Cameraless Photography Short Course
Course description
Course overview
Reducing photography to its purest form, this course encourages students to engage with the rudimentary physical action of light and chemicals on a two dimensional surface. These simple parameters enable a fertile and stimulating crossover between photography, painting, printmaking and graphics.
Using the black and white wet darkroom as a base, a series of simple techniques will be introduced and you are given maximum time to explore your creative agendas. Working within these parameters a surprisingly stimulating and engaging workflow arises.
Who this course is for
This course is suitable for anyone interested in cameraless photography.
This is a summer-school only short course running only once a year. We encourage early bookings to secure your place.
Key information
Topics covered
- Photograms - dramatic shadow pictures exploring composition and the interaction of two and three dimensional space
- Contact printing - the inversion of the tones of the image often allows an extra dimension
- Painting with light - torches are used to control the action of light
- Chemigrams - applying chemistry locally to influence development
- Photo-batik - using hand cream on the paper to protect local areas from chemistry
- Lumen prints - you are shown that a great deal of this graphic activity can take place outside the darkroom and how conventional black and white paper can yield a surprising amount of subtle, beautiful colours
Learning outcomes
- Take away a large body of experimental but presentable work
- Digital badge and certificate of attendance
Materials
An assortment of objects, for example:
- Textures
- Grasses
- Flowers
- Feathers
- Leaves
- Photographs
- Photocopies
- Computer printouts
- Particular attention should be paid to shape, translucency and colour range
Tutor
Guy Paterson
Guy Paterson is an artist that specialises in photography and printmaking. He studied fine art at Central Saint Martins. He has work in the public domain and regularly exhibits both nationally and internationally. If you wish to find out more about his work and examples of work done on this course in the past visit Guy's website at www.guy-paterson.co.uk
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