Introduction to B&W Printing

Instructor: Aaron Cohen

Saturday, August 5th
12 - 4 pm

In this workshop we will be learning the fundamentals of B&W traditional darkroom printing. We will be covering how to use an enlarger, printing from a negative, basic contrast and exposure control, and print development workflow. Working in the darkroom is both a technical and artistic challenge, and this workshop will give you the opportunity to explore both as a part of your photographic practice.

Students are asked to provide their own paper. Resin coated (RC) paper is encouraged.

Aaron M. Cohen is a photographer and educator based in Philadelphia. He began volunteering at The Halide Project in 2019. His photography has been featured online on sites such as CNN, Vice, and LaRepubblica. as well as in publications such as Time Out New York, The Sun Magazine, and GEO. Most recently, photos from his project “The Communitarians” were featured in the exhibition "A Section of Now" at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal. In 2021, he founded The Parallax Review (@parallaxreview), an online site dedicated to critical writing on photography.

This workshop has been generously sponsored The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation.