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Photography Summer Session 6

PHOTO – SUMMER SESSION 6
July 28-August 9, 2024 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
David Emitt Adams
Wet-Plate Collodion Photography

Developed in the 1850s, the wet-plate collodion process has achieved a revitalized presence in contemporary photography. This workshop will focus on using the collodion process with metal as a substrate. We will work with large-format cameras using studio and natural light to create unique images in the traditions of portraiture, still life, and landscape. Students will gain in-depth knowledge of the chemistry (mixing, replenishing, and caring for it), coating and sensitizing plates, exposure, and development. There will also be a demonstration of making tintype cases. Participants will leave with the confidence and knowledge to continue working in this method on their own. Cameras and equipment supplied by Penland. All levels. 

Studio artist; teaching: Art Intersection (AZ), Maine Media Workshops, Penland; exhibitions: Phoenix Art Museum (AZ), Crystal Bridges Museum (AR), Museum of Fine Arts Boston; collections: Center for Creative Photography (AZ), Santa Barbara Museum of Art (CA), George Eastman House Museum (NY), Ogden Museum (New Orleans); publications: New Southern Photography, The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes; representation: Etherton Gallery (AZ), PhotoEye Gallery (NM). 

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January 15 – Regular enrollment opens

David Emitt Adams, Offshore, Pascagoula, Mississippi, tintype on 55-gallon drum lid, 23-1/2 inches diameter
David Emitt Adams, Offshore, Pascagoula, Mississippi, tintype on 55-gallon drum lid, 23-1/2 inches diameter