Program Night Replay: Russ and Wendy Kwan

This meeting will be held online using Zoom. The link and passcode are emailed no later than Noon on the meeting day.

7:15 - 7:30 PM: Members and guests 'meet and greet' online in the meeting room
7:30 PM: Meeting starts

NOTE: Several NSPS members have expressed an interest in watching or re-watching the Kwans’ fabulous presentation in September 2022 on “What Makes a Great Print”. With the Kwans’ permission, their presentation was recorded and will be replayed in its entirety for tonight's meeting.

Program Title: What Makes a Great Print

Description: 

Prints are the time-honoured and dominant presentation form of the world’s most-loved photographs, and printmaking is an essential activity of photography.  For those new to printing and those who have experienced dissatisfaction with printing, this session will address some of printmaking’s most important decisions and will help you confidently make prints – maybe lots of them!

Wendy and Russ Kwan are film and darkroom-based artists and educators.  Their exhibition work spans many forms of photography from traditional silver-gelatin to experimental homebrew prints.  They have been exhibited in commercial and museum venues across North America and published in art and philosophy magazines and journals.  They are the black and white darkroom faculty at Langara College, and continue to see film and digital students one-on-one in their home and studio and via Zoom.

Russ is interested in making unusual photographs and producing entirely new species of prints.  His current projects include landscapes of the sun crossing the sky, and photograms processed in his "opaline" special sauce, which plates a layer of iridescent silver metal on the print surface.

Wendy continues to develop her work with lumen printing, adding multiple layers and "wet lumen" techniques to her process.  Additionally, a project featuring "shadow characters" projected into interior settings via double negative darkroom printing is in the evolutionary stage.

See their work at www.NewMythographs.com

Admission is free for Members

Guests are welcome to attend two complimentary meetings on non-Program Nights. Please complete and submit the Guest Registration form, and we'll get back to you within 48 hours.

A limited number of non-member Guests may attend a Program Night (with a speaker presentation), following payment of the Guest Fee. If you wish to attend a Program Night, please complete the Guest Registration form, and e-Transfer $10 (non-member Guest Fee) to treasurer@nsps.ca no later than 3:00 PM (Pacific Time) on the day of Program Night. Please include your name and email address in the e-Transfer message, and use the following security answer/password: 'Program2022'.

Yes, we are happy to sign-up new members! Find the info you need on our Membership page.

Membership Fees and Program Night Guest Admission may be paid by e-transfer to treasurer@nsps.ca.

Questions? Email membership@nsps.ca