The Market Photo Workshop was founded in 1989 by world-renowned photographer, David Goldblatt. Goldblatt envisioned the workshop environment as a space to provide further education in visual literacy and photography practice to disadvantaged learners during the reign of the previous regime.

The Photo Workshop offers courses in photography and training, as well as multi-layered projects and interactions that respond to the complex backgrounds of education, culture, and identity, within a contemporary understanding of photography and the social conditions of South Africa.

The Market Photo Workshop is a division of The Market Theatre Foundation.