The phrase
"darkroom processes" refers to the techniques and procedures used in a photography darkroom. It involves developing and printing photos by using chemicals and specialized equipment in a dark space.
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They range from postwar experiments
with darkroom processes, such as photograms and photomontages; to 1970s feminist performances conceived for the camera; to political and documentary engagements with themes of labor history and globalization in the 1980s; to post-appropriative forms of archival and historical reconstitution since 2000.
Surpassing the limitations of
traditional darkroom processing, the advanced technology and technical support available at Cirrus has enabled me to realize images from my most challenging, large format negatives.
The exhibition is comprised of gelatin silver prints of Busse's photographs taken in his native rural northern Germany which are then altered
via darkroom processes and photographic inks, haunting hybrids that document the seen and unseen.
Forrest's photography is rooted in traditional Black and
White darkroom processes, exploring the unique visual and spatial possibilities of images created solely in the lens.
In his installations and individual prints, Rødland also emphasizes the formal attributes of the photographic image, pushing the medium toward modes of visual expression and physical immediacy more commonly associated with painting, and forging links between 20th century art photography (he exclusively uses film - based cameras and
chemical darkroom processes) and 21st century approaches to image - making common to advertising, entertainment, and social media.
They range from postwar experiments
with darkroom processes (such as photograms and photomontages), to 1970s feminist performances conceived for the camera, to political and documentary engagements with labor history and globalization in the 1980s and 1990s, to forms of archival and historical reconstitution made since 2000.
George: When we started working with computers it was like a continuation of
the darkroom process, because the language is the same: levels, layers and things.
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The darkroom process is spontaneous and consuming, layering light, texture and form to interact with photographic alchemy.
ANGELL GALLERY is pleased to present Let There Be Light, a group exhibition curated by associate director Bill Clarke, which features work by seven Toronto and New York - based artists who produce photo imagery using in - camera and
darkroom processes.