governed by that platform’s own terms and privacy rules.
We are not responsible for the independent privacy practices of those platforms.29. INFORMATION FROM THIRD PARTIES
We may receive personal data from third parties where this is necessary to administer a Service.
This may include:
Event-booking platforms;
payment providers;
technology providers;
people who contact us about an Event;
social-media platforms;
service providers acting on our behalf.
Where we receive personal data from another source, we will handle it in accordance with applicable transparency requirements and this Policy.30. CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP OR BUSINESS STRUCTURE
If From Lens to Self is reorganised, sold or transferred:
personal data may be transferred to a successor or purchaser where necessary for the continued operation of the business, subject to applicable law and appropriate data-protection safeguards.
We will not transfer personal data merely because we can; the transfer must have a lawful basis and be consistent with the purposes for which the information was collected.31. MINORS
From Lens to Self Festival is intended for adults aged 18 and over.
We do not knowingly invite or solicit personal data from children for Festival participation.
If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a person under 18 in circumstances where we should not have done so, we will take reasonable steps to delete or appropriately address that information, subject to any legal obligation to retain it.32. WHAT THIS PRIVACY POLICY DOES NOT DO
This Privacy Policy does not:
- give us ownership of your photographs;- give us a blanket right to publish your likeness;- give us a blanket right to sell your content;- make participation equivalent to consent for every possible use of your data;- turn From Lens to Self into a healthcare or therapeutic provider; or- remove any legal rights that you have under applicable data-protection law.33. THIRD-PARTY PRIVACY POLICIES
Because From Lens to Self relies on third-party services, you should also review their current privacy information.
This may include the privacy policies of:
Luma — for event registration and ticketing.
Stripe — where used by Luma to process payments.
Zoom — for online meetings and associated meeting information.
WhatsApp / Meta — for WhatsApp-based hybrid experiences.
Substack — for newsletter subscriptions and communications.
Other providers actually used by the Site or Services.
The list of providers may change as our technology and services develop.34. COMPLAINTS
We want to resolve privacy concerns directly where possible.
If you believe we have mishandled your personal data, please contact:
hello@fromlenstoself.com
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data-protection supervisory authority.
The ICO recommends that organisations tell people about both the organisation’s own complaint route and the right to complain to the ICO.35. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
When we make changes, we will update the Effective Date at the top of this Policy and, where required by law or appropriate because a change is material, provide additional notice.
We will not use a material change to this Policy as a means of retrospectively converting a processing activity into something you previously consented to.
We encourage you to review this Policy periodically.36. HOW TO CONTACT US
For questions about privacy, data protection, access requests, consent, image use or personal information, contact:
Gianpietro Pucciariello, trading as From Lens to Self, www.fromlenstoself.com
Email: hello@fromlenstoself.com
Postal address: Gianpietro Pucciariello, as From Lens to Self, 96 Mortimer Road, N1 4LA, London, UK
Effective Date: 2 October 2026