LEARN HOW TO MAKE TINTYPES!
Judit German-Heins
September 9 – 11, 2022
Calling all lovers of alternative photographic processes! The Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) is offering an amazing opportunity to explore the enchantments of wet-plate collodion photography with artist Judit German-Heins, at a spacious private estate in Kingston, NY.
Participants will spend 2½ days working with large-format cameras to make portraits and landscapes using nineteenth-century technologies in both natural and artificially lit scenes. Students will learn step-by-step how to make tintypes, with an emphasis on both chemical safety and how to continue utilizing this process long after the ether from the workshop evaporates.
About the instructor
Judit German-Heins has been using the wet-plate collodion process for her art and activism since 2017. She studied photography at the Photography Institute in London, and at workshops conducted by the Houston Center for Photography, the International Center of Photography, the Penumbra Foundation, and by the Eastman Museum. In 2019, German-Heins won first place at the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for her tintype series “Women of Faith.” Her article “Tintype Portraits: A 19th Century Process Documents 21st Century Society,” published in The Big Photo Zine in 2018, describes how she used tintypes in two projects to document refugees and covered women.
Tuition
Tuition for this workshop is $500. Register online at CPW’s Eventbrite page to reserve your spot for this intensive course. Space is limited to 10 students.
Workshop Dates
Friday: 12:00 – 5:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Venue
This workshop will be hosted by Eureka! at a private residence in Kingston, NY.
Note: The introductory half-day session on Friday will include a presentation by Judit German-Heins, as well as a basic introduction to wet-plate collodion photography and to the 4×5 camera. This session will be available online if you cannot attend in person. Full-day classes on Saturday and Sunday will be conducted live at a TBA location in Kingston.
Photo: Untitled from the series Women of Faith, 2020