Florence, Italy - Course Descriptions - Advanced Photography

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Course Description: This course will integrate photographic image making with the medium of printmaking to expand and explore the possibilities of photographic image development in a multi-media environment.

A variety of photo and digital based printmaking techniques (high and low-tech) will be introduced as alternative means of printing photographic images to present new methods of layering and manipulating images along with and beyond that of traditional photographic and digital printing. The techniques introduced will incorporate textural and hand-drawn elements with an array of multiple-color and multiple-image layering possibilities.

These approaches will be further applied with a focus on concept and serial image development utilizing an expanded vocabulary of format and presentation. .

Some of the primary techniques that will be introduced:
Solarplates
Xerox Print / Laserprint roll-ups
Screen-printing based methods:
Photo Collagraph
Photo Etching
Polyester Plates (Pronto or Smart plates)