PHOTOGRAPHY - BOOK DESIGN - PRESENTATION
INSTRUCTORS 2025:
Elisabeth N. Aanes
Elizabeth Avedon
Jari
Sal
Connie Imboden
Stig Marlon Weston
Ragne Kristine Sigmond
Join us for an unforgettable learning experience in 2025
I can still vividly recall sitting in Joyce Tenneson’s studio in Maine, looking bewildered as she suggested I start my own company offering high-quality workshops with instructors of her caliber. Fifteen years later, I look back with pride at the incredible roster of worldrenowned instructors who have trusted me to organise workshops with them. Their belief in me has allowed NORDphotography to grow, evolve, and continue offering transformative experiences for photographers.
I can also see the fruit of this labor, through all the different projects that has emerged into the photo scene, ignited in one of our classes. That is still my biggest joy of running NORDphotography. Our wonderful program for 2025 is a dynamic mix of online classes, workshops, and creative journeys. We offer three different mentor programs this year. One in-person (taking place in Oslo), and two on-line classes: The Personal Project with Swedish photographer Anna Clarén, and The Artistic Vision with acclaimed artist Connie Imboden (US).
We kick off the year with online classes. First off is our Text & Image 1 class with Sal Taylor Kydd starting January 14th, followed by our creative exercise class - The Image Crit, as well as our Alternative Process Forum with Jill Enfield. Our book design class The Photo-Book with Elizabeth Avedon starts February 26th. In March Sal Taylor Kydd continue with Text and Image 2, and in April our light-painting master Ragne K Sigmond teaches her online class
Creative Lighting. The Fall online classes starts October 15th with Stig M Weston´s class From Portfolio to Podium. Followed by Jari Poulin popular class The Wonders of Polaroid.
If you want to visit our creative center SAGA (Norway) this year for a workshop the first opportunity is in May when the master of historical photo processes, Jill Enfield will teach her Alternative Process class. The first week of June Diana Bloomfield teaches her new class The Handmade Artist book. And last week of August the award winning artist Jari Poulin, our newest member of our faculty is visiting SAGA with her class The Art of Multiple Exposure. The first week of September Stig M Weston will teach his workshop Light & Alchemy, where we explore a variety of experimental Analog Photography. The last in-person workshop at SAGA this year will be in late September, when Ragne K Sigmond teaches The Creative Portrait. We are introducing a brand new offer at SAGA in September as well, called The Artist Week.
As for our Creative Journeys in 2025 we are going places in October! Be part of an unforgettable road trip in Iceland October 2nd - 9th. Or join writer and photographer Sal Taylor Kydd at a former aristocratic estate, now an organic farm, exploring the rolling hills of Tuscany.
My wish for this year is that our classes will inspire, motivate and help you continue on your creative journey wherever you are going.
Sincerely,
Elisabeth N Aanes CEO NORDphotography / SAGA
INFORMATION:
E-mail:
post@nordphotography.com
Phone: (+47) 95 47 69 66
Address: Saga, Sundsøya 11 7670 Inderøy, Norway
Interested in a meeting? Please send us an e-mail for a conversation or an online meeting.
Sal Taylor Kydd
Jill Enfield
Elisabeth N. Aanes
Elizabeth Avedon
Ragne Kristine Sigmond
Diana Bloomfield
The Artist Week at Saga
Connie Imboden
Jari Poulin
Stig Marlon Weston
Anna Clarén
DESTINATIONS
The
ONLINE: Text and Image I
Day: Tuesday 20:00-22:00 CET/ 2-4PM EST
Period: Jan 14 - Feb 25 / 6 sessions
Tuition: NOK 7.600,-
This is a class for photographers looking to experiment with incorporating writing into their creative practice in combination with their photography.
Each meeting will include opportunities for critique of your images with the goal to explore ways to include text to enhance the story. You can show new work, or work you have done before. We will examine sequencing of text and image to create unexpected moments in your narrative. All forms of writing are encouraged from prose to poetry.
Sal will give you assignments between classes that will allow you to experiment with writing, as you tailor your creative process. There will also be time for discussion and workshopping of your writing, together with the rest of the class.
ONLINE: Text and Image II
Day: Tuesday 20:00-22:00 CET/ 2-4PM EST
Period: Mar 18 - Apr 29 / 6 sessions
Tuition: NOK 7.600,-
We will look at how you can combine your writing and photographs to enhance your narrative in book form. Examples of artists who combine text and image in various forms both on and off the page will be shared for inspiration, as well as a look at different avenues for publishing your work in today’s publishing landscape. Extensive discussion will examine the sequencing of text and image to create unexpected moments in your narrative, as well as other design and layout considerations.
This is a class for experienced photographers who are looking to develop their book project, using photography in combination with the written word. Experience with Adobe Indesign is helpful but not essential.
Sal is an incredibly patient and generous instructor (with a great sense of fun). She is that rare type of artist who can articulate her version and inspire others to do the same using our own voices and our own imaginations, memories and stories. The assignments are fun but also challenging. And they open up space for individual creativity.
