Fleisher Art Memorial | Darkroom Crash Course

Darkroom Crash Course

Adult Summer Class | Available

Level

All levels welcome. | Accessibility: stairs

Date

6/20/2024-7/25/2024

Time

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

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Tuition

$195.00

Member Tuition

$175.00

Studio Fee

$50.00

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Program Description

Curious about traditional photography? In this workshop, you will get a taste of what darkroom photography is all about. Experiment with photograms, develop your own film, print from negatives, learn how to solarize a print, and learn darkroom techniques.

What you will learn:
1. How to make photograms
2. How to use your camera
3. How to develop film
4. How to enlarge and print from your negatives
5. Essential darkroom techniques, like burning and dodging

This is a 5-session class. Fleisher will be closed on Thursday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.

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

Special Notes

This is an in-person class. Please review our Safety Policies and Community Guidelines.

To make our classes and workshops accessible to everyone, Fleisher offers tuition assistance every term so that everyone can join our creative community. Tuition assistance applications can be completed once registration is open by clicking here.

Required Supplies

• Your camera
• A roll of Kodak Tri-X or Ilford HP-5 B&W film
• Ilford MULTIGRADE RC Deluxe Paper (8x10, 25 Sheets)

Places to go for supplies:
• B&H Photo
• Webbcam, 241 N. 12th, 215-923-8380
• Freestyle Photo
• Unique Photo, 28 S 2nd St, 215-608-2222

Instructor(s)

Ahmed Salvador

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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