PORTRAITURE,RACE & REPRESENTATION
Category Archives: culture
Cultural Iconography & African Identity
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Namsa Leuba is a Swiss-Guinean photographer and art director who focuses on African identity as seen through the western gaze.
Article: A New Guide for Marketing Your Photography Business in 2021 – Feature Shoot
A New Guide for Marketing Your Photography Business in 2021 – Feature Shoot https://flip.it/CTcNuf
Article: What Gilles Peress Saw on 9/11
What Gilles Peress Saw on 9/11 https://flip.it/_jE7lq
Article: A ‘time capsule’ of lost photographs of the Black Panthers, found 50 years later
A ‘time capsule’ of lost photographs of the Black Panthers, found 50 years later https://flip.it/xLH_Fs
Article: Chester Higgins’s Life in Pictures
Chester Higgins’s Life in Pictures https://flip.it/HbVnaZ
Smithsonian Acquires Rare Antique Portraits From First Black Photographers : The Picture Show
Smithsonian Acquires Rare Antique Portraits From First Black Photographers : The Picture Show https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/08/29/1031703142/smithsonian-acquires-rare-antique-portraits-from-first-black-photographers
Watch “How to Photograph a Headshot with Butterfly Lighting” on YouTube
How to Make Cyanotype Prints of your Own Photos
Different perspectives on a classic process.
Anthotype – Color with Tumeric!
PREPARE PAPER – 1 teaspoon of tumeric > in shot glass > add 99% rubbing alcohol > fill shot glass to 3/4 > stir, until dissolved > use copy paper, cut and place in a disposable plate cover (it will stain!) > place a few sheets of paper towel over the paper in disposable plate > do this to catch any powder remains > let the paper soak solution, let sit for a few minutes, lay out in a dark room to dry, 10-15 minutes > set up, make a print ( keep out of bright light) > use a photo frame (glass) to hold objects in place during processing > In Sunlight, about 2-hours – OR – Blacklight, about an hour. Exposure depends on light.
FIXER – teaspoon of Borax, tap water > mix well in a glass > pour on the paper… bath it for a couple of minutes in the solution > quick rinse under tap water
Color Theory & Photography
Visual Design Of A Photograph Lecture
Learning to See… Observe > Imagine > Express
“See – Feel – Think!”
