VISUAL STORYTELING INTENSIVE
Dates: December 12th, 13th and 14th, 2025.
Applications Open: October 8
Early Bird Offer: Apply by October 27 and complete your payment by October 31 to get the Early Bird price of $450.
General Admission:
If payment is made after October 31, the regular fee is $500.
Applications Close: December 1st, 2025.
To participate, photographers must submit 10 photos in a PDF (25mb) that includes your name, title of the series and/or any additional information you would like to include -which can either be part of a cohesive project or individual image- along with a brief bio and/or artist statement to studio@deliciastudio.com
Cut Through the Noise
Building a strong photographic practice takes years. Owning your craft and voice? That's just the beginning.
What photographers struggle with most is detaching from their own work. Distilling their story to its essential core. Learning to cut through massive edits and create concrete, powerful narratives.
Most photographers can capture moments. Few can transform scattered images into stories that move people.
This intensive builds a container to get you unstuck. Community-driven editing, sequencing, and storytelling that turns your vision into impact.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
3-day intensive workshop with photographers Josefina Santos & Lola Villa for mid-career photographers ready to turn their images into a powerful, publication-ready story. Bring printed work only—we’ll be sitting in small groups for in-depth, collaborative editing and sequencing sessions during the first two days.
On Day 3, your newly refined project will be exhibited at Delicia in an open showcase, presented in the way you’ve come to curate it throughout the workshop. Walk away with a polished story, fresh perspective, and a creative community to support your next steps.
This intensive is for mid-career photographers ready to transform scattered images into publication-ready stories. The result: A tight, clear, powerful photographic story.
The Process
Editing for impact means understanding ebbs and flows. The tension and release that creates visual momentum. Visual storytelling requires awareness of energy—highs and lows, rhythm, narrative arcs.
We'll examine your work through the lens of energy and emotion. Identify the visual elements that elevate your project or undermine it. Turn your ideas into stories that are personal, universal, timeless, and timely.
Ready to be exhibited. Ready to be seen.
In Three Days You'll Master:
Day 1: See Clearly
Stepping back to view your work objectively
Understanding visual rhythm and narrative momentum
Identifying core messages beneath surface aesthetics
Day 2: Build Momentum
Sequencing for emotional impact and story clarity
Collaborative editing with experienced eyes
The discipline of elimination: story vs. ego
Day 3: Refine & Present
Final edit refinement
Presentation strategies
Community feedback and vernissage
You'll Leave With:
A coherent project with clear narrative spine
Refined, publication-ready edit
Analytical tools to maintain clarity as your work evolves
Network of serious photographers and industry professionals
Confidence to present your work powerfully
10% 1:1 mentorship program with Lola Villa and Josefina Santos.
Your Guides
Josefina Santos
Photographer and visual storyteller with
Josefina Santos is a Colombian photographer and director based in Brooklyn. Blending portraiture, fashion, and documentary, her work is expressive, intimate, and rooted in connection. Known for her intentional use of color, Josefina uses it to evoke emotion and tell deeply personal stories. She’s currently working on Sucre, her first monograph, exploring cultural memory, place, and identity in her mother’s hometown of Sincelejo, Colombia.
Lola Villa
Curator, Art Director & Mentor. Founder of NATIVE Agency and ByNature Studio. Contributor to VOGUE, ATMOS, World Press Photo & NPR. Expert in visual narrative and creative development.
Details
When: December 12th, 13th and 14th.
10am-6pm each day
Where: DELICIA STUDIO - 1717 Troutman St, Brokklyn, NY.
Includes:
Three-day intensive sessions
Lunch recommendations
Final vernissage and artist talk
Ongoing community access
Digital resource package
Ready to transform your photography from collection to story?
Your spot is waiting.
Limited to 13 photographers.