Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0254 - Handmade Pictures: Explorations in Historic Photographic Print Processes

Handmade Pictures: Explorations in Historic Photographic Print Processes: This course will explore handmade photographic techniques such as cyanotype, platinum/palladium, wetplate, gravure, and carbon printing. We will examine photographic imagery made using these techniques by historic and contemporary figures in photography. Workshops, readings, and critique will be integrated into the technical aspects of this course. While there will be a healthy emphasis placed on technical application, the overall objective here is for students to actively explore alternative processes so as to incorporate these options into photographic practice. Engaged participation is a critical factor of this course and it will, along with an end of the semester portfolio, figure prominently in course evaluations. Students with prior college-level photography experience will be better prepared to excel in this class. There will be two, teaching assistant supervised lab sessions held during the weeknights. Students will elect to attend one or the other lab session. Keywords:Photography, alternative photographic printing and process.

Lab and Materials fee:$100 Students should expect to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.