Who we are

Find Your Place

SiP is a creative collective built around toy photography. Analog at our core. Making images worth printing big — and printing them.

We started as a small group of photographers who took plastic toys seriously as a subject. We still do. Over time that grew into something larger — a community of people who care about craft, about storytelling, about what happens when you hold a large print in your hands and feel something.

This is what we call Printworthy. Not a hashtag. A standard.

The journey

There's no single way to belong to SiP.

Some people follow the work and feel something. Some jump into Discord and start talking. Some make images and want to go deeper. All of it is welcome.

We've named the journey so you can see where you are — and where you can go.

  1. Curious

    You found the work. You feel something. That's enough to start.

    Bookmark the site. Follow us on Instagram. Or if you want to support what we make without jumping into the community, become a Companion on Patreon for €5/month — you'll get the annual postcard and behind-the-scenes access to how the images are made. No Discord required.

  2. Community

    You join the Discord. You engage, explore, find your people. Free, open, no pressure.

  3. Creative

    You're actively participating — projects, workshops, missions. This is where the creative conversation gets serious.

  4. Craft

    You're making images you want to print. You're thinking about light, about storytelling, about what makes a photograph worth hanging on a wall. €20/month through Patreon unlocks the full Studio experience, regular Printworthy workshops, and exhibition eligibility by design — the space and the people to go deeper with.

  5. Collective

    The creative heart of SiP. The people who shape what this community is and makes. Invitation only — extended by the existing Collective when the work and the person speak for themselves.

The Studio

A private space for serious creative work.

Craft members get access to The Studio — a private Discord space with three rooms: critique, printworthy, and AI tools.

Member images are never used to train generative AI models. The tools here augment the creative process. They are not the point.

Start here.

The server is the community's home. Free to join. Start in the open channels, find your footing, see where it goes.