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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.
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Fluttering Memories
Nancy Breslin is engaged by memories in the form of cyanotypes, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, created by Traci Marie Lee.
Lumen prints
How to make a starry lumen print – a step-by-step process with printing tips
Natasha Sanchez works with Lumen prints and shows us how to make a dreamlike lumen print creation.
Gelatin silver prints
Solarization and layered negatives
Duplicate, solarize and merge two negatives in a single final print to create abstract and painterly effects with film.
Workshops
Alternative Process for Young Photographers with Brenton Hamilton at Maine Media Workshops, Aug 4 – Aug 17, 2013
Students experiment with plastic cameras and a variety of formats and discover the possibilities of working with various light capturing devices.
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Platinum / Palladium Printing with Kate Jordahl and Vaughn Hutchins, spring/summer 2013
Learn about platinum print statements, demonstration of printing processes, paper choices and coating techniques.
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Carbon Printing Workshop at PhotoCentral, Hayward, CA with Vaughn Hutchins, 6/1-6/2/2013
Learn the skills needed to make prints using one of the world’s most beautiful and unique photographic processes.
Meetings & talks
Penumbra Tintype Portrait Studio Mother’s Day Special in New York. May 11, 2013.
Come in to our Tintype Studio on Saturday May 11th and get a great deal on two Tintypes for Mother's Day!
Workshops
Gum Bichromate and Cyanotype Printing using Digital Negatives in New Jersey; August 16 – 20, 2013
Work with photosensitive solutions gum bichromate and cyanotype by hand-applying them to paper, fabrics and wood.
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Gum Bichromate and Cyanotype Printing Classes in Philadelphia: May 30 – Aug 8, 2013
Work with photosensitive solutions by hand-applying them to paper, fabrics and wood.
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A camera obscura pilgrimage
Writer and photography / Nancy Breslin A pinhole photographer arranged part of her holiday around the chance to be inside a giant camera. I just returned from a two week trip to the UK. Most of the time was spent visiting family (we saw over 30 relatives in five cities), but on the way from [...]
Workshops
Alternative Process for Young Photographers with Brenton Hamilton at Maine Media Workshops, Aug 4 – Aug 17, 2013
Students experiment with plastic cameras and a variety of formats and discover the possibilities of working with various light capturing devices.
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Exploring Alternative Process with Brenton Hamilton at Maine Media Workshops – July 21-27, 2013
Experiment with 19th century photographic processes including Cyanotype, Cyanotype on fabrics, salted paper process, Kallitypes, albumen, platinum & palladium, Ziatype, gum bichromate.
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Advanced Alternative Processes with Brenton Hamilton at Maine Media Workshops; July 28 – Aug 3, 2013
Advanced Alternative Photographic Processes is a perfect match for image makers who have completed the Exploring Alternative Photographic Processes workshop.
Bromoil photographers
Candace Makowichuk
From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Shows: Cyanotypes and bromoils.
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Gumoil photographers
Michelle Rogers Pritzl
North American photographers – East & East Coast
From: Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Shows: Gumoils and Wet plate collodions.
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Image transfer photographers
Bob Rogers
North American photographers – East & East Coast
From: Carmel, New York, USA.
Shows: Photopolymer gravures and image transfers.
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