- A. Selwyn
Master of historical photographic processes
ONLINE: The Alternative Process Forum
Day: Friday, 19:00-21:00 CET/ 1-3PM EST
Period: Jan 31 - May 30 / 6 sessions
Tuition: NOK 7.600,-
Are you passionate about historical photographic techniques? This online forum, led by one of America’s foremost authorities on Alternative Processes, is designed for practitioners at all levels who are looking to refine their skills, solve challenges, and exchange ideas with like-minded artists.
The class offers personalised feedback on your images and guidance to troubleshoot any issues you’ve encountered while creating your work. It’s also a collaborative space where practitioners share tips, discuss techniques, and inspire one another to explore new creative directions.
What to Expect:
• Tailored Feedback: Receive constructive advice on your work and practical solutions to technical challenges.
• Interactive Lectures: Explore key topics in Alternative Processes, including Wet Plate Collodion, Cyanotype, Albumen, Platinum, Palladium, Kallitype, toning, combining techniques, hand tinting, and more. You can also request a topic.
• Presentations of different artist working with Alternative Process as inspiration to the group.
For each class you should work on perfecting your chosen processes.
Collodion + Cyanotype + Van Dyke Brow
Dates: May 27 - Jun 1
Tuition: NOK 16.000,- (Incl paper/chemistry)
Location: SAGA, Norway
Acc Cost: Please see page 41
This workshop will transport you back to the beginning of photography and teach you to create glass negatives and tintypes using wet plate techniques from the 1860s, in addition to trying your hands on the Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown printing process. Our instructor Jill Enfield has written three books about historical photo processes and is regarded as one of America’s most experienced and respected alternative process artists.
Jill will cover the entire Wet Plate Collodion Process from cutting and preparing glass & aluminum, mixing and handling chemicals, safety procedures, making portable darkrooms, assessment of exposure time, evaluation of results, and all that goes into mastering this intriguing process. Students can make tintypes, ambrotypes (positives) as well as glass negatives.
Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brow is different printing processes involving mixing chemicals, preparing the canvas, printing, processing and drying. Jill will also give a lecture about how you prepare a digital negativ to be used in an alternative process.
This workshop is for all levels, beginner, intermediate and advanced.
ONLINE:
Period: Jan. 26 - May 4 / 6 Sunday sessions
Time: 19:00-20:30 CET/ 1PM-2:30PM EST
Price: NOK 7.600,-
The Image Crit is an ‘exercise class’ for your creativity that will stretched, nurtured, and grow your photographic talent. Every meeting you will get a different creative challenge presented, where you can submit 2-5 images for critique in our next meeting. Everyone in class will be asked to give feedback on everyones images, in addition to your instructor, Elisabeth. This often leads to interesting discussions, and input, that might give you new ways of looking at your work. You will be shown work from many different photographers as inspiration, to give you a great send off into your creative process, but also make you aware of different work that other creatives are doing. Each meeting is an opportunity to present images, to receive constructive critique and discuss photography.
“The photo project (Funkis & Formalin) about the Pharmaceutical Institute at Blindern took shape during NORDphotography’s mentoring program in 2021. Elisabeth established my faith in the project and made me feel more confident in my own photographic voice.”
– Kristin Rosmo.
Dates: Feb 11 - Dec 9
Tuition: NOK 25.000,-
Location: OSLO
This is a mentorship program for photographers looking to work on long term projects, with the goal of finishing a body of work within the length of the program. Lectures, discussions and critique of student work will be the structure of the mentorship. To expand our creative tool-box, we will implement different practises from Julia Cameron’s beloved book “The Artist Way”.
This program will help discover, develop and fine-tune each photographer’s creative voice. You should come to this mentorship with an idea of a project. It can be an old project you want to finish, or a new project you want to create. We will meet once a month. The lecture will be tailored to each participant’s project, to give inspiration and guidance for further development. During this mentorship you will learn to develop a cohesive body of work, present work in a professional matter, to critique other photographers work, and to respond to critique of your own work. The mentor program wraps with a group exhibition in Oslo where each participant exhibit a selection of images from their project.
PS: As a participant in this program, you receive a 20% discount on the workshop fee on all workshops that take place at SAGA in 2025.
designed by Elizabeth Avedon
- A highly regarded photo-book and exhibition designer, independent curator and photo consultant.
ONLINE: The Photo Book
Period: Feb 26 - Oct 1
Tuition: NOK 25.000,-
Our online book-design class spans over 9 months and is divided into 3 separate levels. This will allow students to develop a well crafted book by the end of the course.
LEVEL 1:
Wednesday: Feb 26, Mar 5, 12, 26
LEVEL 2:
Wednesday, Saturday: Jun 4, 8, 11
LEVEL 3:
Wednesday: Sep 3, 10, 17, Oct 1
There is a rich history of self-published authors including Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King and Mark Twain. Now that artists are able to produce their own hardcover and softcover books online at a relatively low cost, self-publishing has become a popular alternative for photographers. The goal on this course is for you to leave this class with a
photo book pdf ready to self-publish or present to a publisher.
Your instructor Elizabeth will give you assignments between sessions to help you elevate your book, and get ready for the next Level. We strongly encourage students to use the time in between the different levels to work on the skills learned thus far, and keep developing your book.
Designing a great photo-book takes time, and this class is structured to give you enough time to develop your taste, skill-set, and design choices, so the end result is a thoroughly crafted book that highlights your work in the best way possible.
We will be using BLURB for this class, and each student needs to download and become familiar with Blurb.com’s ‘free’ BookWright software before classes begin. You may also use INDesign, Quark, or Photoshop if you are more familiar with these softwares. The class will not cover technical or design software issues.
“I came to this workshop with the intention of making a practice book of my work. I could not imagine that I would leave with a book, let alone one I love. I did not think that was possible. Each level brought more clarity and Ahah! moments for design decisions and edits. It was only with the help of Elizabeth’s instruction, feedback and encouragement, while in a supportive group environment, that guided me to a place where I felt seen and heard in something I made. My on-going memoir. With deep sincerity, thank you.” Sam Geballe
- our creative Lighting Master, who was named Photographer of the year in Norway in 2017
ONLINE: Creative Lighting
Day: Wednesday 19:30-21:30 CET/ 1:30-3:30PM EST
Period: Apr 2 - May 28 / 6 sessions
Tuition: NOK 7.600,-
The art of lighting is a skill necessary to master if you want to excel in your photography.
This online class will in addition to teaching you basic Light-Painting techniques, and creative Light-painting techniques, also give you a better understanding of light in general. The course consist of lectures with demonstrations, image critique, pluss technical and creative exercises. There will be given assignments in between classes, for participant to practise techniques learned in class. You will also get feed-back on your work, to help you perfect your skill. (Our Level 1 class is a great preparation for our Creative Portrait Workshop.)
Dates: Sep 23 - 28
Tuition: NOK 15.000,-
Location: SAGA, Norway
Acc Cost: Please see page 41
Ignite Your Creativity with Portraits and Light Painting.
This workshop, designed exclusively for SAGA and NORDphotography, will push your creative boundaries and elevate your portrait and light-painting skills.
Through Ragne’s “thinking out of the box” exercises, you’ll learn to create stunning, story-driven portraits with minimal props—relying instead on your vision, creativity, and resourcefulness. You’ll explore the transformative power of light, discovering how angles and heights can change a face, and how light painting can turn ordinary surroundings into magical scenes.
Ragne, an expert in light painting with over 20 years of teaching experience, will guide you through this “slow photography” technique using a simple flashlight and a long-exposure camera setup. Her practical approach and generous teaching style will inspire you to simplify your process and create innovative, impactful work.
Perfect for those with a basic understanding of light, this workshop is an excellent next step for anyone who has previously taken Ragne’s light painting courses and wants to advance further. Don’t miss this opportunity to transform your photography and embrace new creative challenges! There can be no light without shadow: or rather no shadow unless there is also light.
Margaret Atwood
- Specialising in 19th century Photographic Printing Processes
The Handmade Artist Book
Dates: Jun 3 - 8
Tuition: NOK 16.000,- (Incl material)
Location: SAGA, Norway
Acc Cost: Please see page 41
Have you ever wanted to interpret your photographic art in a totally unique way, one that embraces a whole other fantastic art form? If so, The Handmade Artist Book may be just the thing for you.
As a long time photographer and visual storyteller, Diana Bloomfield uses the book form as a creative way to re-interpret her own work.
Creating artist books that push the boundaries of the traditional book form, and where structure meshes with content, offers inspiring, innovative, and interactive ways for creative expression. In this workshop, we’ll look at an array of handmade books
and the possibilities inherent with this creative art form. As so many handmade books incorporate some form of the accordion book, we’ll start that way, too. From there, we’ll move on to origami, piano hinge, flag book variations, and more.
Creating a book a day is the goal for this workshop. And if you happen to like one book form more than another, you can easily concentrate on and stay with that one if you like. Each book, however, will build on what you learned from the day before. At the end of the week, you will be able to take home what you learned and, hopefully, expand on those designs, making them all your own.
Papers and all materials will be supplied, but if you have photographs or other art you would like to incorporate into some of these books, feel free to bring them.
No prior experience is necessary for this workshop.
“I still hold my breath when I think of their fragility and beauty, and yet here they are, the most unique books you’ve ever seen, perched on shelves to make you tremble“
Ann Jastrab, Executive Director, Center for Fine Art Photography, Carmel, California
IN-PERSON AT SAGA
Dates: Sep 15 - 21
Tuition: NOK 15.000,-
Location: SAGA, Norway
Included: Single accommodation 6 nights. Breakfast, lunch and dinner during your stay. Access to our darkroom, the studio, our gallery and available equipment. And sauna session every day.
This September, Saga - our creative haven and Workshop Center hosts “The Artist Week”, a week dedicated to fostering creativity, collaboration, and growth. We will invite five experienced artists, including NORDphotography instructors and former participants, to focus on their projects while enjoying the tranquility and inspiration of Saga’s surroundings.
FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Participants will have full access to Saga’s facilities:
• A daylight studio with seamless white backdrop.
• A darkroom for analog and experimental photography.
• High-quality printers and bookmaking tools.
• A classroom with projector and whiteboard for optional presentations and feedback.
• Saga also provides support in arranging models, scouting inspiring local settings, and connecting with the Inderoy community to enhance artistic projects.
