For those of us that now take and store our photos digitally, it might be hard to remember the days spent waiting to pick up much-anticipated vacation photos at the drugstore — anxiously crossing your fingers that they turned out. Like a wave of nostalgia, this feeling once again seized me at the Aydoo Sessions cyanotype workshop. Cyanotype is an analog photographic printing process that was first introduced in 1842, and what makes the development of photographs using this process unique, is that neither a dark room nor any of the harmful chemicals traditional film processing uses, are needed. Through the reaction with UV light, the negatives become extraordinary prints in cerulean and Prussian blue. It’s also possible to achieve different colors by toning a cyanotype using materials like coffee, for example. Sehera Nawaz, an expert in this field, shares her extensive knowledge about analog photography and cyanotype processing in her workshops. With her assistance, you will be able to create lasting vacation photos that almost include the very sound of the ocean waves. (Text: Verena Schwarz / Photos: Sehera Nawaz)
Mahlower Eins, Mahlower Str.1, 12049 Berlin-Neukölln; map
Next workshops: 28.10.17, 13-18h; 18.11.17 13-18h
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