








Carbon Transfer Printing
Instructor: Vaughn Hutchins
2024 Dates: April 17-20
Focus: Darkroom
Medium: Large Format Film
Designed for the curious, this workshop takes you on a journey into the lost art of what was once considered the premier photographic printing process. Rediscover the art of Carbon Printing with Vaughn Hutchins, master of the process, with Nature's grandest classroom as your muse. Learn to craft striking images with outstanding visual quality and proven archival permanence. This highly-regarded and aesthetically unique printing method is now practiced by a few dedicated artists. Now you can be one of them.
Overview
Discover the intricately rewarding practice of Carbon Transfer Printing, a complex method of producing an image with layers of carbon to create exquisite detail-rich images. Dive into what was once considered a lost art, and explore the depth of craftsmanship it takes to achieve carbon printing's enchanting effects.
Renown for their stability and long tonal range, carbon prints are considered by some to be the ultimate monochromatic photographic art form. For those who are looking to create an objet d’art as much as achieving their creative vision, this workshop is for you.
In this four-day workshop, join Vaughn Hutchins, one of the foremost carbon printing masters today, to learn to create and sensitize your materials, along with exposing and developing your prints. Vaughn can offer hands on assistance with his 8x10 View Camera allowing you to create a large format negative. This workshop will prepare you to continue the process independently, ready to develop your work at home with materials readily available.
SPRING 2024 - April 17-20
Scheduled for late April, this workshop will occur during the peak of Spring in Yosemite High Country. It is a beautiful and inspiring time to be an artist in Yosemite National Park.
Workshop Details
Carbon Transfer Printing | |
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INSTRUCTOR | Vaughn Hutchins |
FOCUS | Darkroom |
MEDIUM | Large Format Film |
LEVEL | Beginner to Intermediate |
ATTENDEES | 6 |
TUITION | $1000 |
MATERIAL FEE | $150 |
Vaughn can offer hands on assistance with his 8x10 View Camera allowing you to create a large format negative. Attendees are also welcome to bring there personal large format cameras.
About the Instructor

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COVID-19 Policy
COVID WORKSHOP PRECAUTIONS:The Ansel Adams Gallery is trying to create a workshop environment that is safe for all attendees. In doing so, the gallery realizes that workshop participants will have differing opinions in regards to the Covid-19 Policy. The gallery will side with caution and safety. The Ansel Adams Gallery will follow current CDC Guidelines in pace with the evolution of the Covid-19 Virus. Additional measures may be instituted and updated for the purpose of improved safety of all attendees.
The Gallery will provide the following:
COVID-19 rapid test upon arrival
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COVID-19 POLICY
The Ansel Adams Gallery will require all attendees to show proof of a current negative result from a supplied Covid-19 Rapid Test. This negative Covid-19 Rapid Test result will be required after travel to Yosemite and prior to entry into the first day of the workshop. A Covid-19 Rapid Test Kit will be included in your welcome package available at check in at the Yosemite Valley Lodge or Ahwahnee Hotel. It is very important to inform us if you have chosen different accommodations. A gallery representative will then make alternative arrangements for your receipt of the Covid-19 Rapid Test.
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