We create a nurturing environment with daily breakfast, light lunch, and dinner. To balance work and relaxation, participants can unwind in our sauna, available every day.
The Artist Week offers space for experienced artists to work, reflect, and exchange ideas with like-minded peers. Presentations or feedback sessions are optional, allowing each participant to tailor the experience to their needs.
The Artist Week at Saga is more than a creative retreat—it’s a chance to step away from daily life and immerse yourself in a landscape of breathtaking beauty, surrounded by supportive peers who share your dedication to the arts. Whether seeking inspiration in nature, refining technical skills, or exchanging ideas with fellow artists, participants leave this week with not only new work but also lasting memories and connections.
This event is primarily by invitation from us - or one of our Instructors, but we will also welcome experienced artists who can provide a portfolio or proof of work. This program is not suitable for beginners. If you’re interested in being considered, feel free to email us—we’d love to hear from you!
Join us this September to create, relax, and grow as an artist in the inspiring atmosphere of Saga.
- 30 years of using the camera to examine, distort and redefine the human form
ONLINE: Artistic Vision - Mentor Program
Day: Wednesday 19-21 CET / 1-3 PM EST
Period: Sep 24, 2025 - May 27, 2026
Tuition: NOK 26.000,-
Find a deeper artistic vision with Connie Imboden in her Mentor Class with NORDphotography.
The class runs over 9 months with one meeting a month. There will be 6 group meetings, and 3 individual talks, where you will get a 20 minute oneon-on conversation with Connie.
2025
24 Sep. 19-21 CET /1PM-3PM EST (group)
22 Oct. 19-21 CET /1PM-3PM EST (group)
19 Nov. 19-22 CET /1PM-4PM EST (individual)
17 Dec. 19-21 CET /1PM-3PM EST (group)
2026
28 Jan. 19-21 CET / 1PM-3PM EST (group)
25 Feb. 19-22 CET / 1PM-4PM EST (individual)
25 Mar. 19-21 CET / 1PM-3PM EST (group)
29 Apr. 19-21 CET / 1PM-3PM EST (group)
27 May 19-22 CET / 1PM-4PM EST (individual)
This is a very unique Mentor Group, where participants are approved by portfolio.
Connie will push you the way only she does, to help you deepen your own understanding of your creative ability. She will help you keep digging into the depths of your talent and discover your creative uniqueness. This class is about YOU and finding a clearer focus for your photographic vision.
Assignments will be individually geared, and the structure of the class is group meetings with image critique and lectures, and individual talks with each participants, to allow for deeper discussions about your work, and what you are trying to accomplish. Unlike other classes she has offered which are designed to develop different visual tools to strengthen your work, this class is about finding, identifying and/or developing your distinctive photographic vision.
Connie Imboden is an artist whom pushes the photographic medium to its highest level. Especially nudes, where her constant quest is to find new ways to examine, distort and redefine the human body often using reflections in water and mirrors.
“You cannot go deep by digging a thousand holes”
- Buddhist saying
- Discover Iceland with NORDphotography
Dates: Oct 2 - 9
Tuition: 4200 EURO
Location: Iceland
TUITION INCLUDES:
• Curated roadtrip with facilitator
• Brainstorming sessions, image critiques, location advice
• Single accommodation inc. breakfast at 3-4 stars hotels for 7 nighst
TUITION DOES NOT INCLUDE:
• admission to spas
• rental car, insurance and gas
• lunch and dinners
• plane tickets
• travel insurance
• Transfers from airport to Reykjavik
Join NORDphotography founder Elisabeth N. Aanes this October for an unforgettable road trip through Iceland, designed to spark your creativity and help you find balance in your artistic practice. Traveling along the iconic Ring Road, you’ll be immersed in the breathtaking landscapes of this land where fire and ice coexist. From majestic waterfalls and steaming geysers to black sand beaches and glacier lagoons, every stop is an opportunity to create and connect with the raw beauty of Iceland. This journey isn’t just about photography-it’s about nurturing your creative spirit and making space for reflection and renewal. Each day will include visits to
Iceland’s most unique geothermal pools, spas, and hot springs, where you can unwind, recharge, and soak in the magic of the land.
October offers the perfect backdrop for this adventure, with dark nights that may reveal the dancing northern lights and ever-changing light conditions ideal for photography. The crisp weather heightens the joy of outdoor heated pools, natural hot springs, and saunas, making it a sensory experience unlike any other. Throughout the trip, you’ll have opportunities to photograph, share work, and discuss the artistic process with like-minded creatives. Group sessions will include brainstorming, inspiration-sharing, and image critiques, helping you refine your vision and deepen your artistic practice.
To ensure a seamless journey, we encourage participants to pair up and share car rentals. A WhatsApp group will be set up well in advance to connect participants and coordinate logistics. With years of experience traveling Iceland, Elisabeth will guide you to her favorite locations, hidden gems, cozy hotels, and rejuvenating spa facilities. Whether you’re seeking inspiration, artistic growth, or simply an unforgettable adventure, this road trip promises to be a transformative creative experience.
A carefully crafted journey for photographers looking to experience Iceland through an artistic lense.
