Institute for Photopsychology
Goals are:
- To inform about existing insights of photopsychology and interpret them for practical applications
- To make additional findings from psychology usable for photography
- To generate new insights for photopsychology through empirical research
The Institute for Photopsychology is a private research initiative founded in December 2022. Currently in the process of bering established, it is bering driven by a strong force, with significant academic psychology-related support in terms of topics and research.
Research Report:
Feigl. J. (2025). Guided Tours in Photography Exhibitions: Requirements and Effects on Perception and Memory.
Feigl. J. (2023). Artificial Intelligence and Photography: A Psychological Analysis.
Current research projects:
2024: Psychological perspectives on artistic photography, aesthetics, and beauty
2024: The influence of photography guided tours on the memory and evaluation of photographs
2024: Recollection of photographs; utilization and archiving of photographs
Staff:
Dr. Joachim Feigl
- Education in Psychology (Diploma in Psychology, Univ.) and Social Work (Diploma in Social Pedagogy).
- PhD studies in Business Psychology and Adult Education, resulting in a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
- Training in ‚Systemic Coaching and Team Development‘ at the Institute for Systemic Counseling in Wiesloch.
- Many years of teaching assignments at universities.
- Management of a team of market and customer researchers in the automotive industry.
- Convened to the German Society for Photography (DGPh) in 2024
- Photographic projects with book publications and exhibitions both domestically and internationally: https://www.jfeigl.de.
Photo: © Torsten Dodillet
Thematic contributions for podcast episodes:
- Prof. Dr. Kathrin Thiel: Social Engagement (FPL47)
- Prof. Dr. Sven Barnow: Mindfulness (FPL33)
- Prof. Dr. Johannes Keller: Flow (Podcast FPL31)
- Prof. Dr. Timo Lorenz: Happiness (FPL30)
- Prof. Dr. Martina Zschocke: Travel Photography (Podcast FPL16)
- Dr. Ronja Demel: Photography and the Big Five Personality Traits (Podcast FPL14)
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Glöckner: Intuition und Photograph (Podcast FPL12 and 13)
- Prof. Dr. Tobias Breiner: Proportions/Golden Ratio in Psychology and Photography (Podcast FPL11)
- Prof. Dr. Georg Franzen: Unconscious and Archetypes in Photography (Podcast FPL8 and 9)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Joachim Funke: Creativity in Psychology and Photography (Podcast FPL7)
- Prof. Dr. Tobias Breiner: Color Psychology and Photography (Podcast FPL5)
- Prof. Dr. Rudolf Forsthofer: Intercultural Psychology and Photography (Podcast FPL3)
- Dr. Ronja Demel: Personality and Portrait (Podcast FPL1)