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SCULLY & OSTERMAN 2012 WORKSHOPS will be listed here soon... Meanwhile, please check out the workshops below at George Eastman House:

February 21-24, 2012	The Daguerreotype: History & Technique A master class for people with a serious interest in the evolution, aesthetics and process of daguerreotypy.
March 5-7, 2012	The Tintype: History & Technique Make your own tintype portraits and still-life images in this three-day workshop for beginners.
April 2-4, 2012	Basic Gelatin Emulsion Making with Ron Mowrey This entry-level workshop is perfect for the curious and those who would like to build on the basics of gelatin photographic technology at the twilight of its manufacture.
May 7- 9, 2012	Identification of 19th-Century Photographic Materials Dating photographs is not an exact science; you'll learn to do it by recognizing cultural clues with an understanding of the technical processes used to make photographic images in different eras.
May 21-23, 2012	Ambrotype Making: Introductory Workshop Learn to make wet collodion direct positives on glass during this three-day, hands-on workshop with Mark Osterman, internationally respected as a master of the medium.
June 11-14, 2012	The Colorful Print: Cyanotype, Chromatype & Photogenic Drawing This amazing workshop highlights the cyanotype, photogenic drawing, chromotype, and Bayard's direct positive printing processes — the most colorful printing processes of the 19th century.
June 25-29, 2012	1839: Daguerreotype, Photogenic Drawing & Bayard's Process The processes of Louis Daguerre, William Henry Fox Talbot, Hippolyte Bayard, and Hercules Florence are discussed and recreated in this unique hands-on workshop celebrating the state of photography as introduced in 1839. Held at the Fox Talbot Museum at Lacock Abbey, England.
July 2-6, 2012	Ambrotypes, Tintypes and Dry Collodion Negatives Learn the basics of making positive wet-collodion images using a conventional darkroom, then use portable darkrooms as you create images on the grounds of Lacock Abbey. Held at the Fox Talbot Museum at Lacock Abbey, England.
July 9-12, 2012	Ambrotypes and Tintypes Explore today's most popular alternative in-camera processes — the ambrotype and tintype. Held at the Fox Talbot Museum at Lacock Abbey, England.
July 16-18, 2012	Platinum/Palladium Printing: History & Technique Unlock the mysteries of coating and printing the most archival of metal-based photography with master platinum printer Ron Cowie.	platinum print by Ron Cowie
July 23-26, 2012	Camera Obscura, Camera Lucida and the Silhouette This workshop considers the era just before the dawn of photography, which supported a culture of skilled portrait makers who saw the benefits of both light and lenses.	camera lucida drawing by Mark Osterman

Interested in the above workshops?

a few images from recent workshops

Cloisters by Chris Ramsay, Lacock 2011

Chris Ramsay shooting at Lacock in July

Ho Sang washing his plate

Ambrotype by Wong Ho Sang, Lacock, 2011

Mark & Charlie Kellly at 2011 Lacock collodion workshop

Jeffrey Cousins & France
at Lacock collodion workshop

Did you know that you can arrange small group classes and private tutorials year round
in Rochester, New York, or your location? Please inquire:

George Eastman House Internatl Museum of Photography & Film, Rochester, NY	National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC	Victoria & Albert Museum London, England

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

The Ostermans have given demonstrations, workshops and lectures for museums, universities, educational and historical societies since the early 1990s. Here is a partial list:

Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, Lacock, England
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Harry Ransom Center, U of Texas, Austin, TX
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Centro de Estudos em Fotografia da Golega, Golega, Portugal
F295 Symposium, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA
Alchemy Studios, Phoenix, AZ
Anderson Ranch, Snow Mass, CO
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Art New England, Bennington, VT
Minnie Weisz Studio, London, UK
Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN
University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Maison Niepce, St. Loup de Varennes, France
Photographer's Formulary, Condon, Montana
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Century Darkroom, Toronto, Canada
National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
Segura Publishing, Mesa, AZ
Mercer Museum, Doylestown, PA
Princeton Arts Council, Princeton, NJ
Eckley Miners Museum, Scranton, PA
Eastfield Village, Nassau, NY
Historic Richmondtown, Staten Island, NY
Fleetwood Museum, N. Plainfield, NJHarvard University, Cambridge, MA
Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart, Germany
Fachhochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Berlin, Germany
Escuela Nacional de Conervación, Restauración y Museografia, Mexico City
Nat'l Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
New England School of Photography, Boston, MA
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD
Diputacion Provincial de Huesca, Huesca, Spain

Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England

Maison Niepce, Burgundy, France

Casa-Estúdio Carlos Relvas , Golegã, Portugal

1839: Daguerreotype, Photogenic Drawing & Bayard's Process The processes of Louis Daguerre, William Henry Fox Talbot, Hippolyte Bayard, and Hercules Florence are discussed and recreated in this unique hands-on workshop celebrating the state of photography as introduced in 1839.

1839: Daguerreotype, Photogenic Drawing & Bayard's Process
The processes of Louis Daguerre, William Henry Fox Talbot, Hippolyte Bayard, and Hercules Florence are discussed and recreated in this unique hands-on workshop celebrating the state of photography as introduced in 1839.