Spring 06

Profs Klaus Schnitzer and Andrew Atkinson

Tuesdays 1-4.20pm Room 131 Calcia Hall.

Atkinson Office hours: Tuesday 10am-12pm, Tel. X4103

Atkinson Email:atkinsona@mail.montclair.edu

Web: www.andrewatkinson.net

You will be evaluated upon the quality of the body of work and your ability to contextualize it through a statement and defend it through group discussion; through the scholarship in the written essay; and finally through your technical ability, attendance and contribution to the class.

4 blue prints, 4 brown prints, 4 palladium prints, 4 transfers, 6 – 10 images with process of your choice, research paper on a process (jointly selected with instructors)

A an 'A' grade will show excellence in the execution of the work, in active discussion and participation in the class, and the presentation skills of the work.

B will demonstrate the same but with above average quality
C with average quality
D showing below average quality

Attendance is mandatory, two absences are allowed, beyond that a grade will be deducted for every class that is missed. Turning up more than 15 minutes late will result in attendance marked as absent. Work that is submitted late will also be reflected in a lower grade.

John Barnier, Coming into Focus: A Step-by-Step Guide to Alternative Photographic Printing Processes, Chronicle, 2000

Randall Webb, Martin Reed, Alternative Photographic Processes: A Working Guide for Image Makers, Saunders/Silver Pixel, 2000

1/17 Introduction, overview: traditional vs. digital negative, traditional negative procedure and negative enlarging

1/24 cyanotype and kallitype demonstration

1/31 digital negatives

2/7 more digital negatives, cyanotype and Brown prints

2/14 platinum/palladium demo

2/21 liquid light, photo-etching

2/28 collodion demo (Bill Westheimer)

3/7 critique, platinum/palladium images due

3/14 SPRING BREAK

3/21 image transfer

3/28 work in progress due, work session

4/4 work session

4/11 personal project and research paper due

4/18 work session

4/25 last class, portfolio due

5/2 Tuesday becomes a Friday at MSU (but not in the rest of the world)

5/9 FINAL 3:15 – 5:15