- an international award winning artist, photographer and printmaker
The Wonders of Polaroid
Day: Thursday, 19:00-21:00 CET/ 1-3PM EST
Period: Oct 23 - Dec 4 / 6 sessions
Tuition: NOK 7.600,-
Using Polaroid’s latest cameras (Now+, i2), this workshop focuses on playful experimentation to enhance your vision and create unique, one-of-akind images. Through practical demos, creative assignments, and inspiring imagery, you’ll learn both traditional and experimental techniques, including multiple exposure, timed exposures, light writing, and app-based camera controls.
Explore how Polaroid artists transform their work with paint, drawing, sewing, cutting, soaking, and more, while discovering ways to share your creations through books, zines, and exhibits. Weekly assignments will challenge you to produce portraits, still life, landscapes, abstracts, and more, expanding your skills and creative vocabulary.
For participants with the Polaroid Lab, you’ll also learn to print stunning smartphone photos on Polaroid film. Participant need a Polaroid Camera to join this class that take either iType film or Polaroid 600 film.
The art of Multiple Exposure
Dates: Aug 26 - 31
Tuition: NOK 15.000,-
Location: SAGA, Norway
Acc Cost: Please see page 41
A deep dive exploration into multiple exposure techniques with Jari Poulin in an immersive workshop that will expand the way your vision and creative output. You will explore the captivating art of multiple exposure photography which offers a multitude of new choices and directions for your work. You can expect to make some creative leaps during this content-rich week. Participants will learn how to creatively blend images and will experiment with techniques that will enhance storytelling and visual impact. The workshop will cover a variety of approaches to multiple exposure and will include essential concepts, including camera settings, composition,and post-processing tips to achieve stunning results.
Attendees will engage in hands-on exercises and will be photographing various subjects, objects and scenes to create a variety of unique layered images. Guided by Jari’s keen eye and experience, you’ll receive targeted feedback and exercises that will inspire you to push further. By the end of the workshop, you’ll have a portfolio of multiple exposure photographs and the confidence to keep experimenting and incorporating multiple exposure into your photography practice.
Dates: Oct 14 - 21
Tuition: EUR 4200 (incl all meals and private accomodation)
Lcation: Spannocchia, Siena, Italy
How do you create work that is uniquely yours while surrounded by breathtaking beauty? This workshop takes you to the rolling hills of Tuscany, a region steeped in history and natural wonder, to help you discover and develop your personal photographic voice. Sal is a veteran workshop leader and educator with several sold out self-published books to her name. And she speaks Italian!
Our home base is a former aristocratic estate turned organic farm near Siena, complete with gardens, grottos, hidden ponds, and an ancient tower filled with rustic textures and magical light. You’ll explore secret gardens, forest paths, and even an abandoned monastery, all offering incredible opportunities for personal and meaningful photography.
Beyond the estate, we’ll visit mystical hot springs and historic abbeys, immersing ourselves in Tuscany’s cultural richness and breathtaking scenery.
This workshop is designed to provide maximum time for you to create, with mornings spent shooting in the golden Tuscan light or reviewing work through critique and discussion. Afternoons offer further exploration, shooting, or one-on-one time with Sal to refine your creative vision, uncover your artistic motifs, and strengthen your personal narrative.
Perfect for advanced photographers, this workshop offers the space, guidance, and inspiration to create portfolio-worthy work while connecting with a like-minded creative community.
OUR LOCATION: Spannocchia
Students will enjoy private rooms in and around Spannocchia’s main building, with breakfast, lunch, and dinner included in the tuition. Set on a 1,100acre organic farm and education center, Spannocchia offers hiking paths, farm animals, lush gardens, stunning vistas, a swimming pool, and eight centuries of rural history. Its location near Florence, Siena, Chianti, and other Tuscan landmarks makes it an ideal base for exploration. Meals, featuring organic farm-to-table ingredients, are served in the main dining hall.
The Creative Retreat with Sal Taylor Kydd and NORDphotography in Italy (2023) was the most wonderful experience. I am tempted to do it again. Best retreat ever - truly.
- Gail Samuelson
“This course was fantastic! I gained valuable insights into project presentation, writing a bio, and crafting an artist statement. The constructive feedback from Stig, guest photographers, and fellow participants was invaluable. ”
Inguna Abuce
- An award winning photographer and artist best known for his experimental analogue processes
ONLINE: From Portfolio to Podium - present your artwork with confidence and impact.
Day: Wednesday 19:00-21:00 CET/ 1-3PM EST
Period: Oct 15 - Dec 10 / 6 sessions
Tuition: NOK 7.600,-
Learn to confidently share your artistic vision in this online course led by Norwegian artist Stig M. Weston. Designed as practical training sessions, the course will teach you how to effectively present your work to audiences, galleries, and editors, and engage them in your creative practice.
You’ll receive constructive feedback from instructors, guest photographers, and fellow participants, helping you refine your presentation skills and gain deeper insight into your artistic journey. Through lectures, assignments, and interactive discussions, you’ll learn to:
• Highlight key aspects of your projects to capture attention.
• Communicate the deeper meaning of your work.
• Present with confidence in any setting.
Whether you’re seeking to make a connection with curators, audiences, or editors, this course will give you the tools to succeed. Join us and develop the tools to showcase your work with clarity and impact.
