Dick Arentz - Images in Platinum

WORKSHOPS

Condon, MT • Aug 17-22 2008

Master Class in Patinum & Palladium Printing - This class is open to intermediate/advanced Pt/Pd printers working with either in-camera or digitally generated negatives. Emphasis will be placed on the steps of pre-visualization, optimizing the potential of suitable images and ultimately, the making of the final print to communicate the student’s vision to the viewer.Presentations will be given on the work of notable Pt/Pd printers to demonstrate the uniqueness of the Pt/Pd print and aid the student in determining the types of visual statements most appropriate to the medium. Portfolios will be reviewed to identify the unique personal vision of each student. To achieve the goals of the Master Class, processing methods will be presented in combination with various papers suitable for Pt/Pd printing. Field trips are planned, and a laboratory and computers necessary to make images will be provided on site. It is suggested that those students working with in-camera negatives have a working knowledge of basic metering and negative making techniques. These techniques are covered extensively in my book, Platinum & Palladium Printing. 2nd edition, available from dick.arentz@nau.edu. For those students working with digitally generated negatives, Mark Nelson’s method will be used. Students should have a working knowledge of that process and, ideally, come to the workshop with negatives printed using that method. Mark Nelson’s CD, Precision Digital Negatives, is available from Mark at precisiondigitalnegatives.com. Fee: $725.00.

Private Workshops

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BOOKS BY DICK ARENTZ

Platinum & Palladium Printing, Second Edition is the only comprehensive work on platinum and palladium printing, one of the easiest of the non-silver processes to learn. The guide offers a number of variations, which the photographer can closely control. Photographers interested in learning, or improving upon this process, will find this book an indispensable resource and reference guide. This is an absolute must-have for professional photographers and printmakers. $45.00 plus $3.00 shipping.

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British Isles Published by Nazraeli Press 2001 Hardcover, 12 x 12, 72 pages, 50 duotone plates. First edition of 1,000 signed casebound copies. Introduction by Bill Jay $60.00

The Grand Tour Essay by Thomas Southall, Curator of Photography at the High Museum. The photographs are taken from six years work in continental Europe. The selections presented are homage to the photographers who, over a century ago, visited and recorded images during their "Grand Tour" of the continent. "Arentz is simply the best platinum and palladium printer working today." Bruce Kurtz, Curator of 20th Century Art, Phoenix Art Museum, 1993. Nazraeli Press 1998. 20 pages. Hardcover with 26 duotone reproductions of Arentz platinum and palladium prints. $30.00 plus $3.00 shipping.

Four Corners Country 112 pages with 58 duotone reproductions of Arentz silver gelatin prints. Text by Ian Thompson. The photographs, no longer available as original prints, resulted from the collaboration of Arentz and Thompson from 1977 to 1985. Many of the images represent cultural and architectural sites in this fragile country that have greatly changed or disappeared entirely over the past 20 years. University of Arizona Press. 1986/1994. Softcover reissue of 1986 hardcover selected by the Washington Times in their Christmas list of recommended books. $30.00 plus $3.00 shipping.

Last Update: Nov 1 2005