Lumen printing goes back to the very early history of photography and is a simple process with endless potential to make breathtaking and unique archival photographic images. This workshop in the AGB darkroom invites you to make unique, hand-printed images that reflect family, childhood, personal or collective memory by using objects with recognizable silhouettes, or material that bends light or creates suggestive shadows.

In this workshop, we’ll use translucent or graphic objects such as fabrics, flowers, stencils and glassware, alongside any objects you may choose to bring, and discover the ways light travels or is refracted through objects and resists to create evocative, emotional and energizing images. Through this creative and playful technique, you’ll develop skills fundamental to traditional darkroom proficiencies including respect for chemicals, darkroom safety, and a basic understanding of the physics and chemistry of analogue photography.