A place for your photography to grow.
A photography retreat devoted to your creative growth. Explore, edit, print and reflect together, while enjoying exceptional accommodation and food.
The Haven experience
Photography is only the beginning. Haven gives you time to explore ideas, develop your images and understand your own creative voice—through editing, printing and thoughtful conversation.
Explore
Slow down, follow your curiosity and discover photographs that feel personal to you.
Edit
Develop your images with guidance, bringing your ideas and visual intentions into focus.
See your photographs take physical form, revealing subtleties that a screen can hide.
Review
Share prints, exchange perspectives and curate a body of work that reflects your own voice.
Reflections from our guests.
“Truly inspiring and relaxing, while also pushing us beyond our respective comfort zones, in the best way. Take me back!”
Gil Dubsky“Having the freedom to shoot in my own way, while being encouraged to step outside my comfort zone, challenged me to see photography differently.”
Carrie Cheng“Spending each morning out taking pictures and sitting together as a group in the afternoons processing, printing, reviewing, and selecting our best pictures was a great learning experience.”
Thomas Lucia
Something to take home
Your retreat culminates in eight carefully selected prints, presented in a handmade portfolio box. Created, refined and curated during your time at Haven, they form a personal body of work you can hold, share and return to.
Space to feel inspired.
Exceptional places to stay and memorable food are part of the Haven experience. There is time to unwind, enjoy unhurried meals and continue conversations long after the cameras are put away.
Haven on Træna.
Seven nights in an Arctic island community, staying at Ytri. Explore fishing village life, quiet details and dramatic coastal landscapes on foot, with two boat visits to neighbouring Sanna. Afternoons bring us together to edit, print and review the day’s discoveries.
A curious mind is all you need.
Haven welcomes both new and returning guests. You don’t need to be an experienced photographer—just comfortable with the basics of your camera and curious about where your photography could go. Small groups allow time for individual guidance, shared discoveries and meaningful conversation.