The Shape of a Project with Ana Maria Arévalo Gosen

Join award-winning visual storyteller Ana Maria Arévalo Gosen and CPF Selectee 2026 Ana Maria Arévalo Gosen in collaboration with Copenhagen Photo Festival for a workshop on how to shape a photography project from its earliest intuition into a coherent, long-term body of work.

About the Workshop

This workshop is for photographers who want to deepen their practice and learn how to shape a project with clarity, direction, and long-term intention. Drawing from her professional experience, Ana Maria Arévalo Gosen will guide participants through the different stages of developing a photographic body of work, from the first spark of an idea to editing, dissemination, and impact.

Taken directly from her professional experience, Ana Maria will guide participants via conversation and practical advice to showcase the key steps to building a project from start to finish. Key areas of exploration will be:

• Conceiving ideas and conducting relevant research.
• How to build trust and long-term relationships.
• Building collaboration and maintaining ethical and long-term accountability.
• The process of editing and sequencing.
• Developing impact strategies and disseminating your findings.
• Navigating grants, awards and portfolio reviews.

This workshop is ideal for photographers looking to build a more grounded, intentional, and cohesive practice, regardless of subject matter. Lunch will be provided.

About the Photographer

Ana Maria Arévalo Gosen is a Venezuelan visual storyteller based in Madrid. Through long-term photographic work, she explores questions of women’s rights, social justice, and environmental issues with depth, sensitivity, and a strong commitment to ethics and narrative. She is a National Geographic Explorer, a member of Ayün Fotógrafas, and the founder of Ojo Pelao, a free educational workshop for emerging documentary photographers in Venezuela.

Her work has been widely recognised internationally, receiving awards including the Leica Oskar Barnack Award, the Camille Lepage Prize, the World Peace Photo Award, and the Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award. She is also an educator and has lectured with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.