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Exhibition: Oasis of Fragmented Memories, 11 – 24 September 2023, Romania

When: 11 – 24 September 2023, Finisage event: 21th of September 2023, 5:00PM Where: Urban Cultural Center: Tailor’s Tower in Cluj-Napoca, Romania The Oasis is a refuge point for both digital and analog photography. Memories take on the melancholic shade borrowed from cyan. Fragments are the personal visions of the students who have rediscovered essentialized photography by returning to what it once was. The Oasis of Fragmented Memories is a … Read more

Practical Demonstration of Alternative Photographic Processes by David Silk, Sunday 17 September 2023, Kent, UK

Practical Demonstration of Alternative Photographic Processes by David Silk Date – Sunday 17 September 2023 at 11 a.m. Place – St Mary’s Art Centre, Strand Street, Sandwich, Kent. CT13 9HN, UK Details of the event – As part of Sandwich Arts Week, David Silk will be demonstrating a few alternative photographic processes including anthotypes, cyanotypes, lumen prints and chlorophyll printing. You do not need to bring anything … Read more

Make a Solar Print on World Cyanotype Day in the Mojave Desert, Yucca Valley, CA, USA. September 30 – 10:00AM – 2:30PM

Make a Solar Print on World Cyanotype Day in the Mojave Desert | Diana Shay Diehl, in person in front of Space Truckin’ Gallery (55940 29 Palms Hwy Yucca Valley, CA) September 30, drop in between 10:00AM – 2:30PM. Proceeds from event go to helping JTREE build their outdoor education center in Joshua Tree National Park. Diana Shay Diehl, owner of Mojave Light Studio, will be hosting the first ever WCD in her … Read more

Workshop: Discover the world of cyanotype with Renata Buziak, Saturday 23 September 2023, 10am – 1pm, The Grange, Brisbane, Queensland Australia

In this hands-on workshop create your own unique artwork and gain skills to continue exploring this captivating art form at home. Explore this historical photographic process using plants, found objects, and sunlight. Keep your unique prints as cherished artwork or as gifts to someone special. In this 3-hour workshop you will: Create your own stunning cyanotype prints on cotton and paper. Learn some history of the process, coating, developing and … Read more

Call for entries: World Anthotype Day 2024

The initiative of World Anthotype Day was started here by us, and the first event took place last year. Over 100 artists sent in their anthotypes! This will now (hopefully) be an annual event on the 3rd Saturday in August. It is a global event, and everyone who is an experienced or aspiring anthotyper is invited to take part. The deadline is 17th of August 2024, midnight, your own timezone. … Read more

Exhibition: Rooted in Nature, Museum of Dufferin in Mulmur, Ontario, USA, until October 21st

The latest exhibit to grace the curved walls of the 4th Floor Silo Gallery at the Museum of Dufferin is ‘Rooted in Nature: a botanical study of camera less art’, by Mono based artist Jo Thomson. The exhibition, featuring 29 botanical art works, is uniquely complimented by the elevated vistas of the surrounding countryside, that can be enjoyed from the multiple gallery windows. Located just an hour outside of the … Read more

Conference: Foto Inter/Cambio Alternative Processes and Large Format Photography Mexico City, Mexico October 25-27, 2023

https://www.fotointercambio.com/ Three days of building community and encouraging collaboration through intercultural exchange across the Americas and globally in the large format/alternative process photography family. 25-27 October 2023 09:00 am – 5:00 pm Come spend three days in Mexico City learning, sharing, and experiencing historical processes and working with large format photography. The goal of this event is to build community and awareness of work being done in historical photographic processes … Read more

Beginner cyanotype workshop, In person, London (Kensington), 7th October, 18th November and 9th of December

Sat 7th October 11am-1pm Sat 18th November 11am-1pm Sat 9th december 11am -1pm Details of event: Learn how to approach cyanotype-one of the first photographic printmaking process discovered in 1842 using watercolor paper, cyanotype paint and light to beautiful botanic blueprints. This two hours workshop will introduce you to the basics of the cyanotype printmaking-process discovered in 1842-using watercolour paper, cyanotype paint and light to create your own images. This … Read more

“Beginner wet collodion workshop, In person, London (Kensington), 14 October and 2 December

Sat 14th October wet plate 11am -5pm Sat 2nd december wet plate 11am -5pm For example: “Beginner wet collodion workshop, In person, London (Kensington) Details of event: This one-day workshop offers the opportunity to learn wet plate collodion- a historical process using silver and light to obtain a unique images on the glass plate. 1. Health & Safety Information 2. Information on wet-plate darkroom equipment-studio work and field … Read more

“Beginner Mordancage workshop, In person, London (Kensington) 26th March 11 am-3pm. Includes introduction to digital negatives’

Dates: Saturday 18th November Mordancage 2.30 pm -6.30pm Saturday 27th January 2024 Mordancage 11 am-3pm Historic process of bleach-etch, also known as gelatine relief, Mordancage method was developed by Jean -Pierre Sudre producing 3D-like reverse relief, with visible gelatine veils layer. This half day workshop will introduce you to the basics of the process, including bleaching, redevelopment and basic method of producing digital negative for contact printing with silver gelatine paper. *Photograph … Read more

