Low-Tech Photography (Summer School Short Course)

University College London

Short course

In London

£ 390 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    London

  • Class hours

    30h

  • Duration

    5 Days

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This one-week introductory course gives you the opportunity to learn and experiment with photographic techniques and mediums, and darkroom processes.
The emphasis is on using historic photographic technologies for creative exploration and as a way to trigger imagination.
The course runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm each day. You'll also have the option of attending extra-curricular events such as talks and exhibitions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
This course is part of the annual summer school run by the Slade School of Fine Art at UCL.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

The course is suitable for beginners as well as experienced photographers and artists. You don't need any previous experience of photography.

You can request an attendance certificate after completing the course. These can only be supplied during the year you take the course and can't be produced retrospectively.

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Subjects

  • Photosensitive
  • Techniques
  • Camera-less techniques
  • Imaginative
  • Technologies
  • Creation
  • Darkroom techniques
  • Photographic devices
  • Lumigrams
  • Chemigrams
  • Photograms

Course programme

You'll create alternative optical devices from scratch and experiment with these fundamental technologies in practical and imaginative ways.

You'll investigate the creative potential of photography: from camera-less techniques to the creation of photosensitive surfaces.

The course will cover:

  • darkroom techniques - basic and experimental processes
  • creation of photographic devices
  • photograms, chemigrams and lumigrams
  • salt prints, cyanotypes, dichromate gum prints, anthotypes (chlorophile) and photo emulsions

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Low-Tech Photography (Summer School Short Course)

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