Alternative Photography Summer School
June - Sept
Free!
We invite you to explore the experimental world of image making throughout the summer. Each month we will focus on a different activity and publish videos and learning resources to enable everyone to have a go at home. See our Resources section for information, ideas and inspiration.
Register via eventbrite for our monthly online workshops where we will present techniques and processes, and you can participate in Q&A sessions. See details below.
On registration each participant will receive a free pack consisting of photographic paper, cyanotype paper and a simple lens for a home made camera or camera obscura, (UK only) and gain access to our series of zoom workshops.
All welcome, no experience necessary.
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June - Solargraphy
Online Workshop
Sun 28 June
4 - 5.30pm
This month we will show you how to make a pinhole camera from a drinks can, load it with photographic paper and make a pinhole exposure over a day, a month or 6-month duration and also how to create a camera obscura in a room in your house.
See our Resources section for video tutorials and downloadable info - coming soon.
To receive your free materials pack and participate in the Online Workshop please register via eventbrite.
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July - Sun Printing
Online Workshop
Sun 26 July
4 - 5.30pm
Using photographic and cyanotype paper, which we will provide, we will show you how to create beautiful lumen prints and cyanotypes using the action of sunlight. We will also explore anthotyping, making images using light sensitive plant extracts coated onto paper, and chlorophyll printing which involves placing items directly onto leaves to create a sun print.
See our Resources section for video tutorials and downloadable info - coming soon.
To receive your free materials pack and participate in the Online Workshop please register via eventbrite.
Aug - Paper Negatives
Online Workshop
Sun 23 Aug
4 - 5.30pm
Create an analogue photographic image without specialist darkroom equipment or processing, using photographic paper inside a film camera. If you haven't got a camera we will help you make one! We will provide a simple lens and photographic paper for each participant who registers via eventbrite.
See our Resources section for video tutorials and downloadable info - coming soon.
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Sept - Caffenol and Chemigrams
Online Workshop
Sun 27 Sept
4 - 5.30pm
We will try different recipes to replace traditional develop, stop and fix by experimenting with coffee and other household ingredients to develop film and prints. Film camera and developing tank optional.
See our Resources section for video tutorials and downloadable info - coming soon.
To receive your free materials pack and participate in the Online Workshop please register via eventbrite.
