Today is the first day of the Alternative Photographic Processes workshop at the Maine Media Workshops.
I have just returned from a long day. We began at 8am this morning and went non-stop till 6pm. Stopped for a bite to eat then went to a lecture about Robert Frank's book The Americans, which is celebrating its' 50th anniversary in print. Interesting behind the scenes look into his life and art. Great photographer!
We studied the cyanotype process all day. It is a non-silver iron photographic process that uses UV light to expose, and water to process the print. It is a blue toned print and quite beautiful. The class made a 9 foot by 18 foot fabric mural print together. We all laid on the cloth during the 22 minute exposure with foliage and other objects to create the image.
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