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Santa Fe Workshops

We offer world-renowned workshops with professional photographers and Pulitzer Prize winning writers in the U.S., internationally, and online.
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Our reputation has been built upon a foundation of creativity and community for individuals of all levels. Santa Fe Photographic Workshops offers state-of-the-art photographic education that supports participants of all levels. We share our passion for photography, offering world-renowned instructors, cutting-edge technology, and dedicated staff. We are committed to excellence, teaching both the technical and creative aspects of photography. We provide a supportive, inspirational community where our participants build confidence in achieving their photographic goals both personally and professionally.

09/26/2026

Join us for a special presentation by photographer Chloe Sherman, whose photographs of q***r life in San Francisco during the 1990s have taken on new meaning over time. Originally made on 35mm film, these intimate portraits capture a vibrant period of creativity, self-expression, and community and now serve as an important record of q***r life and culture during a pivotal moment in history.

Chloe shares her experience revisiting this work decades after making it and considers what happens when photographs become part of the historical record. She discusses the role photography can play in documenting communities that have often been overlooked in mainstream archives. She explores how photographs continue to shape our understanding of the past, giving visibility to stories that might otherwise be lost and creating a sense of connection and belonging long after they were made.

The program concludes as Chloe engages in a live Q&A with the webinar audience. For those unable to attend live, a recording is available to all registered participants.

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this free online artist talk:
➡️ bit.ly/sfw-sherman

Image Credit: Chloe Sherman

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09/25/2026

DON'T MISS OUT — In this new online workshop, Brazilian visual artist and photographer Daura Campos guides us through cameraless photography, transforming everyday materials into expressive visual art.

Here's what you'll learn:
+ Three alternative process techniques: phytograms, lumen prints, and chemigrams
+ Nuances of different processes and how to use them to achieve your desired image
+ How layering materials can produce unexpected and exciting results
+ New ways to approach your image making beyond the camera that utilize alternative processes

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this online workshop:
➡️ bit.ly/cameraless-photos

Video Credit: Rafaela Urbanin ()
Image Credit: Daura Campos ()

09/24/2026

In this new online workshop with photographer, educator, curator, and author Thomas Werner, we look at what gets in the way of making the work we really want to make.

Here's what you'll learn:
+ Ways of identifying what is getting in the way of your creative process and what to do about it
+ A clearer understanding of the intention, habits, influences, comfort, ambition, editing, audience, and the decisions—conscious and unconscious—that shape your photographic practice
+ How to become more deliberate about what you photograph, why you photograph it, and what you want the work to become

Over three sessions, we examine your existing work, identify patterns and obstacles in your creative process, develop or reconsider project ideas, make new photographs between sessions, and return to the group to evaluate what changed and what didn’t.

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this online workshop:
➡️ bit.ly/werner-27

Image Credit: Thomas Werner

09/23/2026

DON'T MISS OUT — In this new online workshop led by artist and educator Cali M. Banks, together we move through a full cycle of photographic practice while working alongside poetic prompts, texts, and your own writing.

Here's what you'll learn:
+ Ways of seeing words and images as forms and tools to be used together
+ Use of words and images as conceptual system through practice with ideas around materiality, perception, and language structure
+ How meaning changes when text and photograph are used together
+ Ways intention, chance, and interpretation can shape the work as you're creating it.
+ Experimentation with different forms of presentation, sequencing, and layering

Each session includes group image and text review, with discussion focused on process, decision-making, and how the relationship between writing and image develops over time. By the end of the workshop, poetry and photography feel less like separate elements and more like interwoven parts of a shared practice.

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this online workshop:
➡️ bit.ly/braided-lines

Image Credit: Cali M. Banks

09/22/2026

This new, five-week online workshop with photographer Deborah Samuel invites participants from beginner to intermediate to discover the art of landscape photography using the camera they carry every day—their iPhones.

Here's what you'll learn:
+ The essential elements of landscape photography, including observation, composition, natural light, weather, and thoughtful editing.
+A review of the iPhone’s camera, examining its basic controls and camera settings
+ Creative controls of the Hipstamatic app and learn how its lenses, films, and editing + Confidence in creating compelling images and discovering your own photographic style

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this online workshop:
➡️ bit.ly/samuel26

Image Credit: Deborah Samuel

09/21/2026

This in-person workshop in Santa Fe led by experienced printmaking instructor and photographer Christine Alexander is designed for photographers at all levels who use an iPhone and want to learn best practices to great fine-art quality prints of their images.

