Platinum/Palladium Printing with Jill Enfield (In-Person)
June 21 – June 22
During this in person workshop you will learn how to make one of the most beautiful and expensive processes, platinum and pallaidum prints, which was brought into the public eye by the Pictorialist photographers. Platinum prints can range from a cool gray-black while Palladium prints usually range from warm black to very warm brown. Many people mix the two metals to cut the cost and change the tonal range to personal taste. This is a contact print process and you will need negatives the size you would like your final image to be. You will need to either bring negatives or materials for photograms.
We will also discuss the other ways to do this process, so that you can make an informed choice as to what to use in your own darkroom.
Materials you will need to bring with you:
1. Your negatives (already printed).
2. Contact print frame or 2 pieces of glass (larger than your paper) and binder clips to hold it together.
3. 3M magic 811 tape or painters tape.
4. Nitrile gloves.
5. Apron.
6. Darkroom towel (something that you don’t mind getting stains on).
7. A hair dryer with a cool setting.
8. Paper: There are several choices you can make here, but for now it would be good to have a good water color paper such as: Hahnemuhle Platinum Rag- Arches Platine – Fabriano Acquarelle – Clear Print Drafting Vellum or Strathmore Artist Plate Finish Drawing paper – Cranes Kid Finish #32 – Parchment Wove #44 – Cot 320.
You DO NOT need all of these papers!!
9. Brushes: A good synthetic bristle brush about 2” wide. (Sterling Edwards brushes are good and not too expensive).
Days & Dates: June 21 & 22, 2025, in-person.
Levels: All
Maximum Students: Ten
About the Instructor:
Jill Enfield is a fine art photographer, author and educator who has accomplished international acclaim, in all three of these capacities, as a leading authority in Alternative Photographic Processes. In addition to expertise in current standard digital photo techniques for the last 10+ years, Enfield is also known for her instruction of hand coloring, wet plate collodion, and an array of other photo processes at Parsons The New School for Design, Fashion Institute of Photography, New York University, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, and the International Center of Photography in New York City as well as RISD. For years Jill has also appeared annually for workshops around the world including Cairo, Croatia, Edinburgh, Italy, Lisbon, London, Norway, and dozens of other cities around the globe as well as many cities in North America, including Anderson Ranch, Maine Media Workshops, Palm Beach Photo Workshops, Penland School of Crafts, and Santa Fe Photographic Photo Workshops.
As for her own photographs, Enfield’s work is in the permanent collections of The Amon Carter Museum of Art, Bellagio Hotel, Bibliothque Nationale, The Boca Raton Museum of Art, Canyon Ranch Spa and Resort, The Crocker Art Museum, The Florida Senate, Hilton Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Southeastern Banks, The Toledo Museum of Art, and Museo de Arte Moderno de Medillin, Bogota and Cartagena, in Colombia, where her work was shown during a three month exhibition that traveled throughout the country including her personal engagements for lectures and openings. As for exhibitions, Enfield has been the subject of dozens of solo exhibits over the years, in galleries and museums around the world. Her work is also included in hundreds of group exhibitions.
Jill’s personal work has appeared in such publications as American Photo, Archive Books, Camera Arts, Camera & Darkroom Techniques, Digital Camera, Hasselblad’s FORUM Magazine, Modern Photography, National Geographic, Nikon World, PDN, Photo Techniques, Popular Photography, Shutterbug, Step by Step and ZOOM.
Jill’s first book on non-silver techniques titled Photo Imaging: A Complete Guide to Alternative Processes was published by Watson-Guptill, Amphoto in November 2002 and won the Golden Light Award for Best Technical Book of 2003 through the Maine Photographic Workshop. Her second book, Jill Enfield’s Guide to Photographic Alternative Processes: Popular historical and Contemporary Techniques, was published by Focal Press in 2013, has already sold out and is currently being prepared for a third printing. To learn more about Jill Enfield click here
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