Workshops & Creative Retreats in France

I offer private workshops and small photographic retreats in the Dordogne, centred around wet plate collodion, analogue photography, and historical processes.

Sessions take place at the Limestone Studio in the Périgord Noir, and in collaboration with selected hotels and historic venues across the region.

Workshops are individually tailored and focus on hands on image making, from large format photography to historic wet plate techniques.

These are working sessions rather than demonstrations.
Each photograph is shaped through a dialogue between maker, subject and process. We move between the studio and the surrounding landscape, allowing the needs of each image to guide us.

  • Every workshop is designed around your interests, experience and creative goals. Whether you're completely new to analogue photography or developing an ongoing body of work, each session is tailored to you.

    Workshops may include:

    • Wet plate collodion (ambrotypes and tintypes)

    • Large format photography

    • Film development and traditional darkroom printing

    • Salt printing and other historic photographic processes

    • Photopolymer gravure

    • Digital negatives for alternative printing

    • Portraiture, self-portraiture and landscape

    • Portfolio development, mentoring and creative guidance

    Some sessions include portrait work with experienced models, where appropriate.

    Available as:

    • One-to-one tuition

    • Small group workshops

    • Creative days and bespoke multi-day experiences

    • Residencies by arrangement

    The emphasis is always on process, observation and making photographs. You don't need previous experience or a portfolio, just curiosity and a willingness to explore.

  • The Limestone Studio is a working photographic studio set within the landscape of the Périgord Noir in south-west France.

    It is a space dedicated to analogue photography, wet plate collodion, and traditional darkroom practice.

    Participants have access to:

    • Wet plate collodion equipment and chemistry

    • Large format and vintage cameras

    • Darkroom facilities

    • Alternative printing processes

    • Studio space for portraiture, figure and still life work

    The surrounding landscape provides space for landscape work and slower, observational photography.

    Selected workshops may also take place in collaboration with nearby historic properties and carefully chosen rural venues.

  • Accommodation is arranged locally through a small selection of boutique hotels such as Hotel de Bouilhac in Montignac through to chambres d’hôtes, and rural properties near the studio.

    These locations are chosen for their calm atmosphere and proximity to the working environment.

    For longer stays, creative residencies can be arranged for photographers and artists wishing to develop work over time at a slower pace.

    These residencies are intentionally small in scale and designed to support focused, uninterrupted image making.