Here's what you'll learn and experience:
🖨 Strategies for photographing on your iPhone with final print quality in mind
🖨 How to process your images in apps such as Lightroom and Photoshop Mobile
🖨 Considerations when editing an iPhone image for print
🖨 The mechanics and functionality of fine-art inkjet printers

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this in-person winter workshop:
➡️ bit.ly/alexander-iphone

Image Credit: Christine Alexander

09/20/2026

It's that time of year again... do YOU dare to enter the 2026 SFW Haunted Photo Contest?

Submit your spookiest images to us via Instagram DMs by midnight MST on September 29th, 2026 for the chance to win. Participation is on a first-come-first-served basis (limit one submission per person).

This year's contest runs from October 2nd through October 18th, with the winner being announced on October 29th, 2026. The winning image will be selected by the number of commented "votes" (not likes) on their respective post.

To "vote": Comment on the post of your favorite image. Contest participants are encouraged to share the post of their image to acquire more "votes" (comments). Limit of one "vote" per person, per image, per day.

This year's Haunted Photo Contest winner will receive a FREE registration to one of our upcoming SFW Online Workshops (valid through December 31st, 2027 for contest winner only).

Those who cast their vote for the winning image are also eligible to receive a FREE registration to one of our upcoming SFW Perspectives webinars (valid through December 31st, 2026).

We're excited to share all of your terror-ific images this October!

Image Credit: Sophia Wasteneys (Summer 2026 Course Coordinator, "Desert Nights" with Todd Hido)

Note: Any submissions depicting or implying acts of violence or harm against a person or animal will not be accepted.

09/19/2026

LAST CHANCE — The deadline for the 26th annual New Mexico Magazine Photo Awards is September 22nd, 2026! For the past 25 years, New Mexico Magazine’s annual photo awards have highlighted the state’s natural beauty, culture, people, diversity, and charm with images from photographers all across the country who have had the fortune of photographing our unique state.

Santa Fe Workshops is a proud sponsor of this year's contest, offering select category winners a free SFW Online workshop and the grand prize winner a free SFW in-person workshop. Rules and restrictions apply.

Visit the link below to learn more and submit to this year's Photo Awards!:
📸 www.newmexicomagazine.org/photo-awards

09/18/2026

Join photographer and visual artist Brianna Tadeo in this new Santa Fe-based workshop for an immersive deep dive into the magical world of light-sensitive materials and uncover what’s possible through cameraless printmaking.

Here's what you'll learn and experience:
+Chemigrams, botanical printing, and lumen prints—cameraless processes where sunlight, chemistry, and natural materials interact directly on photographic paper
+ Ways of creating digital negatives from pre-existing scans or photographs and how to reproduce images in the darkroom as silver gelatin contact prints
+ Studio time to experiment and combine processes learned throughout the workshop

This workshop invites play, curiosity, and exploration—transforming and reimagining what a photograph can be.

Visit the link below to learn more about this new in-person workshop in Santa Fe:
☀️ bit.ly/tadeo27

Image Credit: Brianna Tadeo

09/17/2026

This immersive fine-art workshop led by Thibault Roland in Santa Fe blends conceptual thinking, technical mastery, and hands-on exploration, guiding photographers toward creating landscape images that are not only visually compelling but also emotionally resonant and personally meaningful.

Here's what you'll experience:
+ Assignments on location where we learn to combine the essentials of classic landscape photography with the ideas and techniques of digital contemporary practice
+ Lectures covering essential fine-art concepts, what to include or exclude from the frame, and the transition from color to black and white
+ In-depth exploration of image editing and processing using Adobe Photoshop, learning how post-processing serves as a powerful creative tool for shaping mood, refining intent, and developing a distinctive personal style

By the end of the week, participants leave with a stronger understanding of fine-art landscape photography, a refined visual approach, and practical tools to continue developing a meaningful and authentic body of work.

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this fall in-person workshop:
🍂 bit.ly/roland-sfw

Image Credit: Thibault Roland

Address

50 Mount Carmel Road
Santa Fe, NM
87505

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+15059831400

Website

https://santafeworkshops.com/

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