Laura A. Jackett 

65 North Drive • Rochester, NY 14612 • (585) 225-0065 • laurajackett@yahoo.com • laurajackett.net

Program Title: Van Dyke Photography

Program Format:  Workshop

Number of Artists: 1         Length of Program: 1.5 hours, can be extended                      

Audience limit: 12            Age Level: 7+

Space Required: tables and chairs, sink large enough to accommodate 10” x 11” inch paper or access to a hose

Set up Time: 30 minutes

Equipment Needs: provided by sponsor: tables and chairs, access to a large sink or an outside hose, access to electrical outlets, Xerox machine which accepts transparencies (optional)

 provided by instructor: solutions, rag paper, clothesline, distilled water, foam brushes, transparencies, plate glass, wooden boards, hair dryers

Workshop Description: Make photographs without a camera! The possibilities are endless and well within the grasp of the beginner, while challenging for those with experience in photography. This is a great workshop with materials that are totally transportable. We will be working with Van Dyke, which produces a brown and white photograph on paper or cloth. Bring old black and white negatives and interestingly shaped objects to class.

You will first coat paper or cloth with Van Dyke’s special mixture of a light sensitive solution. You will make a negative by drawing on a transparency using a permanent marker, cutting out and attaching pieces of old black and white negatives, or using the copy machine to transfer a previously created image to a transparent sheet. These chemicals are extremely light sensitive so you’ll see the exposure begin as soon as you take it out to the sunlight. After exposure, develop with running water to produce a Van Dyke photograph.