WORKSHOP: Light &
- experimental Analog Photography
Dates: Sep 2 - 7
Tuition: NOK 15.000,- (Incl paper/chemistry)
Location: SAGA, Norway
Acc Cost: Please see page 41
An immersive workshop that will transform how you approach photography. Through hands-on experimentation, you’ll explore creative analog techniques and develop your own process-based photographic project. You’ll learn and experiment with cameraless processes like photograms, chemigrams, lumen printing, and more. While the focus is on unconventional methods, there’s also room to play with traditional tools, including creating your own pinhole camera. By the end of the class, you’ll learn how to mix and layer techniques to expand your analog toolkit and push your visual expression further.
Stig will guide you step by step, sharing his creative methods and inspiring you with examples from contemporary artists working in experimental analog photography. You’ll experiment with unique materials and even craft natural chemicals using foraged ingredients, connecting your work to the landscape around you. This workshop also explores the relationship between theme and process in photography. Through guided discussions and playful experimentation you’ll develop new ideas and translate them into a cohesive project. By the end, you’ll have the skills, inspiration, and confidence to bring your creative vision to life in new ways.
- One of Swedens most recognised photographers
ONLINE: The Personal Project - Mentor Class 2025/2026
Nov 2025 - Oct 2026
Tuition: NOK 26.000,-
This Mentor Class is suited for photographers and enthusiast with some experience in working on personal projects.
Participants are expected to come to the Mentor Class with either:
1) a project you are working on that you want to finish within the next year,
2) a new project or idea you seek to develop under the guidance and mentoring of Anna Clarén.
The main structure of this class is image critique of your work, mainly from instructor Anna, but also your fellow participants. For each meeting you are asked to upload new work, and expand your project. During the months we spend together you will, through Anna’s skilful guidance, develop your project step by step, and end up with a well crafted body of work in the end. You will also learn to write an Artist Statement and construct a pdf presentation of the work created.
The class meets once a month, over a 12 month period. There are no meeting in July, so a total of 11 meetings.
The last class will be conducted as an online portfolio review, where each participants get to present their work in front of a panel of reviewers, who then will evaluate and discuss your work among themselves. The Panel Talk will consist of Mentor Anna Clarén, pluss 2 invited professionals from different branches of photography. The panel discussion will be streamed LIVE, and your final portfolio will, with your consent, be presented on NORDphotography’s webpage. You can view former participants projects and listen to p revious Panel Talks on nordphotography.com/thepaneltalk
Each mentor meeting is recorded, and the recording is available for the participants to watch up until our next meeting.
You will receive an e-mail from NORDphotography with further inquiries after your registration. We might ask for a description of the project, or project idea that you want to work on during this class. Pluss images/ sketches you might have created for the project. We do this to make sure that this is the right Mentor Class for you and your project.
Anna has a remarkable ability to find the small within the large and the large within the small. She brings absolute presence, deep commitment, and an extraordinary talent for conveying the magic of photography and visual storytelling. At the same time, she is straightforward and clear in her approach; her feedback always inspires me to push further and strive for better. - Linda Unhemm
NORDphotography is proud to present our faculty, which is made up of a fine selection of world class artists and professionals in the field of photography. It is a selection of individuals who are not only celebrated and collected as artists, but who have also gained accolades for being some of the best instructors in the world.
Elisabeth is the founder and CEO of NORDphotography and SAGA Center for Photography. She runs the SAGA Studio and teaches NORDphotography’s in-person Mentor Program in Oslo and the online class The Image Crit. Elisabeth took her photo-education in Maine (US) in 2004 and worked as an assistant for Joyce Tenneson for several years. In 2024 she enrolled in the Master of Fine Art program at Maine Media Education, a program she plans to complete by 2027.
Her work has been exhibited in Norway and the US and her work was selected for CMCA’s exhibit 40 Photographers / 40 Years. She holds the cover for The View Project curated by Joyce Tenneson, and was part of the projects traveling exhibition around the US.
instagram.com/elisabethnaanes
Elizabeth Avedon is an independent curator and photo consultant. Former Director of Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe; Creative Director for The Gere Foundation. Elizabeth is a juror for the 2021 and 2020 Leica Women Foto Project Awards and on the panel of jurors for the internationally renowned Prix Carmignac Foundation Photojournalism Award in Paris. She continues to participate as a reviewer in many international portfolio reviews including the New York Portfolio Reviews; CENTER/Review Santa Fe; Photolucida, Landskrona FotoFestival, among others.
Elizabeth received the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Griffin Museum of Photography.
elizabethavedon.com
Diana’s work has been internationally exhibited and widely published. Specializing in 19th century historic printing techniques, Her images have been included in a number of books and Diana’s art is also in the permanent collections of the Norton Museum of Art, located in West Palm Beach, Florida; the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico; in the Collection at Montefiore Einstein, located in White Plains, New York; and in NC State University’s Gregg Museum of Art & Design.
A native North Carolinian, Diana lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she received her MA in English Literature and Creative Writing from North Carolina State University. She is represented by The Cardinal Gallery, located in Toronto, Canada.
