Darkroom: Color Photography

Adult Summer Class | This program is completed

Prior 35mm or medium format camera experience is recommended.

7/10/2017-7/31/2017

6:30 PM-9:30 PM EDT on Mon

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$125.00

$110.00

$25.00

In this workshop we will discover the disappearing art of Traditional Color Darkroom Photography! In this four week course, you will develop 35mm or medium format negatives, and print enlargements in a darkroom using similar color chemistry to the ones used in your local Mom & Pop Foto-Mat. Do you want that funky 70-80's retro look in your 8x10 or 11x14 sized shots? Do you want a hands-on approach rather than pressing a button on your smart-phone? You will master all of this in one term.

What will you learn in this workshop?
1. How to develop color negative film using different chemistry
2. How to enlarge, color correct, and print your own color photographs using traditional chemistry.


Note that this classroom is accessible by stairs only; please contact Fleisher for more information.

  • For the first session you will need two items:
  • 1) An exposed roll of color film (35MM, or 120MM), or any previously shot sets of negatives. You will be encouraged to shoot new rolls for this class, too.

  • • All chemistry for color developing is included in your studio fee.
  • • All chemistry and paper for color developing and printing is included in your studio fee.

Ahmed Salvador received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and his BFA from The University of the Arts. In addition to teaching traditional photography at Fleisher, he is an exhibitions preparator at the Philadelphia International Airport’s Art & Exhibitions Program. Ahmed has shown work both solo and collaborative (with Scott McMahon) at The Lightroom, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, The University City Arts League, The Art Alliance, and as a Fleisher Challenge artist. Recently, he’s had collaborative work exhibited at the University of the Arts’ Sol Mednick Gallery: “Response Time,” and in a group show in Santa Fe, NM: “Poetics of Light,” Palace of the Governors New Mexico History Museum; solo and collaborative work at Space 1026, “Clarke’s Third Law”; and a solo show at Columbia College’s Hardwick gallery in Missouri: “Home and Other Stations.”

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