Albumen Workshop by Arpan Mukherjee

In this intensive, hands-on introduction to the 19^th century Photography process Albumen Print, Arpan Mukherjee discusses the history and process of albumen printing and demonstrates how to make albumen, as well as how to coat paper with albumen, sensitize paper with silver nitrate, and print.

Participants of all levels are welcome

The albumen print, also called albumen silver print, was invented in 1850 by Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, and was the first commercially exploitable method of producing a photographic print on a paper base from a negative. It used the albumen found in egg whites to bind the photographic chemicals to the paper and became the dominant form of photographic positives from 1855 to the turn of the 20th century, with a peak in the 1860-90 period.

Arpan Mukherjee (b. 1977, India) is an artist and Associate Professor of printmaking, visual art at Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan. He makes conceptual/documentary work mainly using 19th century photographic methods.

Saturday, March 14, 11 am – 2 pm:  RSVP here (10 seats available)

At: The HIVE

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