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Anna Clarén is a recognised Swedish photographer. Her breakthrough came with “Holding” (2006). The photographs depicted her daily life for four summer months. The self-portraits were revealing and frank and regarded as innovative with their fragile, private mood. The book won the Swedish Photographic Book Award in 2006. Annas lates project “When everything Changes” is a deeply personal, and revealing story about a family and a marriage that is suddenly faced with the unexpected. Clarén stands as a sole author of a book, a genre-defying story with documentary images. The project was presented as both a film and book at Fotografiska Museum in Stockholm, April 2018. Clarén is also Head of Education at the Nordic School of Photography.
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Jill Enfield is one of America’s most experienced and respected hand-colouring artists. She has taught hand-colouring and nonsilver techniques at Parsons School of Design, The New School, and the International Center of Photography in New York, as well as in workshops throughout the United States and Europe.
Jill’s more recent emphasis has been on the wet plate collodion process, originally used by M atthew Brady during the Civil War.
Jill’s personal work has appeared in such publications as National Geographic, Camera Arts, PDN, Hasselblad’s FORUM Magazine, Shutterbug, Popular Photography, Digital Camera, and ZOOM.
www.jillenfield.com
Connie Imboden has taught for over 30 years, as faculty at The Maryland Institute College of Art as well as instructing various workshops and institutions throughout the United States, France, Norway, the Czech Republic, and the United Arab Emirates.
Her photographs have been exhibited in an extensive range of group and solo shows at galleries and museums across the Americas, Europe, and China and are in museum collections around the world. Her first book entitled “Out of Darkness”, won the Silver Medal in Switzerland’s “Schonste Bucher Aus Aller Welt (Most Beautiful Book in the World)” Award in 1993.
Her fourth and most recent monograph,“Reflections; 25 Years of Photography”, was published in 2009.
Jari Poulin is an artist and printmaker using photography as the main expression of her practice. She is the recipient of many national and international awards including the International Photo Awards (IPA), 15th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 7th Worldwide Pollux Awards amongst others.
She holds her MFA from Lesley University College of Art and Design. Her work is portrait based and explores ideas of the ephemeral, memory, and identity. Her work has been exhibited widely including the Barcelona Foto Bienniale, ClampArt Gallery NYC, Praxis Gallery, Gallery 1202, the Bower’s Museum, C4FAP, Galerie de la Ferme du Mousseau, Elancourt, France as well as in Limerick, Ireland with the Ink Shop Printmaking Center, Griffin Museum of Photography.
Stig Marlon Weston focuses on analogue and experimental processes in his more than 20 year long artistic practice. He runs the community darkroom in Oslo, Norway and has initiated the Nordic Darkroom Network to facilitate the sharing of experience between Nordic darkrooms through a common program of artist residencies. He has been a workshop teacher at the analogue and experimental photography festivals in Barcelona and Vienna.
His own projects have won national and international awards, has been exhibited in Berlin, London and New York, as well as in regional and national exhibitions in Norway.
weston.no
connieimboden.com
jaripoulin.com
Originally from the UK, photographer and artist Sal Taylor Kydd earned her BA in Modern Languages from Manchester University in the UK and has an MFA in Photography from Maine Media College. Sal is a writer and poet, and has self-published a number of books combining her poetry with her photographs. Her books are in numerous private and museum collections throughout the country including The Getty Museum and the Maine Women Writer’s Collection at the University of New England. Sal’s latest artist book is The Call, a hand-made letterpress artist book. Her book of poems and photographs, Just When I Thought I Had You, is now in its second edition. Sal also teaches and is on the board of Maine Media Workshops & College in Rockport ME.
Ragne Kristine Sigmond is currently teaching photography at Media College Denmark. Working on fine art photography in her spare time has been an important factor for developing her photographic style. She has been invited to present her work at art fairs, to give lectures and hold workshops, to judge competitions or to exhibit in countries like Norway, Denmark, Italy, Belgium, Poland and Australia. She was the main contributor of photographs to the 500-page book about composition “Se her!” (LOOK!), written by Rudi Hass, released in the Scandinavian market in 2013. In 2017 she received The Photography award in Norway, a prize created to honour photographers who have especially contributed to enhancing the position of photography in cultural life.
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“Photographs open doors into the past, but they also allow a look into the future.”
– Sally Mann
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WE ACCEPT APPLICATIONS CONTINUOUSLY!
SAGA AIR offers you SPACE to focus on your CRAFT and CREATE new work. The residency is open to photographers, bookmakers, writers, and other creative artists from all over the world.
LENGTHS OF STAY:
2 - 4 weeks. The residence period last from Sunday to Sunday. You will be free to set your own work schedule. We can help organise tours and studio visits to other artists in the area.
WHAT IS INCLUDED:
• Private accommodation with linnen and towels included.
• Shared fully equipped kitchen (2-4 people)
• Shared bathroom (with 1-2 person)
• Washer/dryer
• Free use of our internett
• Access to our daylight studio/work area (60 m2)
• Access to darkroom/ Wet Plate Collodion Lab
• Access to work place. The Artist will have to cover the cost of materials they need to create art and are also responsible for their own meals.
EQUIPMENT AT SAGA:
• Daylight studio with 2 daylight lamps, printer (A2), scanner.
