How to Choose and Use a Lens for Large Format and Alternative Process with Eric Taubman and Geoffrey Berliner
Date: November 3 | Saturday
Time: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (1 hour lunch)
Location: 36 East 30th Street, New York, NY 10016
Price: $75
Choosing the right lens for a project is one of the most important decisions a photographer can make. This class will discuss how to determine the appropriate focal length and coverage for format and perspective. Lenses covered will be from hand ground 19th century to modern day computer designed objectives. Some of the 19th century lenses presented will be the Chevalier Verre Combine, Petzval portrait, Meniscus Landscape, Harrison Globe, and the Rapid Rectilinear. From the 20th century, soft focus lenses presented will be the Wollensak Verito, Pinkham and Smith Series, Struss Pictorial, Graf Variable, and the Nicola Perscheid as well as the modern, sharp focus Schneider Symmar-S, Super Angulon, and Tele-Xenars. Lenses will available for examination as well as sample images taken with these lenses. Students are welcome to bring in their own lenses for discussion.
Instructor Biography:
Geoffrey Berliner is the Executive Director of the Penumbra Foundation. He has been taking pictures and collecting antique photographic images and equipment for over 20 years. Eric Taubman is the founder of the Center for Alternative Photography in NYC and teaches workshops in wet plate collodion and lens history and design. Eric has owned and operated a group of photo labs and imaging companies in NY, LA, Miami, and London. He is an artist/photographer working in large format and alternative processes.
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The Center for Alternative Photography is pleased to announce our partnership with the International Center of Photography. The workshops that have CAP/ICP* next to the description are workshops that will appear in the Spring ICP catalog. We are looking forward to working with the ICP and to our continuing collaboration.