Workshop: Opaltypes & Orotones

November 18-22, 2013
9:00 am to 5:00 pm at George Eastman House
900 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607

The opaltype, or milk glass positive, is an image on a white glass plate. Used primarily for portraits from the late 1860s to the 1930s, originals are difficult to find. Orotones, popularized by Edward Curtis, are images on clear glass with highlights of gold-colored powder. Learn both of these rare processes in the same workshop. Both types of pictures will be made with the carbon transfer process. Mark Osterman will guide participants through the basics of these unique forms of photography as participants make images from vintage glass negatives.

A manual on the technique of making carbon prints by Mark Osterman is included, along with specific instructions and formulas for making the opaltype and orotone variants.

Audience: Limited to five, this workshop is suitable for fine arts photographers, students, teachers, and anyone interested in the beautiful potential of this amazing process. No experience necessary.

Tuition: $1,100/$1,000 members, plus $200 materials fee

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