WORKSHOP:
The Photographic Narrative
with Holly Lynton
DATES:
Sept 10-15TH
LOCATION:
Saga - Inderøy - Norway
Our workshop with photographer
Holly Lynton will reframe the way you think about visual storytelling, leaving you with a new perspective and a new set of techniques to craft compelling photographic narratives.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Great photographs often connect with our subconscious, producing a response that although pleasing to the eye, resonates deeper under the surface.
Our workshop ‘The Photographic Narrative’ with Holly Lynton will provide you with innovative strategies to produce images that are provocative, enigmatic, and lyrical. You will learn how to depict people, places, and histories in unprecedented ways.
The learning process will be centered around a storytelling project created through a combination of in-class development and outside class assignments.
You will explore different approaches to photographic narrative-building and storytelling with a focus on both memory and play as creative catalysts. Close attention is paid to the technical aspects of image-making and how to develop consistency in a project.
The class will also cover research, and how to effectively use research in one’s photographic practice which allows artists to bring more intentionality and purpose to their work, no matter the subject.
Classes are a combination of lectures, class discussion, presentation, critique, and assignments.
Students can expect to move forward in their current projects as well as develop research and workflow skills that will support them in their future work.
This workshop is open to photographers of all levels, and will reframe the way you think about visual storytelling, leaving you with a new perspective and a new set of techniques to craft compelling photographic narrative.
Holly Lynton latest book ‘Bare Handed’ (published in 2022) presents a nuanced portrait of rural life in 21st-century America. The project was a decade long undertaking.
Holly Lynton’s beautiful photographs reveal the spiritual state of being that emerges from nature and tradition. Returning to specific communities year after year, Lynton moves beyond mythology to reveal a complex social landscape suffused with tradition but unburdened by nostalgia. - The Guardian
WORKSHOP TUITION:
NOK 14.000,- (deposit NOK 4.000,-). This does not include travel costs, accommodations or meals.
Shortly after registration for your workshop you will receive an invoice via e-mail for the deposit (to be paid within two weeks). You will also receive an invoice for the rest of the tuition at the same time as the deposit. This invoice is to be paid no later than one month before the workshop starts. All fees are to be paid in Norwegian Kroner.
International students: You can pay us via PayPal or transfer your payment directly to our account. Please let us know when registration for a workshop your preferred method of payment. For PayPal payments there is a handling fee of 6 % of the amount paid that will be added to the invoice. For bank transfer there is usually a transaction fee. Check with your bank for the amount, and make sure this fee is not subtracted from the tuition fee payment.
For Norwegian invoices, which is sent to your e-mail, there will be an invoice fee added to the invoice of NOK 8,-. If you want the invoice sent via EFH the fee is: NOK 11,-. For regular post: NOK 32,-.
ACCOMMODATION:
The workshop takes place at our creative center SAGA in Norway.
Saga is a creative retreat center, with large spacious rooms, a homely atmosphere, an outdoor sauna, swimming dock and beautiful nature right outside the door. The stress of day to day life is left behind when you enter our center, so you can focus all your energy on expanding your creative talent and adopting new skills.
SAGA has a hotel section, which offers accommodation for participants during the workshop. If SAGA is fully booked we will organise alternative accommodation nearby 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 our 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. If we have no other person of your gender who opted for shared accommodation, we will offer you a single room.
MEALS:
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 warm lunch at SAGA every day. Breakfast and varm lunch, coffee/ tea and fruit throughout your stay is included in the accommodation fee.
If you are not staying at our hotel you can still be part of the meal plan.
Meal Plan: breakfast, varm lunch, coffee/ tea and fruit pr day: Nok 660,-.
If you have any food allergies please let us know when you register for your class and we will try to accommodate your needs.
For dinner: the options will be discussed with the group on arrival. There are one restaurant in walking distance to SAGA, and several in driving distance. Dinner is not included. Saga has a full liquor license.
PRICE ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS:
Shared double-room: NOK 1.460,- per person pr night.
The price includes:
- shared double room
- healthy breakfast
- warm home-cocked lunch
- coffee/ tea and fruit throughout your stay
- a session in Saga Sauna.
