FINDING THE NARRATIVE

a mentorship with SAL TAYLOR KYDD

Period: Mar. 26 to Oct. 1

Our Mentorship Program with acclaimed Artist Sal Taylor Kydd is a long-form mentorship designed to give a single project the time, attention, and critical focus it rarely receives.

What makes this program unique:

Seven-month duration, from March 26 to October 1, allowing a body of work to evolve slowly and rigorously.
Limited to 6 participants, ensuring close dialogue, sustained feedback, and meaningful collaboration with the mentor.
Monthly group critiques focused on projects in progress.
One 50-minute one-on-one mentorship session midway through the program for in-depth, individualised guidance.
Dedicated focus on development of a project within the book form, where image and text treated as equal, interdependent elements.
Mentorship led by an internationally recognised artist with extensive experience in artist books combining photography and writing.

Join writer and photographer Sal Taylor Kydd for an intensive online mentorship dedicated to the dynamic relationship between photography and text within the book form. Running over an extended period, the program offers rare continuity, allowing sequencing, language, and structure to develop through reflection, critique, and revision.

Designed for photographers developing a book project, the mentorship examines how text, poetic, narrative, reflective, or fragmentary, can shape, disrupt, or expand photographic meaning. Text is approached not as explanation, but as an active component that can create tension, rhythm, and resonance.

Each participant enters the program with a work-in-progress body of photographs. Through monthly group critiques, guided assignments, and focused presentations, participants work through sequencing, pacing, structure, and the conceptual and material decisions that define the book as an artistic object.

Midway through the program, each participant receives a 50-minute one-on-one session with Sal, offering a concentrated space for critical feedback at a pivotal moment in the project’s development.

By the end of the mentorship, participants will have developed:
• A working book dummy integrating text and image
• A clearer sense of narrative intention and project direction
• A strengthened artistic voice within the context of the book form

SCHEDULE:

The class will meet about once a month, over a 7 month long period, beginning March 26TH and ending on October 1. The program includes 7 group session and 1 private 1:1 session.

SPECIFICS:

Day: Thursdays

Time: 16:00 - 18:0 (CET) / 10AM to 12PM (EST).

Dates: March 26, April 30, June 4, June 25, August 6, Sept 3, Oct 1.

One-on-one session: 50 min. pr participant, conducted on July 15 & 16.

Place: Zoom - invitation will be sent to your e-mail

Max participants: 6

Language: English.

ACCEPTANCE BY PORTFOLIO:

You will receive a e-mail from NORDphotography with further inquiries after your registration. We might ask for a description of the project you want to work with in this class, and images/ sketches you have created for the project. We do this to make sure that this is the right Mentor Group for you and your project.

Sal Taylor Kydd is the author of several acclaimed artist books combining poetry and photography, with work held in collections including The Getty Museum, Bowdoin College, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the Maine Women Writers Collection at the University of New England.

Read more about Sal Taylor Kydd on our faculty page.

See more of Sal Taylor Kydd work on her website.

Registration Online Course

ONLINE COURSE TUITION:
NOK 26.000,- (currency converter)

The tuition can be divided in payments of 3, on request.

After registration: NOK 10.000,-

March 2026: NOK 8.000,-

August 2026: NOK 8.000,-

The amount is listed in Norwegian Kroner (NOK)

REGISTRATION ON OUR COURSES ARE BINDING!

PAYMENT OPTIONS:

Norwegian participant: we will send an invoice to your e-mail.

International students:

You have 3 option of payment - please list your preferred payment method when registering for a class:

CREDIT CARD: you can make a payment directly from our website. There is a transaction fee (4 %) charged by Stripe that will be added to the tuition.

PAY PAL: For PayPal payments there is a handling fee of 6 % of the amount that will be added to the invoice.

INTERNATIONAL BANK TRANSFER: For bank transfer there is a transaction fee. Check with your bank for the amount, and make sure the transaction fee is not deducted from the payment for the class. In our experience bank transfers have the lowest cost.

NB: Await payment until you have received a confirmation of your seat and an invoice from NORD-photography.

We need a minimum of 4 participants to run this class.

TESTEMONIAL:

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

Withdrawal and refund policy:

Enrollment is limited in our classes, so once you have registered for a class – we are counting on you to attend. The registration is binding. We do however understand that sometimes plans fall trough and offer the following cancellation policies:
Withdraw more than 30 days before the start of class and we will refund all monies paid, minus an administration fee of NOK 1500,-. Withdraw 30 days or less before the start of class and we will charge you with the full workshop tuition.

NORDphotography is not responsible for cancellations due to medical emergencies.

Cancelation Rules:

For online course to run we need a minimum of five participants, unless otherwise noted in the class description. If we for some reason are not able to reach our minimum number, the class will be canceled and you will receive a full refund.

There will be a maximum of 10 students in each class, unless otherwise noted in the workshop description.