the classes are designed to teach the basics of photography to 15 to 20 students within 27 hours, over a two week period.
the materials used in these classes can easily be bought anywhere in the world or brought along. the darkrooms we use are mostly improvised by converting storage spaces in the schools that have little or no windows. we do need electricity and, of course: water.
the classes can be divided into theoretical and practical exercises. the theory consists of audiovisual presentations on the subjects of light, optics, photo related chemistry, camera-construction, colour harmony, -theory, and design basics like composition and perspective, as well as a short trip through art history as far as photography is concerned.
practically we set up darkrooms and learn how to use them, making photogramms and developing prints from the pictures we took with our self-made pinhole cameras.
and there is a written exercise inventing stories about famous photographs.
finally, the results of the theoretical and practical exercises can be put to use in the photography of water, which concludes the classes
the materials used in these classes can easily be bought anywhere in the world or brought along. the darkrooms we use are mostly improvised by converting storage spaces in the schools that have little or no windows. we do need electricity and, of course: water.
the classes can be divided into theoretical and practical exercises. the theory consists of audiovisual presentations on the subjects of light, optics, photo related chemistry, camera-construction, colour harmony, -theory, and design basics like composition and perspective, as well as a short trip through art history as far as photography is concerned.
practically we set up darkrooms and learn how to use them, making photogramms and developing prints from the pictures we took with our self-made pinhole cameras.
and there is a written exercise inventing stories about famous photographs.
finally, the results of the theoretical and practical exercises can be put to use in the photography of water, which concludes the classes
writing exercise, nairobi, kenya
excurse underwater photography, nairobi, kenya
our classroom, cape town, south africa
pinhole camera, self portrait, cape town, south africa