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We're all about historical photographic methods in use today. Learn how to print photographs with these techniques, or share your own experiences with others. Welcome.
Exhibitions
Exhibition: American Metaphors/Amerykanskie Metafory: 23 March-17 April 2010
American Metaphors/Amerykanskie Metafory, an exhibition of eight American pinhole photographers:
Craig Barber, Martha Casanave, Walter Crump, Jesseca Ferguson, Scott McMahon, Eric renner, Nancy Spencer, Sarah van Keuren
Competitions
Goa International Pinhole Photography Contest: 1 March – 5th April 2010
Goa-CAP, in partnership with Zero Images, Holga, and Sténoflex, launches the Goa International Pinhole Photography Contest 2010 in order to support, promote and celebrate the art of pinhole photography in India and to honor The World Pinhole Photography Day, April 25, 2010.
Workshops
Rio Grande Workshops: Spring/Summer 2010 Schedule
For this year, we will be doing fewer workshops, but on a more-focused level. Several of our workshops will be scheduled around those offered from Santa Fe Workshops, so you can get more bang for your travel and workshop dollar!
New artists
Graham Ward
Canadian photographers
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Shows: Cyanotypes
See gallery
New artists
Nancy Breslin
North American photographers – East & East Coast
From: Newark, Delaware, USA
Shows: Cyanotypes, Gum over cyanotype and Pinholes
See gallery
Meetings & talks
Niépce in England – a major conference, 13-14 October 2010
The National Media Museum, Bradford, and Getty Conservation Institute, have announced a major international conference on recent advancements in scientific, art historical, and conservation research relating to the photographs which Joseph Nicéphore Niépce brought to England in 1827.
Meetings & talks
Symposium:Handmade Photography in the Digital Age: April 25, 2010
This event complements the exhibition "Looking Back, Going Forward: Practicing Historic Processes in the 21st Century" on view in the Trustman Gallery, Simmons College (April 20 - May 28, 2010).
Open blog
Alive and well
Nancy Breslin reports from the annual Society for Photographic Education conference in Philadelphia.
Gum bichromates
Gum printing basics – how to make a gum print (Troutner)
Seth Troutner got so into making gum, he even made his own gum kit - to help beginners getting started. Here he shows how he makes his prints.
General alternative processes
Alternative process photography and science meet at the Getty
Dusan and his colleagues at the Getty institute are taking a very much closer look at alternative photographic processes - a molecular-level-look, that may even change history.
Book reviews
Photographic Possibilities
Malin Fabbri read Robert Hirsch's third edition of Photographic Possibilities - and will be going straight into the darkroom after writing a review.
Cameras and film
The Pinhole Camera: 35 mm Matchbox
An extract from Brian J. Krummel's new pinhole book The Pinhole Camera - A Practical How-To Book for Making Pinhole Cameras and Images.
Book reviews
The Pinhole Camera
Malin Fabbri takes a look at Brian J. Krummel's new pinhole book The Pinhole Camera - A Practical How-To Book for Making Pinhole Cameras and Images.
Past events
How the 2010 calendar competition started
About the 2010 AlterantivePhotography.com calendar competition.
Book reviews
Photography and the invisible 1840 – 1900
Elizabeth Graves reviews a book of inspiring alternative process images with a surprising emphasis.
Photogravure
Heliogravure
Arrigo Mamone shows an alternative working method in heliography, preparing his own pigment paper.
Photogravure
Photo polymer gravure – the why’s
David Hoptman argues for using the process to get "hands on" photography work done, ideally combined with Photoshop.
Temperaprints
Temperaprint (Chater)
Alex Chater gives us a basic introduction to the temperaprint process in as simple, quick and low-tech way as possible.
Past events
Competition – 2010 AlternativePhotography.com calendar
As well as having the chance to be included in the calendar, there are also prizes for the 12 who make it into the calendar.
Photographers & people
Romano Bumburumbum picture book – in pinhole
The Roma picture book Romano Bumburumbum is a collaboration by Akademia Pstryk, The Children's Society and a group of 7 to 14 years old talented Roma children living in East London. We talk to Jacob Garber from the Childrens' Society about the project.
