silver Canvas: exploring cameraless photography

Instructor: Anne Eder

WEEK ONE: Basics of lumen printing. We will cover working with both objects and transparencies to create colorful images using fresh or expired black and white papers. 

Materials needed: 

• Black and white (or color) photographic paper. Expired is fine.

• Existing analog or digital negatives or transparency material for creating digital negatives such as Pictorico. For participants who do not have Photoshop, there are free apps that are very similar that may be used. Waxed paper or thin vellum negatives may also be used.

• A variety of materials for creating photograms.

• Glass and clips or contact frame.

WEEK TWO: Phytograms. Creating images on fresh or expired roll or sheet film without using a camera. In this class you will a learn to make your own film developer which will also be used in Week 3.

Materials needed:

• Fresh or expired roll or sheet film.

• Glass and clips 

• Plant material, smaller blossoms and leaves work best for this. 

• For making the developer--- Vitamin C (ascorbic acid), washing soda, plants, or instant coffee

• Coarse salt or photographic fixer

WEEK THREE: Accelerated Lumens/ Combination Methods. Cyanolumens and Chemilumens. Combining cyanotype chemistry or traditional black and white chemigram techniques and chemistry with the lumen process. Includes using resists, exploring methods of application, and working with common household chemicals. Each participant will then use the methods learned in the first three weeks to create a small series of images for the final class.

Materials needed: 

• Cyanotype chemistry.

• Homemade developer (from Week 2).

• Coarse salt or photographic fixer

WEEK FOUR: CHROMING OUT. Chemical silvering out to a metallic finish.

Materials needed:

• Black and White paper prints or finished phytograms.

• Halochrome chemistry

All prep for these processes can be done in a dim room and exposures will be made using sunlight. 

We will meet once weekly for two hours and there will be a Google classroom set up to post work in progress and ask questions between classes.

Artist Bio:
Anne Eder is an interdisciplinary artist and in-demand educator. She has been internationally exhibited, recognized, and published, including multiple awards in alternative process photography. She is currently a lecturer in the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University, instructor in the Harvard Ceramics Program, Harvard University, faculty at Penumbra Foundation in NYC, Santa Fe Workshops, and the Griffin Museum of Photography. She teaches workshops at venues across the country and, via online learning, all over the world. Much of her work is experimental and research based, combining historic processes, science, contemporary conceptual thinking, and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional photographic chemistry.

Throughout her career she has been an advocate for increased access to the arts, and the creation of public art is a dedicated part of her practice. She lives in New England with her fabulous chihuahua, The Brain.

www.anneeder.com

Instagram @darcflower

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This workshop is generously sponsored by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation.