Between Photographs and Texts
Production and Editing Workshop with Sara Aue Sobol
Copenhagen June 6–8, 2025
"I want to share my experience with writing—how it began for me, and the authors who continue to inspire me, from both photography and literature. I see a red thread running through the Nordic art scene: in literature, it's called autofiction; in photography, diary images; and in cinema, realism. During the workshop, participants will engage in writing exercises that support and deepen the narrative in their visual work."
— Sara Aue Sobol
About the Workshop
This three-day workshop is designed to inspire and strengthen each participant’s ability to find a distinct personal voice in photography. It’s for those who want to explore photography as a visual poem, weaving together images and words to build intimate, narrative-driven bodies of work.
We will explore key questions:
Through conversations, assignments, and editing sessions, the workshop will help you refine a photographic language that reflects who you are. Whether you’re working on an existing project or starting something new, the focus will be on creating images that reveal not just the subject, but the photographer behind the camera.
When you dare to put yourself into your work—your emotions, your doubts, your love—the images become more than representations. They become stories that resonate with others.
Workshop Focus
About Sara Aue Sobol
Sara Aue Sobol (b. 1993) is an Italian visual artist based in Denmark. A graduate of Fatamorgana, she blends poetic, diaristic photography with Nordic documentary traditions. Her work navigates themes of motherhood, nature, and human emotion, using intimacy to explore broader cultural and existential narratives. Her first photobook, Tell My Love Now, was recently published with TIS Books and Yellow Butterfly by Sobol Books
🔗 www.saraauesobol.com
Workshop Schedule:
Day 1 – Friday: Inspiration & Fieldwork
Theme: Observation, Writing & Presence
10:00–10:30 — Welcome & introductions
10:30–11:30 — Artist talk by Sara Aue Sobol: From diary to sequence – merging image and text
11:30–12:00 — Assignment brief: A Visual Poem
12:00–13:00 — Lunch
13:00–17:00 — Fieldwork: Begin photographing in Copenhagen + writing notes/diary entries
Day 2 – Saturday: Editing & Narrative Building
Theme: Structure, Writing & Sequencing
10:00–13:00 — Selection + First edit of images and text
13:00–14:00 — Lunch
14:00–16:00 — Selection + First edit of images and text
16:00–17:00 —Fieldwork: Begin photographing in Copenhagen + writing notes/diary entries
Day 3 – Sunday: Final Series & Dummy Mock-up
Theme: Finishing, Assembling, Presentation
10:00–11:00 — Short talk: Making a photographic dummy – tools, tips, and intention
11:00–13:00 — Final edit: prepare your visual poem (10–20 images + short texts)
→ Sequence, print small formats, and layout as book spreads or leporello/zine
13:00–14:00 — Lunch
14:00–16:00 — Final group presentation: each participant shares their final series
→ discuss next steps
16:00–17:00 — Wrap-up, feedback & goodbye
→ Each student goes home with a sequence for a dummy mock-up of their visual poem
The schedule may be adjusted during the workshop.
🧰 Workshop outcome:
By the end of the workshop, each participant will leave with:
Practical
3 days workshop in Copenhagen -
NW Gallery, Nansensgade 10
Price DKK 3.750 / EUR 500
incl. VAT
- A non-refundable deposit of 50% is to be paid when registration to the workshop is confoirmed and the remaining fee is to be paid at the latest June 1st.
There may be some extra costs related to printing, paper, and other material depending on your choice of creative process during the workshop.
When you are registered, you will get a welcome letter with more information.
Participants will be expected to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. Please contact us if you want info and some local information.
What To Bring With You
Online / Printed archive
Your own computer (and hard drive) with project files easily available.
Terms & conditions
If a participant decides to cancel for whatever reason, this must be confirmed in a written notification.
NW Gallery reserves the right to cancel the workshop due to insufficient participants or reasons beyond our control. In such a case, a full and immediate refund of the workshop fee will be issued.
NW Gallery is not responsible for reimbursements of travel, accommodation or other expenses in case the workshop is cancelled.
NW Gallery reserves the right to cancel a reservation if full payment has not been received latest the first day of the workshop - or according to other agreement
How to Register:
- Deadline: June 1st -
First to mill principle – only 10 seats available.
Send us the following information:
* Your name and contact information
* Bio
* A short text describing your work and motivation for the workshop
* fill in the form below and attach a file of images
* When you are registered, we will send you payment info and a a welcome letter with more details
* By sending in the registration, you approve the terms and conditions
REGISTER NOW:
Contact:
mail@nw-gallery.dk for any questions
Nansensgade 10
1366 Copenhagen K
mail@nw-gallery.dk
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by appointment
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