The Visual Language of Image Sequencing
with Drew Leventhal
October 11 – November 1, 2025
Course Description
Sequencing is where a good project becomes a great one—where images begin to speak to each other, and something deeper emerges.
Yet despite its power and importance, sequencing is rarely taught in depth. Whether assembling a book, exhibition, or portfolio, many photographers find the process mysterious—an intuitive skill that feels just out of reach. In this new online workshop with photographer and publisher Drew Leventhal, that mystery starts to unravel. Through close examination of formal relationships between images, we explore how visual connections give rise to narrative, rhythm, and meaning. We also explore how sequencing shapes the viewer’s experience and helps artists communicate with greater intention. This program offers a chance to slow down, look closely, and learn how to make your photographs speak—together.
Using example photobooks and hands-on assignments, we discover how groups of photographs can be structured and rearranged to tell stories and evoke emotion. Across four sessions, we examine sequencing through visual motifs, narrative flow, and thematic relationships, while also considering how layout, materials, and book structure influence meaning. Artist books, classic photobooks, and experimental formats offer inspiration for moving beyond conventional presentation.
Through guided exercises, assignment reviews, and experimentation, a strong foundation is built for how images function in sequence and how thoughtful editing sharpens the clarity, mood, and impact of your photographic voice.
Additional Information
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
What You Should Know:
Participants need to be technically self-sufficient, as this is not a workshop to learn how to use your gear or editing software. Participants must be able to download, select, and submit images for class each day.
Special Notes:
Class will meet 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (Mountain Time) on Saturdays starting October 11 and ending November 1 (four online group sessions). Enrollment is limited to 12 participants.
Zoom Video Conferencing software (available for no charge from Zoom.com) will be used to facilitate the class sessions. Further details will be emailed to registrants.
Santa Fe Workshops always aims to produce a high-quality experience for our online attendees. That said, variables including regional and local internet provider speeds, traffic on Zoom's servers, and your own computing hardware can contribute to a less than ideal streaming event. While we do our best to minimize the impact of these variables, they are outside the control of Santa Fe Workshops.
Policies:
View Withdrawal and Transfer Policies for online programs.
For the convenience of participants, recordings of each class session are posted privately for one month after the end of each session. Santa Fe Workshops takes the recordings down after one month to protect the intellectual property of our instructors.
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Drew Leventhal is an artist and publisher based in Providence, Rhode Island. He has won and been a finalist for numerous prestigious awards, including the Lenscratch Student Prize, the Aperture Portfolio Prize, the PHMuseum Grant, and the Film Photo Award. Most recently, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to spend a year photographing in Ireland. As a publisher of other people’s work, Drew has produced three acclaimed photography books, most recently Owen McCarter’s The Three-Eyed Fish. He is an emerging expert on the ways photography and photobooks can act as forms of ethnography. Drew graduated from Vassar College with a bachelor’s in visual anthropology and received his MFA in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Website: drewleventhal.com
Instagram: @drew_leventhal
