Start of sessions: 12 March
Registration deadline: 7 March (while places last)
6 sessions of 4 hours
Module 1 – Creation of the Digital Negative and Linearisation
Introduction to the creation of the digital negative and linearisation for printing. Students will learn how to manage tone curves and prepare the digital file to create a correct digital internegative that can be used for different types of printing with historical techniques.
Duration: 3 hours for each group
Total hours per module: 9 hours
Module 2 – Printing the negative on salted paper, Van Dyke brown print
In this module, students will use the negatives created to make prints using historical photographic techniques, including salted paper and Van Dyke printing.
Duration: 6 hours for each group (2 sessions of 3 hours)
Total hours per module: 18 hours
Module 3 – Shooting on Plates with the Wet Collodion Technique
Practical workshop on the wet collodion technique for the creation of positive ambrotypes or ferrotypes. Students will learn both the theoretical and chemical aspects and the practical implementation, working on glass or aluminium plates.
Duration: 15 hours for each group (3 sessions of 4 hours and one of 3 hours)
Total hours per module: 45 hours
Preparation of the final project: 3 hours common to all groups.
The students will select one or more of the techniques they have learned to develop a collective project, the results of which will be displayed in an exhibition, the date of which will be decided during the workshop