Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 36

Photography
The
Photography
program
offers
workshops in image capture, composition,
lighting, digital and traditional darkroom
processing
and
historic
alternative
processes. All workshops are rooted in the
same idea: powerful art requires rigorous
inquiry into techniques and ideas.
Our media labs are equipped with Apple G5
computers, 20-inch calibrated monitors, Epson
inkjet printers, flatbed and film scanners and
digital media software, including the Adobe
Creative Suite and Final Cut Pro Studio 2.
Course programming permitting, you may
also access a Howtek D4000 drum scanner,
Nikon CoolScan film scanners, Epson flatbed
scanners and Epson large-format printers.
Our black & white darkroom facilities include
ten Saunders 4500 diffusion head enlargers
with “dial-in” contrast control, Schneider
lenses and negative carriers for all standard
formats from 35 mm to 4”x 5”, a compressed
air system, water temperature control, UV
exposure units and a film developing room
accommodating sheet or roll film processing.

Photography skill Levels:
Open to all – Students of any skill and knowledge level.
Level I – Students are new to photography
and have no formal training. Digital students
must have basic computer skills.
Level II – Students have a basic understanding of photography principles and technology
and are comfortable using an SLR camera in
manual mode. Digital students must have basic computer skills.
Level III – Students have some formal training and significant experience making, capturing and processing images. Students have a
portfolio of their artwork. Digital students are
comfortable using image-editing techniques
in Adobe Photoshop.
Level IV – Students have advanced skill and
knowledge of photography. Students are
highly motivated and have multiple portfolios
of their artwork. Digital students are comfortable using advanced image-editing techniques
in Adobe Photoshop.
Contact Artistic Director Andrea Wallace
with questions at 970/923-3181 x233.

David Maisel, Lake Project 20

Andrew Rodney, Amazon (detail)

June 7 - 11

June 14 - 18

contemporary practice and the
environmental debate

Andrew Rodney   

Scorched Earth: 
David Maisel   
Skill Level: II - III

Concept:  Concerned photographers bear witness to the profound physical changes in our
world marked by environmental degradation and fueled by contemporary consumption. Respond to environmental issues with
the critical skills to create a coherent body of
work. We consider the “new topographies”
as a point of departure and the more recent
wave of “post-topographic” work. We address
issues of landscape, the environment and land
use. We work within the cartographic or documentary aspects of the medium as well as
more expressive, poetic veins of photography.
Media & Techniques:  The workshop covers
digital image capture as well as digital processing using Adobe Lightroom and/or Adobe Photoshop. Students print using Epson printers.
Activities: Activities include lectures on working photographers and artists who engage in
environmental dialogue. Students develop and
produce a body of work based on their interests while the instructor offers critiques and
suggestions for new directi ۜ