Description
One-day workshop · 9 am – 4 pm · 7 March 2026
This one-day narrative photography workshop continues the work that begun in Invisible I: Composition and Visual Language. It shifts the focus from single images to sequences. The aim is to understand how photographs can work together to suggest stories, atmospheres, and relationships between places, times, and emotions.
During the day, you explore how pacing, repetition, variation, and the gaps between images shape what a viewer understands and feels. Instead of chasing isolated “best shots”, you start to build small bodies of work that read as coherent visual narratives.
Across the day, you’ll work through three interconnected sessions.
First session – Foundations of photographic narrative
First, you look at different ways images can function inside a sequence. Some frames establish place or mood, others create transitions, and some act as recurring motifs or closing images. Through short talks and examples, you compare simple linear narratives with more open approaches such as lyric, fragmentary, or associative sequences. As a result, you begin to see how meaning can emerge between images, not only inside them.
Second session – Sequencing, rhythm, and editing
Next, you work directly with your own photographs. Through guided exercises, you test different orders, pairings, and groupings. Even small changes in sequence can shift the mood or message, so this stage becomes very exploratory. You pay attention to rhythm—how images “beat” across a sequence—as well as visual echoes and the impact of leaving things out. In addition, you consider how scale, orientation, and viewing order can support or disrupt the narrative.
Third session – Developing a small series and personal direction
Finally, you shape a short series that reflects your interests and way of seeing. You select a small set of images, refine the sequence, and discuss how it reads. Group feedback helps you notice patterns, strengths, and possible next steps. By the end of the session, you leave with a compact visual narrative and a clearer sense of how narrative thinking can support longer-term projects.
Throughout the workshop, ideas stay closely tied to practice. You spend time making, looking, editing, and discussing photographs, so concepts remain grounded in actual work rather than theory alone.
What to bring
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A camera you are comfortable using
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A laptop or tablet for viewing and editing images
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A small selection of your existing photographs (digital files are fine) that you want to develop into a sequence
If time and conditions allow, you may also complete a brief shooting exercise to generate extra material for sequencing. Therefore, make sure your batteries are charged and your memory card has space.
Completion of Invisible I: Composition and Visual Language is a prerequisite, because the workshop builds directly on those ideas.
This follow-up narrative photography workshop extends those foundations into storytelling, sequencing, and series development.
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