New Alternative Processes photography class at Sierra College
By: Anne Stokes / Placer Herald Correspondent
Photography student Sherle Curtice, left, demonstrates how to change lenses on the hand-made large format 4x5 camera she made for Sierra College's Alternative Processes class. Fellow student Linda Wilbourn, right, also has her camera and a few images on display at the Tech Know exhibit at the Ridley Gallery on campus.
An admirer takes a digital photo with his cell phone of Sherle Curtice's hand-made large format film camera on display at the Tech Know exhibit at the Ridley Gallery on campus until February 23rd.
Photography professor Randy Snook poses with a few of the fruits of his Alternative Process students' work on display at the Tech Know exhibit at the Ridley Gallery on campus until February 23rd.
Photography professor Randy Snook, left, shows off one of his student's hand-made large format 4x5 camera to fellow photography instructor Judith Monroe display at the Tech Know exhibit at the Ridley Gallery on campus until February 23rd.
Photography student Sherle Curtice built her large format 4x5 camera for around fifteen dollars to use to create one-of-a-kind images in Sierra College's Alternative Processes class. Samples of her work, including her camera, are currently on display at the Tech Know exhibit at the Ridley Gallery on campus until February 23rd.
Student Sherle Curtice's hand-made large format 4x5 camera, which was built for around fifteen dollars, is currently on display at the Tech Know exhibit at the Ridley Gallery on campus until February 23rd.
Sierra College photography professor, and former department chairwoman, Rebecca Gregg, left, and photography student Linda Wilbourn admire student works on display at the Tech Know exhibit at the Ridley Gallery on campus until February 23rd.
Anthotype print created by student Daryl Stinchfield
Liquid Emulsion print on tile by student Daryl Stinchfield
Liquid Emulsion print on tile by student Daryl Stinchfield
Salt print by student Dawn Blanchfield
Salt print by student Dawn Blanchfield
Liquid emulsion print on copper by student Debbie Small
Liquid Emulsion print on tile by student Elizabeth Bond
Salt print by student Linda Wilbourn
Lumen print by student Sherle Curtice
In this modern age of instant digital gratification, Sierra College's new Alternative Processes photography class has students going back to the craft's roots with turn-of-the-century techniques. The class, which will be offered again next fall semester, explores different 19th century image-making processes.
"Some of these processes actually have a revival now, especially in fine art photography," added professor Randy Snook, who taught the class last fall. "And then also there's just an incredible learning process that goes on with the students as they learn these processes and how to create their own cameras, which was a great part of the class as well."
Several samples of students' work, including a pair of hand-made cameras, are currently on display until February 23rd, as a part of the Tech Know exhibit at the Ridley Gallery on campus. The exhibit features student projects from nine different Career and Technical Education departments.