Over the past few afternoons, instructor Lisa Zirbel taught our students the fundamentals of photography in both digital and traditional film mediums. Students learned to shoot 35mm black and white film with manual SLR cameras and create enlargements from their film in our photo lab. They also had the opportunity to make studio-lit portraits, which they processed using Adobe Photoshop to produce inkjet prints of their photos. Additionally, they combined film and digital photography by making cyanotypes using digitally printed negatives from their own images, and by using botanicals and expired photo paper to create lumen prints in the sun during class.
Students used our continuous lights and strobes to experiment with studio portraiture.
While they were working on making prints in our darkroom and digital lab, students made lumen prints (above) by laying botanicals such as flowers and leaves onto photo paper inside contact printing frames. To make these lumen prints the contact frames were left outside in the sun during the afternoon to produce one-of-a-kind prints!
Students also made cyanotype prints from their own digital images using transparencies and Art Intersection’s UV exposure units.
Though experimenting with cyanotype didn’t stop at photographic prints—students made cyanotypes on silk scarves using more harvested botanicals.
To end all of our teen camps, on the final day we display the students’ work on the wall and invite their friends and families for a critique session to reflect on what they learned and the challenges they faced while creating their art.
Last weekend, we had the pleasure of hosting our Advanced Digital Printing workshop with Richard Jackson!
During this intensive class, students identified their vision and intention of their images, then through deconstruction of the images, translated from the computer screen to dimensional prints on paper. Three days of editing and test prints to create a collection of final prints.
Topics covered also included lighting, color space and gamut, rendering intention, paper selections, and working with commercial print labs.
Take a peek behind the scenes of the workshop and watch as the class perfected their images in Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, working to produce extraordinary prints and bring their creative visions to life on paper.
This past Sunday, April 28th, Art Intersection had the pleasure of hosting our Worldwide Pinhole Photography event. It was a delightful gathering as over a dozen photographers from our community joined us in Downtown Gilbert, capturing both digital and film pinhole images.
Image credit: Tatiana Padgett; taken with a Fujifilm XE-1
The day concluded with a delightful potluck lunch at the Photo Arts Lab, where our community of photographers came together to not only share their love for the art but also gather and recharge after a couple of hours spent capturing moments under the sun.
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Last night was a blast as we hosted our latest After Hours Member Mixer in our new digs at the Art Intersection Photo Arts Lab! It was such a joy to catch up with our community and chat about all the exciting changes happening at Art Intersection.
Alan gave us a sneak peek into the year ahead with a roadmap jam-packed with awesome events planned for both the Photo Arts Lab and Gallery 4.
And let’s not forget the highlight of the evening—Juan Garcia’s incredible digital prints, crafted from a 4×5 negative under Alan’s guidance, from scan to print. It was a taste of the creative magic we’re cooking up for future gatherings with artists in our Art Intersection community!
We’re excited to dive into this new chapter at Art Intersection. Keep an eye out for more information by signing up for our email newsletter here!
This past Saturday marked the opening day for our Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. exhibition, featuring archival photographs from Dan Budnik chronicling the Selma-Montgomery March, the March on Washington D.C., and the Voting Rights Act; and Susan Berger’s images of streets throughout the United States named in honor of Martin Luther King.
Copies of Susan’s book, “Life and Soul – American Streets Honoring Martin Luther King” are available, as well as a small number of signed copies of Dan’s book, “Marching to the Freedom Dream.” If you are interested in a copy of either, please send us an email at info@artintersection.com.
This past Saturday marked a delightful occasion as we warmly hosted the artists of Little by Little, along with their families and friends, for the opening night of the exhibition. The crisp autumn air provided the perfect backdrop, adding an extra layer of charm to the evening. It was truly heartening to see the artists in the company of their captivating works, creating a vibrant atmosphere filled with creativity and camaraderie. We’re grateful to have shared this memorable evening with such talented individuals!
These pieces are perfect for holiday gifts, so if one catches your eye send us an email at info@artintersection.com to make an inquiry! You can find the online gallery of the work here, if you aren’t able to make it to Gallery 4 to see the show in person at HD South.
Art Intersection hosted a dry plate negative demonstration with Lisa Zirbel’s photography class. The dry plates came from Zebra in Slovenia. Bob Rice was in charge of the developing of the plates after each student exposed the negatives taking portraits using Calumet 4×5 cameras.
Gelatin silver contact sheets were made from each negative, with the take away for each students being a dry plate negative and a contact print. Fun afternoon!
Bob Sadler presented his experimental work created using Artificial Intelligence during a Zoom call. After his presentation and demonstration, Bob let the callers describe an image. The description was roadrunner bird, at the Grand Canyon, with a rain storm.
Here’s what was created in about four minutes from start to finish.
From this introduction by Bob, I believe AI will find a place in art and photography, and will continue to expand it’s presence as the technology continues to develop.
Very cool and informative time with you, thank you Bob!
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