Cambridge Darkroom - Film: Ritual and Deferred Gratification
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Transcript of Cambridge Darkroom - Film: Ritual and Deferred Gratification
Slides from a talk given at The Fountain Inn, Cambridge on June 28, 2012
by
Brian Humanhttp://brianhuman.co.uk/wp/
Dave Runnacleshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lonesomefoghorn/
Roy Hammanshttp://weepingash.co.uk/
http://real-photographs.co.uk/http://www.flickr.com/photos/fraxinus/
William Henry Fox Talbot
How charming it would be if it were possible to cause these natural images to imprint themselves durable and remain fixed upon the paper! And why should it not be possible? I asked myself.
DIGITAL
The camera does everything
All down to you
Instant gratification
No risks
FILM
The camera does nothing
Often involves others
Delayed gratification
Many risks
But, as many pointed out during the talk, it does have
MAGIC!
Digital original
Converted to b/w in Lightroom
Tones inverted in Photoshop,printed onto large format transparency via inkjet
Contact printed ontophotographic paperand lith processed
in the darkroom
No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.
Edward Steichen
Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Every time I find a film or paper that I like, they discontinue it.
Paul Strand
Photography can be a mirror and reflect life as it is, but I also think it is possible to walk, like Alice, through a looking glass and find another kind of world with the camera.Tony Ray-Jones
Links to useful resourcesFADU – the Film & Darkroom Users Group
– a UK-based group with an international membership.
APUG – the Analogue Photography Users Group– the original international group for all film users
F295 – Analogue, Digital & Hybrid processesManual Focus Forum – for lovers of old lensesTHIAPS – Traditional Film PhotographyLarge Format Photography Forum – specialises in analogue photography
using larger camerasSilverprint – foremost UK supplier of all things film – and ink jet materials too.Ag Photographic – traditional materialsOn-Linepaper – specialists in fine ink-jet papers