Darkroom: Color Photography
Adult Summer Class | This program is completed
In this workshop we will discover the disappearing art of Traditional Color Darkroom Photography! 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 smartphone? You will master all of this in one term.
Please note: This is a 6-session workshop. Fleisher will be closed on Monday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day, and class will conclude on Monday, August 1.
What You Will Learn in This Course
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.
3. How to solarize a print in color! (a phenomenon in photography in which the image recorded on a photographic print is wholly or partially reversed in tone. Dark areas appear light or light areas appear dark.
4. How to print from color slides.
Note that this classroom is accessible by stairs only; please contact Fleisher for more information.
- This is an in-person class which will take place in our building with strict social distancing protocols and reduced student capacity. Please see our COVID-19 community safety policies.
- • An exposed roll of color film (35MM, or 120MM), or any previously shot sets of negatives.
- • You will need a camera to shoot new rolls of film
The instructor will cover additional supplies and explain what kind of photo paper to purchase on the first day of class.
You will also need, but can wait until the 2nd class:- • 8x10 photo print files
- • Canned air or ‘Dust-off’
- • Anti-static cloth
- • 3 ring binder notebook for storing negatives & prints
- Places to go for supplies:
- • B&H Photo
- • Webbcam, 241 N. 12th, 215-923-8380
- • Freestyle Photo
Ahmed Salvador
Ahmed Salvador has an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from The University of the Arts. He teaches darkroom photography at Fleisher and is an adjunct assistant professor at CUNY. His solo and collaborative works have been seen in shows at Philadelphia galleries including Chimaera, the Halide Project, No.5 Butchie Alley, Space 1026, InLiquid, Wanderlife and Sol Mednick. His video “Lie Awake Dirge” was recently projected on the D&F tower in Denver. Other work has been shown, internationally, at the ViPhotofest in Spain and at the Equinoks festival in the UK.
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