Workshop: Introduction to Cyanotype workshop in Down East Maine – Sep 9, 16, or 30th 2023

Workshop for World Cyanotype Day City/Country; Ellsworth, Maine, USA Details of event: A full day, hands-on workshop that takes from knowing nothing about cyanotype to creating wicked beautiful cyanotype prints. All materials included. Link to event: https://www.darkroomheirlooms.com/product/introtocyanotype Contact: Dale Joyce / dale@harborviewstudio.com

Exhibition: MARY, MARY, 8th – 16th September, Church of St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough, YO11 2BT

Collaborative project: Cyanotype installations and video St Martin-on-the-Hill is a treasure trove of Pre-Raphaelite stained glass and William Morris interior décor. But just who was the enigmatic Mary who conjured this exquisitely-decorated example of the Gothic revival into being? The church was built chiefly at her expense in 1863, and her generosity breathed life into what it is today, a Pre-Raphaelite’ Cathedral by the Sea’. But why was she reprimanded … Read more

Exhibition: BOTANICAL BLUEPRINTS, 2nd September – 5th November, 2023, Studio Eleven, Humber Street, Hull, HU1 1TG

The exhibition features cyanotypes by Angela Chalmers and botanical ceramic sculpture by Adele Howitt. Coinciding with Hull’s Freedom Festival, the opening event is on Saturday, 2nd September from 12pm – 2pm. Refreshments will be served. As part of the World Cyanotype Day, Angela will be leading a workshop at Studio Eleven on Saturday 30 September 2023. Link to event: https://studioeleven.co.uk/

The Entries for World Anthotype Day 2023

World Anthotype Day 2023 is now closed for entries, welcome back next time

The initiative of World Anthotype Day was started here by us, and the first event took place last year. Over 100 artists sent in their anthotypes! This will now (hopefully) be an annual event on the 3rd Saturday in August. It is a global event, and everyone who is an experienced or aspiring anthotyper is invited to take part. Open to all, but now closed for this year – all … Read more

Workshop, Lumen Printing with Rachelle Bussieres, 3-17 September. Online

In this online course, participants will explore various techniques of the lumen print process. Lumen prints are silver gelatin papers exposed to light and put directly into photographic fixer. Ethereal pastel tones are created by the time of exposure, the type of light, and the kind of paper used in the process. Participants will experiment with different techniques to better understand the factors that influence the colors of the silver … Read more

Alternative and Historical Photographic Workshops in Edinburgh, Scotland

Alternative and Historical Photographic Workshops in Edinburgh, Scotland Stills Centre for Photography Gallery, Reference Library and Facilities Stills offers a wide range of high-quality, subsidised training in the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town, celebrating over 40 years as Scotland’s oldest dedicated photography gallery and facilities close to where historic legends Hill, Adamson and Mann turned calotypes into art. Everyone enjoys individual attention in our small classes and benefits from … Read more

Liquid Silver: Paper, Objects and Dry Plate with Brittonie Fletcher @ Stills Centre for Photography, Edinburgh, Scotland 25 & 26 November 2023 Saturday & Sunday, 11am-5pm

This 2-day course will introduce you to the magic (and basics) of hand applied silver gelatin. You will learn to use light sensitive liquid emulsion that can be applied to different surfaces and exposed to produce a photographic image. The many possibilities of the technique means it is used by painters, sculptors and print makers as well as those who like to have more control over their photographic images. Please … Read more

Out From the Darkcloth: Intro to Large Format Photography with paper negatives with Brittonie Fletcher @ Stills Centre for Photography, Edinburgh, Scotland 10 December 2023 Sunday, 11am—5pm

This short 1-day course will introduce you to the large format 5×4″ view camera using our range of Intrepid MK3 cameras. Large format simply refers to film size; the negatives produced are 5×4 inches, which lends itself to unrivalled image detail and quality. Hiding under a dark cloth to focus the image on the glass viewfinder, large format photography encourages us to slow down and carefully consider our image making … Read more

Workshop: Liquid Emulsion with Brittonie Fletcher @ Penumbra Foundation,NY, Saturday & Sunday September 9 & 10 10 AM – 6 PM

Liquid emulsion allows artists to apply light sensitive silver gelatin to various surfaces, offering a distinct control over how an image can be presented or read. This two-day workshop introduces students of all experience levels to the magic of hand-applied silver gelatin printing. Through demonstrations and hands-on practice, students will first learn the basics of coating liquid emulsion to paper, and then move on to coating materials such as canvas, … Read more

Photograph by Bruna Martini created during one of my workshops

Beginner Mordancage workshop, In person, London (Kensington) 23rd September 11-3pm. Includes introduction to digital negatives

Historic process of bleach-etch, also known as gelatine relief, Mordancage method was developed by Jean -Pierre Sudre producing 3D-like reverse relief, with visible gelatine veils layer. This half day workshop will introduce you to the basics of the process, including bleaching, redevelopment and basic method of producing digital negative for contact printing with silver gelatine paper. This is a group session of 4 participants. 180 GBP/ person Link : https://www.kucamagda.com/events/2023/2/8/dfffdd … Read more

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