A tour of B & W Photography : Past Present and Future
It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that this month we are inviting ace photographer Santanu Chakraborty at DPC in the ongoing series of calling senior photographers at DPC for a tea talk session exclusively for our members on Black n White Photography.
A Tour of Black and White Photography: Past, Present and Future
This talk will discuss the origins of photography taking us through the various processes that ushered in photography.
Instead of fading away into history many of these methods, each with their unique look, have returned under the moniker of “Alternative” Photography. Photography moved on from these methods into the more convenient silver gelatin based technique that we today know as Film. Santanu will be discussing various techniques, their processes and subtleties along with the works of master practitioners from both the past and the present. All along contrasting the old methods of shooting and printmaking with the modern digital methods of today to give you a comprehensive overview that will help you choose the processes that most enhance your artistic vision.
Date: 7th August, Sunday
Timings: 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm
Venue: Delhi Photography Club Lounge,
Shahpur Jat Village
About Santanu Chakraborty:
Santanu, is a trained painter since childhood until it was time to go to college due to peer pressure to go and study engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay.
However, he continued the Black and White work in his college darkroom.
After completing engineering, he studied Molecular Biology and Neuroscience at Columbia University.
He also took a course in printing at the ICP and a black and white workshop with master printer Jim Megargee. Jim has printed for a who’s who of diverse masters from Annie Leibovitz to James Nachtwey and his brief influence brought in a level of observation and discipline which has been a prolonged influence in his subsequent reading of black and white technique.
In 2009, Santanu decided to return and pursue long term photographic projects in India. His works from Kolkata has been shown in solo shows at the Jehangir Art Gallery and the National Center for Performing Arts, both in Mumbai. He continue to work on his own projects in Calcutta and the Himalayas as well as teach workshops on black and white work around the country.Between personal work and workshops, he also writes a science column for the Bangalore.
