Photographic Film Administrator and Technical Director
Kane Stewart, film, photo and video administrator and instructional staff, received his B.A. from Hampshire College and his M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He is currently facilities director of the film and photography program at Hampshire College.
Kane has taught film and photography at Hampshire College, Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. His photographs are exhibited nationally and have received awards in juried exhibitions.
His most recent photography reflects his interest in the inhabited landscape through a lyrical treatment of recreational life along a twenty-mile stretch of the Connecticut River.
This course will offer intermediate and advanced photography students an opportunity to expand their photographic skills by working with large format cameras and making prints using alternative materials such as: gum-printing, platinum/palladium, cyanotype, kallitype, and carbon printing. These contact printing processes require negatives the same size as the desired print and students will learn to use large format cameras and produce digital negatives. This course is designed for experienced photo students with well-honed darkroom and basic Macintosh skills. Students interested in this course will have had Photo I and be moderately familiar with Photoshop. Although there will be a great deal of technical application covered in this course, the objective here is to learn processes that will not only expand creative options but further develop your personal vision. A $50 lab fee entitles student access to darkroom facilities, lab supplies, and chemicals. Technical workshops will meet once a week for two hours. Instructor permission required.
Still Photography Workshop II: This class is a forum in which students can develop their creative vision in photography through the acquisition of skills with larger format cameras, color and digital technologies. Knowledge of the aesthetic and social context of photographic practice will be emphasized. Students can expect bi- weekly to monthly assignments, reading relevant texts in the history and theory of photography and complete short writing assignments. Additionally, this course will be enhanced through attending visiting artist lectures and exhibitions as well as film and video screenings. Instructor Permission required. A college-level Photography I class is a prerequisite.
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Kane Stewart
Photographic Film Administrator and Technical Director
Mail Code PF
Film and Photo Building 101
Hampshire College
893 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002
