Advanced darkroom course: Alternative techniques for the black-and-white darkroom

Advanced darkroom course by Robert Marnika. This advanced printing workshop will survey a variety of non-traditional techniques that expand artistic possibilities for darkroom photographers. Class will begin with an overview of various photographers that approach photography in a unique way. The following lessons will take place in the B&W darkroom where students will print with altered negatives and photo paper, create photograms and chemigrams, make Sabattier prints (solarisation), and apply photo chemistry with brushes and other tools. This class will also explore toning prints in coffee as well as experiment with self-prepared toning and bleaching baths.

Students will also experiment with different darkroom techniques such as light painting on paper, double exposures, vignetting, zooming in exposure, embossing, spray developing, reticulated negatives and burning negatives. Attention will be paid to the creativity of every participant, and with the teacher’s help they will be able to realise their own artistic work.

Details

Five week course starting Wednesday, 16 September - 14 October. 18:30-21:30.

To book please, e-mail info@strangeneighbour.com For more information, visit http://strangeneighbour.com/education/

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August

Sydney: The exhibition delves into the State Library of NSW's vast collection of two million images, showcasing 400 photos – many displayed for the first time.

Sydney: The exhibition brings together close to 100 of the artist’s most important works dating from the 1970s through to the present day.

Sydney: The photographs in Max Dupain: Student Life were taken at the University of Sydney in the early 1950s, a period of rapid change marked by the politics of the Cold War.

Sydney: First exhibited at the Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) in 2023, ZAHALKAWORLD – an artist’s archive brings together key bodies of work from Zahalka’s renowned photographic practice.

September

Canberra: This collection-in-focus display highlights William Yang’s photography of Sydney Mardi Gras festivals between 1981 and 2003.

Melbourne: The William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize 2024 features more than 70 images including digital and analogue photography, large-scale installations and daguerreotypes.

October

Melbourne: Come celebrate the thought-provoking work of 10 talented members of the Club's Conceptual Photography Group. Their collective exhibition, "Interesting Times," showcases a wide range of unique and diverse artistic perspectives through the medium of conceptual photography.

Brisbane: Mikaela spent time looking through Graham’s archive of negatives, though it was his social documentary images that she constantly returned to, especially as there were so many compelling photographs that had never been printed.

November

Brisbane: The Photo Fair #2 is a community event to sell, swap, and showcase photographic works. Whether you’re a photographer looking to sell or swap your images this fair is designed for you.