Title: Photo tangles: Conditions for children’s participation while using digital photos in kindergartenAbstract: What happens when digital photos are used as tools in kindergarten? What conditions do artefacts as digital photos bring on to children's participation and democratic education? This article describes processes and analysis from an exploratory study on the conditions for participation in kindergarten. Three varieties of participation with a potential for democratic practices were identified. Furthermore, the article critically discusses a number of “tangles”; identified risks, in terms of didactic considerations for practical work with digital photos in kindergarten.