• Fully equipped darkroom with 4x5” and 35/120 mm enlarger. Wet Plate Collodion equipments. UV-lights (A4)
COST PAID BY ARTIST (listed in NOK):
• 2 weeks: NOK 9.100,- (NOK 650, - pr day)
• 4 weeks: NOK 18.200,- (NOK 650,- pr day)
As an Artist in Residence at SAGA you can be asked to give a lecture or have an open studio session during your stay for a local audience. We also ask our visitings Artist in Residence to donate a piece from the artwork that was created at SAGA, to be part of our AIR ART Collection.
APPLICATION:
You apply for SAGA AIR directly on our website. We choose artist based on your application and work. We accept applications continuously.
INCLUDE IN THE APPLICATION:
• What you wish to achieve during your stay at SAGA AIR
• A portfolio of your work, digital, including10-20 images
• BIO/ CV/ Artist Statement
• Preferred dates for your stay
“My stay exceeded my expectations. With Elisabeth’s support and connections, I quickly found participants for my project and accomplished my goals of filming and developing 16mm film. The facilities, particularly the darkroom, were excellent, and the fjord swims and peaceful environment made it a truly productive and rewarding experience.” - Maia Neergaard
Nestled in a quiet bay, directly on the waterfront, and surrounded by one of Norway’s most breathtaking cultural landscapes, you will find SAGA, NORDphotography’s workshop center. The area, called Inderøy, is known for its beautiful scenery, which together with the sea and special light has inspired artists and authors for hundreds of years.
It is a perfect place for a creative center for photographers and we welcome anyone looking for a quiet environment where nature, like-minded people, and world-renowned photographers come together to learn and celebrate the art of photography.
SAGA is a short walk away from Straumen, the area’s municipal center. The town gained its name from the tidal current that passes through, which is the second strongest in Northern Europe. A modern, yet rustic place where you will find historic wooden buildings from the 1700s, the Gallery Nils Aas Kunstverksted, the very cozy and popular boutique Landhandleriet, the local internet Café, and Jostu’s Candle Foundry.
SAGA SAUNA: New in 2021 is our SAUNA addition to our creative center. The sauna can house 8 guests, is open year round, and is a perfect place to wrap up after a long day of shooting.
SAGA has a hotel section, which offers accommodation for participants during the workshop. If SAGA is fully booked we will organise alternative accommodation near by in the same price range.
There are single beds in all of SAGA’s hotel rooms. We hope that most participants are open to share hotel rooms with one other participant (of the same gender) during your stay at SAGA. This way we can house the whole class at out hotel. If you are a group traveling together, or you have a preference when sharing a room, please make a note when registration for the workshop. If you prefer a single room, let us know, and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Saga is known for it’s fresh homemade food. We will start each day with a healthy breakfast, before heading to class, or out shooting. We serve a warm lunch at SAGA every day.
Dinner is not included on our workshops. The group will be presented with the eating options in this area. Saga has a full liquor license.
If you have any food allergies please let us know in advance and we will try to accommodate all your needs.
Shared double-room: NOK 7300,per person for a 5 day workshop. The price includes shared double room, breakfast, warm home-made lunch, coffee/ tea and fruit throughout your stay pluss one sauna session.
Private room: NOK 8.800,for a 5 day workshop. The price includes a private accommodation, breakfast, warm homemade lunch, coffee/tea and fruit throughout your stay pluss one sauna session.
Payment for accommodations and meals is done directly to SAGA, before you depart. SAGA accept most debit and credit cards.
BY PLANE
The closest airport to SAGA is Trondheim International Airport. From the airport, take the local train, which stops at the airport terminal about every two hours, towards Steinkjer. You will disembark the train at Røra Station (about a one hour ride from the airport) where NORDphotography’s van will be to greet you and transport you to SAGA.
BY TRAIN
Disembark the train at Røra Station and NORDphotography’s van will be there to greet you and take you to SAGA. Travel time by train from: Oslo - 9 hours, Trondheim - 2 hours, Bodø - 9.5 hours, Storlien (Sweden) - 3.5 hours. For the local train schedule see: www.vy.no
BY CAR
Follow E6 to Røra, then RV 755 to Straumen. Saga is located at Sundsøya 11, Inderøy.
TRAVEL TIMES TO SAGA
Oslo: 2 hours
Bodø: 2 hours
Copenhagen: 3 hours
Stockholm: 3 hours
New York: 12 hours
(times include direct flight to Trondheim + local train to SAGA)
SERVICES AT SAGA
You can visit us to attend one of the many workshops with internationally renowned teachers, rent our photo-studio, borrow equipment, print photos, get advice and guidance on your own projects, rent us for business meetings, private celebrations or stay overnight at SAGA hotel.
“Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.”
Elliot Erwitt
Read your chosen class description(s) carefully before registration. Registration is binding.
Our workshop tuition at SAGA DOES NOT include travel, transportation, meals or accommodation. For our destination workshops see workshop description as it varies.
We expect our participants to bring their own camera and laptop.
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We team up with internationally acclaimed photographers, artists and resources in photography, to give you an uforgettable learning experience.
We aim to help you expand your talent - and to further the carrier for photographers.
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Our mission is to arrange workshops, courses and events that makes a difference for our participants.
