Join Autofoto directors Rafael Hortala-Vallve and Corinne Quin to play with different methods of tinting into physical black-and-white portraits.
Before Kodachrome and digital sensors changed how we perceive the world, hand-colouring was the ultimate tool for injecting life into photography, creating a beautiful hybrid art form where painters and photographers collaborated to challenge the boundaries of black and white film.
This hands-on workshop draws inspiration from two of the gallery’s current exhibitions: the richly-coloured, dye-transfer prints included in William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticed and the rarely-seen colour photographs included in Sanlé Sory: Colour Years.
First, you'll enter the analogue, dip and dunk Autofoto machine to capture a monochrome portrait strip. Next, you will take up the brush to try the delicate art of hand-tinting. By manually layering translucent tones directly onto the photo strip, you’ll bring a saturated, dreamlike energy to your portraits and connect with a century-old photographic tradition.
You'll leave with your own custom-coloured, physical analogue photo strips to take home.