A two day workshop will provide an introduction to colour photography by experimenting with ‘’wrong’’ processing methods – cross process, reversal process, washing film emulsion in soap and other synthetic and organic materials.
Students will shoot on slidefilm and afterwards develop the film in C41 chemistry (Cross Processing). There will be fresh as well as expired films available. The teachers will show and explain how to shoot with such old, expired films and how to develop the films without destroying the emulsion so that you still can get interesting and beautiful results with the photos.

During the workshop, there will be a photo walk where students will go for a walk with their cameras to take photos, which will be later developed using those creative techniques.

Programme:

• Introduction to slidefilm
• theoretical Introduction to E-6 development process 
• Introduction to colorfilm
• Introduction to C-41 development process
• Introduction to cross processing
• Introduction to Filmsoups
• shooting test film together
• developing slidefilm in C-41 process
• photographing together (photo walk)
• individual film development

Patrice Baunov (Born in 1988) is a self-taught artist from Berlin. Has studied anthropology in several European universities such as Freie Universität Berlin, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt and ISCTE-IUL. Patrice found his interest in analog photography by taking part in photo collective Lomography Deutschland, where he, as he himself states, is doing Visual Arthropology. In his practice, he is using expired films as well as various manipulations of colour emulsion in the darkroom.

It is advised to take your own analog 35mm photo camera.
Films will be provided at the workshop.

It is advised to take your own analog 35mm photo camera.
Films will be provided at the workshop.

Limited amount of participants - 10 people
Participate by sending us an email to: experimentalfilmriga@gmail.com
Participation fee: 40 EUR

Workshop is supported by Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation