FROM MODERN BACK TO CLASSIC

The world is always turning. Perhaps this is the right credo to describe the world of photography today. The development of digital photography technology that offers efficiency to its users has not eroded the passion of photography lovers who were curious about the exploration of photo realization using print technology in the early days of photography. Today, slow photography is back in vogue. Analog cameras are becoming popular and part of the contemporary culture. Even on the other hand, old photo printing techniques (old photographic processes) is also a source of curiosity.

Class Online title"The Art of Hand Made Photography" held on 20 June 2020 in collaboration between Mahacaraka Academia, Focus Nusantara, and the Photography Study Program, Faculty of Recording Media Arts (FSMR), Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) Yogyakarta, became a means to answer the public's curiosity about the techniques and other potentials of old print photography techniques.

Presenting Dr. Irwandi, M.Sn., Dean of FSMR, ISI Yogyakarta, who explores old print photography techniques, class participants Online were invited to get to know and enjoy the results of the exploration of old printing techniques that were revitalized and made with methods and materials adapted to current conditions. In his presentation, he showed the process of making a light-sensitive emulsion that can be applied to glass media, which will function like a negative film in analog photography. As a result, the mysterious effects that emerge make the photos made using the handmade "negative film" have their own aesthetic value. Explorative, expressive, and naive at the same time, such is the result of the plain object imagery typical of photography. old.

The enthusiastic participants made the most of the momentum. Various questions related to the exploration of old print photography techniques were raised, discussed, and eventually sparked the possibilities of developing the economic potential of old print photography. For example platinum print which has a high potential selling value due to its luxurious appearance. Hand made photography becomes a medium of experimentation that is expected to encourage creativity, while offering a unique photography activity in the present.

Hand made photography, The classic style, repackaged in today's style, presents a fresh visual presentation. In fact, it is possible that new studies will emerge on the application of this old printing technology. Not only does it become a work, hand made photography It is also a medium for art education that can go hand in hand with the creative economy sector.