To get a shared double room requires that we have another participant of your gender, that can share. If we do not, you will get a private room - see price below.
Private room: NOK 1.760,- per night.
The price includes:
- a private room
- healthy breakfast
- warm home-cocked lunch
- coffee/ tea and fruit throughout your stay
- a session in Saga Sauna.
Payment for accommodations and meals is done directly to SAGA, before you depart. SAGA accept Visa and MasterCard.
GETTING TO SAGA:
By Plane:
The closest airport to SAGA is Trondheim International Airport. From the airport, take the northbound train (towards Steinkjer), which stops at the airport terminal about every two hours. You will disembark the train at Røra Station (about 1 hour and 10 minutes) where NORDphotography’s van will be to greet you and transport you to SAGA. Estimated travel time to SAGA from (Time include direct flight to Trondheim Airport + train to SAGA): Oslo: 2 hours / Bodø: 2 hours / Copenhagen: 3 hours / Stockholm: 3 hours / New York: 12 hours (NYC+Oslo+Trondheim)
By Train:
You disembark the train at Røra Station and NORDphotography’s van will be to greet you and take you to SAGA. Estimated travel time to Røra 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.nsb.no/rutetabell
By Car:
Follow E6 to Røra, then RV 755 to Straumen.
Travel expenses are each participant's own responsibility.
WORKSHOP TUITION:
NOK 14.000,-
Deposit: NOK 4.000,-
Se payment details in the workshop description.
REGISTRATION ON OUR WORKSHOPS ARE BINDING.
We ask that you do not book your ticket until we have confirmed that the minimum number of participants have signed on. The confirmation will happen no later than a month before the workshop start.
We recommend everyone who travels to have travel insurance.
For our cancelation rules and withdrawal and refund policy, scroll to the end of the description and read the info in the blue banners.
WHEN TO ARRIVE:
The workshop starts on September 10TH at 19:00 (7PM).
WHEN TO DEPART:
The workshop wraps after lunch on September 15Th at 13:00 (1PM)
WHAT TO BRING:
You need to bring your camera, your laptop, and your usual photo-gear to this workshop.
Students are expected to bring a small portfolio (max 10 images) of their work (print or digital) to the class.
ABOUT
Holly Lynton:
Holly Lynton was born in Boulder, Colorado and was raised both there and in New York City. Her photographs focus on understanding rural communities in the United States through their agricultural history, current industry, and ritual.
Lynton received a BA in Psychology in 1994 from Yale University, where she also studied photography. She received an MFA in Photography from Bard College in 2000.
Lynton’s photographs have been exhibited internationally and is part of a numerous of collections. She has received awards and grants for her work including The Aaron Siskind Individual Photographer’s Fellowship, the Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship, the Syngenta Photography Award, and an Artist Resource Trust Grant. Yale University recently awarded her a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition for her series on Methodist Camp Meetings in South Carolina.
Lynton photographs have been featured and reviewed in The New Yorker, Harvard Design Magazine, The Miami Herald, The New York Times, The Village Voice, among others.
Withdrawal and refund policy:
We highly recommend purchasing travel insurance.
Enrolment is limited in our workshops, 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 60 days before the start of class and we will refund all monies paid, minus an administration fee of NOK 1500,-. Withdraw 60 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:
We ask that you do not book your ticket until we have confirmed that the minimum number of participants have signed up.
For workshops to run we need a minimum of five participants, unless otherwise noted in the workshop description. If we for some reason are not able to reach our minimum number, the workshop will be canceled and you will receive a full refund. NORDphotography is not responsible for reimbursement of non-refundable airline / train tickets in the event of a program cancellation. Our line of liability is to return all monies paid to the workshops. Please check on your workshop status before making travel arrangements. There will be a maximum of 10 students in each workshop, unless otherwise noted in the workshop description.
Instructor Replacement:
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It is the nature of our business that occasionally a listed instructor cannot participate because of unexpected events. If we are forced to replace an instructor we will do so with someone with equal or similar credentials. When time permits we will inform everyone who has registered.