In Photography Class: A New Take on an Old Process
This year Millbrook students are enjoying a new photography class called Alternative Processes, where they explore non-traditional photographic techniques that are no longer practiced by mainstream photographers.
Many of these techniques have all but died out, only to be resurrected by artists eager to experiment.
Most recently, students mastered their images with a technique called "Van Dyke Brown." To create an image, the students painted pieces of watercolor paper with a brown emulsion solution. Next, they printed large digital negatives. Finally, they sandwiched the negative against the prepared paper and exposed the paper to UV light. The final effect is one that harkens back to an earlier time of unsmiling portraits and stiff still lives.
With this in mind, many of the artists in the class chose to create images that are distinctly modern. Look closely and you may even spot an iPad. The jarring feeling created by an old process and a new idea was a favorite for many of the artists in the class to explore.
To browse more excellent student work, please visit our photo gallery.
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