Make the Photo, Make the Zine · Zine Workshop

Your photographs deserve a life beyond the hard drive.

We spend hours taking pictures and far less time looking at them,

choosing, putting them in order and making something you can hold.

This afternoon is about that second part. In two hours you go from a

folder of images on your laptop to a printed, folded zine in your hand.

Part of the official programme of Dutch Fotoboekenweek 2026.

FROM SCREEN TO PAPER

You print in the room. A photograph behaves differently as a physical

object. Laid out on a table next to each other, your images start to

show their connections, their repetitions and a possible order. One

sheet of paper, folded, becomes your first small publication.

MAKING, MORE THAN OVERTHINKING

We start by looking. Before deciding what your photographs mean, you

trust your instincts and look for the connections between them.

Then you work with your hands. Put images next to each other, move them

around, make a decision, change your mind, and see what happens. There

are many good ways to edit and sequence, and you find yours by doing.

A small zine gives your work a physical form. It can show you something

the single photographs on a screen keep hidden. Sometimes that small

publication is enough. Sometimes it becomes the beginning of a larger

project, or a book.

WHAT TO BRING

· Your laptop

· A selection of your own photographs on it, around 20 to 40 images

· Curiosity. We bring the printer, the paper and every material you need

WHAT YOU TAKE HOME

· Your own printed and folded zine, and the first step towards a larger

body of work

· A physical selection of your work

· Zines from the other participants

· A way of editing and ordering you can use on every project after this

Open to everyone who photographs, on any camera or phone.

YOUR HOSTS

Dennis Sewberath Misser is a photographer and the maker of OnePageZine,

the tool that turns a single sheet of paper into a zine. He leads the

workshop and guides you through his process: shooting, selecting,

printing, editing, sequencing, making.

dennissewberath.com

Helder Ferreira is the organizer of Urban Photo Race, the street

photography race built around thinking in series: one idea, three

frames. He helps you find the thread that runs through your images.

urbanphotorace.com

THE PLACE

CHEF is a bright coffee bar and event space at the entrance of

Broedplaats SUP, Surinameplein 33, Amsterdam.
Drinks at CHEF are for your own account.

Make the photograph, make the zine, print it and share it.