HOWE HILL FARM PHOTOGRAPHY ​
JULY 9-11, 2025
MADELEINE MORLET ​
The Edit Intensive
A 3-day workshop designed as a deep dive into the editing process for photographers who are ready to sit with their work and ask, what is this really about? And more importantly, what does it need next?
Tuition: $950
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
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This three-day workshop is for photographers who find themselves at a pivotal point in a project—whether you’ve reached a natural pause, are nearing completion, or feel that something’s missing but can’t quite name it. Designed as a deep dive into the editing process, this intensive is for those who are ready to sit with their work and ask, what is this really about? And more importantly, what does it need next?
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We’ll be looking at editing not just as a process of selection, but as a method of discovery. Expect to emerge with a sharper understanding of your work’s intent, a clear edit for competition or grant submissions, or a book sequence draft that tells the story with precision and confidence. You’ll also leave with a two-line elevator pitch, and a project statement that gets right to the point of your project.
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Students should arrive with 50–100 images, submitted in advance and printed at playing-card size. These small prints will become the working material we use to pull apart and reassemble the threads of your project.
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Day 1 is all about laying it out. In the morning, students will present digital slideshows and project statements for group critique. The afternoon is for revisions; your first re-edit, and a chance to reframe what you thought your project was about.
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Day 2 centres on one-on-one edits. Each student will sit down with me for a public editing session, while others are invited to watch, learn, or keep refining their own drafts. These sessions are often the heart of the workshop. By the end of the day, students will have prepared a third draft of their sequence and writing.
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Day 3 is about looking forward. In the morning, we’ll map out next steps tailored to each student’s goals; be it preparing for a book, making a submission plan, or clarifying what the work still needs. In the afternoon, students will present their final edit along with their updated pitch and statement for final critique.
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This is a workshop for photographers who are ready to get honest with their work, and are excited by what that honesty might unlock. Come prepared to roll up your sleeves. We’re here to cut to the core of the story.​​
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SCHEDULE
Class will meet Wednesday, July 9th to Friday, July 11th. Each day will run from 9am - 5pm at the art barn at Howe Hill Farm in Camden, Maine. A one hour lunch break will be observed from noon to 1pm each day.
WORKSHOP SPECIFICS
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Skill level
This workshop is designed for photographers of all skill levels. ​
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HOURS
The workshop will run from 9am - 5pm with a one hour lunch from from 12 - 1pm. ​
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CLASS SIZE
This workshop is being kept to a maximum of 6 students, and a minimum of 3, to insure ample one-on-one time and focused critiques.*
*The course will be cancelled if minimum enrollment is not met within 7 days of the workshop start. If cancelled, a full refund will be issued to all registered students.
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TUITION
$950 ​​
​ MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
MADeleine
MORLET
Madeleine Morlet is an Australian-born British-American artist and mother. Grounded in research and, more recently, paired with creative nonfiction, her practice examines the unreliability of memory, self-perception, and societal expectation through the lens of motherhood and sexuality. She draws on personal experience to explore themes of female autonomy, the gaze, and power dynamics within photography. Her images are intimate in tone, observant of beauty, and rich in narrative. She works primarily in medium format and 35mm film, often combining portraits, landscapes, and close crops to explore character and place.
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Madeleine was educated at the London Film School and King's College London, where she studied Filmmaking and Classics with English. She has worked as a photography instructor since 2018, notably at Maine Media Workshops and the Penumbra Foundation. In recent years, her focus as an educator has been on the photo-book form, informed by her work as an editor on other artists' photography monographs. She is an award-winning photographer, with her work recognized by PhotoVogue, the Lucie Foundation, the Pollux Prize, the Julia Margaret Cameron Award, the OD Photo Prize, the Felix Schoeller Prize, the Belfast Photo Festival, the Maine Arts Commission, and others.
Her publication The Quarry (2022) was supported by the Maine Arts Commission and is sold out on Photo Eye.
