Wet-Plate Studio w/ Judit German-Heins

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29: 6pm–8pm
THURSDAY, JULY 30: 11–6pm
FRIDAY, JULY 31: 11–6pm

REGISTRATION CLOSES: JULY 13

MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT: 10

TUITION: $650
CPW MEMBER TUITION: $575

Calling all artists and lovers of alternative photographic processes! Explore the enchantments of wet-plate collodion photography with artist JUDIT GERMAN-HEINS using natural light on location and in CPW’s new photo studio with powerful strobe lights. Participants will spend two days working with 4 x 5 large-format cameras to make portraits, landscapes or whatever they imagine, using nineteenth-century technologies. Students will learn step-by-step how to make tintypes, with an emphasis on both chemical safety and how to continue utilizing this process into the future. No prior experience in large format or alternative process photography is needed.

WHAT TO BRING: Your 4 x 5 camera, tripod, dark cloth, sunblock. We will have cameras and tripods for those who don’t have their own. We encourage you to bring props if you’d like.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
JUDIT GERMAN-HEINS has been using the wet-plate collodion process for her art and activism since 2017. She received her MFA in Photography and Integrated Media in 2023 under the direction of Christopher James at Lesley University College of Arts + Design. Her thesis project was a finalist at Critical Mass in 2023 and it received the Denis Roussel award in 2024. In 2019, German-Heins was awarded first place at the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for her tintype series “Women of Faith.” Her article “Tintype Portraits: A 19th Century Process Documents 21st Century Society,” published in The Big Photo Zine in 2018, describes how she used this historical process in two projects to document refugees and women who wear head covering for religious purposes. German-Heins was an artist-in-resident at the Erie Canal Museum in 2024, where she used the tintype process to photograph women who work on the Erie Canal as a tribute to Women’s RightsMovements for the bicentennial celebration of the opening of the Canal.

*We strive to make our workshops and classes financially accessible while sustaining the resources needed to support our programs. Reduced-price tuition options are made possible in part through private donations, but primarily through the support of participants who are able to pay full tuition. By registering at the full rate, community members help create scholarship opportunities and expanded access for those who may not otherwise be able to participate.

When registering, we ask that you select the pricing level that best fits your current budget and reserve reduced tuition options for situations where they are truly necessary. These community-supported offerings are available on a first come, first served basis. If all reduced-price spots have been filled, please contact education@cpw.org to inquire about additional scholarship availability. We will always do our best to accommodate requests whenever possible.