We also offer a half-year course in Art Photography:
Immerse yourself in photography as an art form! We seek to educate fearless photographers technically, content-wise and aesthetically. Spend a year learning about and understanding fine art photography via a practical school year. You'll learn basic and advanced photography techniques, studio work and genre understanding.
We take a closer look at how photography can be used to say something, show something and mean something. Content and aesthetics in perfect harmony. We have digital teaching, but also darkroom and analog photography electives, so you can explore that too. The year is characterized by great freedom. Here you can develop as a photographer and create a portfolio that you can use, for example, for applications to higher photography and art programs. You can come with no prior knowledge or as an experienced photographer.
In brief:
- Create a high quality gatefold
- Genre understanding
- Technical and aesthetic understanding
- Study trip to Japan
Social media for the course Kunstfoto Japan
More about the course
We will work on this:
The year starts with lessons in camera technique, composition, image editing, understanding light and everything you need to be able to use a camera to express yourself. We then go on to explore the genre of fine art photography and look at the different approaches we can take to the subject.
Dagene er preget av stor frihet og vi oppfordrer deg til å jobbe interdisiplinært. Så om du vil se nærmere på kollasj, tegning og video står du fritt til dette. Vi tar turen ut på “locations”, besøker gallerier og institusjoner og viser frem arbeidene våre ved å stille ut. Vi bruker samtalen i klassen som metode for å utvikle deg som fotograf i et støttende klassemiljø.
Gjennom introduksjoner til fotografer og måter å tilnærme seg faget på får du utviklet et fotografisk språk og øvelse i å gjenkjenne og reprodusere kunstneriske uttrykk. Vi har en nydelig utsikt fra klasserommet, mørkerom og velutstyrt studio som legger til rette for faglig fordypning.
Her legges det til rette for at du kan være i praksis løpet av skoleåret slik at du får prøvd deg innen faget også utenfor Sund. Du har stor påvirkning på timeplanen og er med på å skape ditt eget skoleår.
På Sund får du møte medelever med forskjellige interesser.Vi har mange veldig ulike linjer som vi mener er en styrke for fotolinja! Dette gir en hverdag som gir mulighet for å lære om mer enn fotografiet, her er lærere og elever med bred kunnskap som brukes i fellesfag og valgfag. Felleskapet næres og vi jobber for en skolehverdag som utfordrer og engasjerer.
Livslag læring
Kunst og kultur gir oss verktøy som praktiske ferdigheter, empati, samarbeidsevne og erfaring med improvisasjon, verktøy du får bruk for senere i livet, som fotograf og menneske.
Vi er en tradisjonsrik folkehøgskole som setter skoleslagets verdier, samtaler i øyehøyde og medvirkning høyt
Study trip to Japan
Vi reiser til Japan som studiereisemål i ca 3 uker. Her blir du kjent med en sterk visuell kultur og får anledning til å skape et fotografisk prosjekt i en kultur som oppleves som annerledes og inspirerende. Turen lager vi sammen. Vi bor sentralt i storbyen Tokyo, hvor vi besøker travle gater, parker, gallerier og templer, men beveger oss også utenfor storbyen på dagsturer.
På turen jobber du med ditt eget prosjekt som du får veiledning på underveis og som du stiller ut når du kommer hjem. Vi er ute store deler av dagen med kamera rundt halsen og utforsker hva Tokyo har å by på og tar dagsturer ut til feks kystbyen Kamakura. Det settes dessuten av dager hvor du lager deg ditt eget opplegg.
Å reise gir deg erfaringer som gir deg anledning til å se deg selv i sammenheng med verden. Etikk og moral som fotograf og medmenneske er en del av forberedelsene.
Japan byr på vill mat, karaoke og slitne bein.
Året bruker vi på å lage en portofolie du kan bruke til å søke videre. Noen av arbeidene du skaper bruker vi blant annet til å lage utstillinger av ulike varianter og fanzine.
Vi jobber med varierte oppgaver og samarbeider med andre linjer på Sund. Målet er at du sitter igjen med en portofolie med en signatur, en økt forståelse av verden og deg selv.
The magazines show a lot of what we work with and what you can learn during a year at the photo school at Sund.
Here you can see the photo magazine the students made in the school year 2022-23:
Photolove
Photo is passion
Photo is hearing
It is presence
Joy and curiosity
Photo is sound
Photo is what you bring to the viewfinder
It is everything you have read, heard, felt
Photo is grabbing yourself by the neck and lifting the camera every day
It is art. Documentation and everything in between
It's a postcard
Landscape
Adventure
The glue between people
Photo touches
Photo sells
Photo is engagement
Fotolove/sundfhs
Our teacher has 6 years of education in the subject from England and Norway and has run her own photography business for years. Janne works with her own work (see jannesvit.com) in addition to teaching and has held courses and workshops at vocational schools and for the private sector in addition to working at Sund. Janne is passionate about the subject!
We had a great class and an incredibly talented and warm teacher in Janne. We got to share so many wonderful moments with each other that I'm so happy I have now. Being able to share Japan with such a great group is something I'm so glad I got to do!

Jakob Brandal Østringen
Photo programStudents' annual plan Sund folk high school
The last day of school for the 2025–26 school year is Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
Sund folk high school , annual plan for the school year 2025-2026
Sund Folk High School, Annual plan – school year 2025-2026
Year-round line 2026–27
Kr 154 000,-
School fees include:
- Accommodation in a double room at Sund fhs
- All food at Sund fhs (four meals per day) - we don't charge extra for special diets, vegetarian or vegan food
- The study trip - academic program, accommodation, food and transportation are included
- Joint school trips and excursions
- Wireless internet, copying and printing for teaching
- Use of gym, training room, rehearsal room, photo studio, darkroom
- Use of washing machines and dryers
- Expenses for the vast majority of electives
- Transport in connection with training
- Administration fee at NOK 2 500,-
All lessons are free of charge.
School fees are not included:
Most of the materials we use in teaching are included. However, if you want to make something different/more/larger than what the teacher has planned, you must expect to pay for the extra equipment yourself.
- Deposit for key and use of equipment at NOK 1 300,-
- Single room supplement at NOK. 5 850,- (650 per month for 9 months)
- Pocket money for personal consumption
Loans and grants from Lånekassen
As a student on year-round programs at Sund folk high school , you are entitled to study support from the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund (if you are a Norwegian citizen).
For the 2025–2026 school year, you as a student will receive a total of NOK 151,700 in grants and loans from the Norwegian State Loan Fund. Of this, 40%, i.e. NOK 60,680, will be converted into a grant once you have completed the school year and have it approved. If you are a student on a half-year course, you will receive half the loan amount.
Read more about loans and grants atwww.lanekassen.no.
As soon as you have a place at Sund folk high school , you can apply for grants and loans atwww.lanekassen.no.
We do not have an application deadline and you can apply throughout the year. We start admitting students from November 15, and accept students as long as there is room at the course.
Admission criteria:
- Age limit 18 years, exceptionally 18 years before the study trip
- We accept students as long as there is room on the course you apply
- We focus on motivation and interests
Application:
- Send an online application
- We'll get back to you as soon as we can
- Write a little about yourself and why you want to join Sund
- It's a good idea to apply early, even if we don't start admissions until November 15.
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What former students say
The year at Sund was really important to me. I needed time to fill with what I wanted, time to try something new without being afraid to fail.
The year at Sund can be exactly what you need it to be, at least it was for me!
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