Photography: Black and White Master Printing

3 units

This course offers an introduction to black and white master printing techniques for analog and digital outputs. The first part of the course will focus on advanced darkroom printing techniques, as well as the use of developers, papers, and toners. The second part of the course will cover advanced digital b/w strategies, including quadtone RIPs, specialty papers, and Photoshop workflows. Course lectures will look at the role that master printers have played in the history of photography. Visits to the Kemper and Saint Louis Art Museum print rooms will complement lectures and activities. All students will develop a portfolio of personally driven work in black and white.