VanDyke brown w/ Jill Enfield

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14: 10–5pm

MAXIMUM CAPACITY: 6

TUITION: $275
CPW MEMBER TUITION: $248
20% off Scholarship: $220*

VanDyke brown prints are an economical century-old process that allows artists to achieve beautiful warm toned prints with a wide tonal range, making this process a valued option for photographers wishing to experiment with alternative processes.

VDb prints are made by combining silver nitrate, ferric ammonium citrate and tartaric acid to make a solution that can be used for up to a year or two. Water color paper is coated with the sensitizer, exposed with UV light, and then washed in running water before it is fixed, cleared, and washed again and then dried. The results reveal a beautiful brown color. 

Participants will learn the process for coating the paper in the darkroom and how to transform their digital images into a digital negatives (contrasty, while still maintaining a nice tonal range) using the Digital Media Lab. Participants will then test their negatives and once their desired effect is achieved, final prints will be made. Each student will leave with several prints at the end of the workshop. Participants will gain the confidence to continue working with this process on their own.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
JILL ENFIELD is a fine art photographer, educator, and curator whose work focuses on historical techniques and alternative photographic processes. She leads workshops and lectures internationally each year, sharing her expertise with photographers around the world. She is the author of three award-winning books: Photo Imaging: A Complete Guide to Alternative Processes (Amphoto) and Jill Enfield’s Guide to Alternative Processes: Popular Historical and Contemporary Techniques (Focal Press, 1st and 2nd editions), which are widelyused in educational institutions globally. Her photographs are held in museum and private collections internationally.

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