Instructor: Stewart Martin

If you have working experience printing black & white and want to hone you skills further, this course is for you. We will cover in depth the following; setting up a darkroom, mixing and tweaking chemistry, contrast control, dodging, burning, flashing, washing, toning, spotting, print finishing, breaking down a darkroom and exhibiting your work.

Black and white printing is an interesting mix of the scientific and creative. It's also a lot of fun and very satisfying. If you're interested in consistent results, it's necessary for you to ground your printing skills in the scientific first. This is the best way to obtain repeatable results. Then the creative comes.

Our small class size affords us much one-to-one time so we can go into great detail to help you get what you want from your prints. Chemistry is provided. Please bring paper. Also, please bring two photographs you printed and the corresponding negatives to our first class.

Where? AS220
When?
How much? $250.

BIO for Stewart Martin

Stewart Martin is a professional printer and photographer who has worked in the field of traditional photography for twenty five years. His early printing experience involved edition printing for Larry Clark, Bruce Davidson and Larry Fink. His archival B&W darkroom is equipped to print up to 20x24 inches. Although events and portraits are the bulk of his commercial work, he also does a specialized type of photography of the eye for ophthalmologists. He lives and works in Providence with his wife and daughter.