Saturday & Sunday

December 6 & 7

10 AM - 6 PM

Class Size Max: 6

Gum Bichromate is a beautiful process but can be difficult to learn because of the many variables involved in making a single print. This in-person/hands-on workshop will cover the materials and methods for making full color gum bichromate prints. Through lecture, presentation, and demonstration, students will be introduced to the history of gum bichromate printing. Digital workflow for producing color separated digital negatives will be discussed in detail. Students will learn how to manipulate negatives to produce the desired quality in the prints. Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop is a plus but not required. By the end of the workshop all students will make one print with a minimum of four layers (using cyan, magenta, yellow and black pigments) from three separate negatives.

Tuition includes a $100 materials fee

If your desired tuition option is unavailable, please email info@penumbrafoundation.org and we will do our best to accommodate you. If the entire class is sold out, we can add you to the waitlist.

TONY GONZALEZ is an artist currently living in New York City. He received his BFA from the Cooper Union School of Art and his MFA from Yale University. In addition to working as a fine art photographer, Gonzalez has taught photography for over 30 years including at The Cooper Union, Pratt Institute and New York University. Since 2002, Gonzalez has been teaching full-time at Queens College, CUNY and is currently a Tenured Professor and Deputy Chair of the Photography & Imaging Program. Gonzalez is a contributing author for The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes, Second Edition and Third Edition by Christopher James and is featured most recently in the new book Gum Printing, A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice by Christina Z. Anderson and Alternate Processes in Photography by Brian Arnold.

Images © Tony Gonzalez and previous students

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