Main Darkroom
The gang darkroom is used by beginning and intermediate students.
There are fifteen stations each equipped with a Beseler 23CIII-XL enlarger
with Variable Contrast head, El Nikkor 50mml lens, Kearsarge 201 digital
timer, MicroSight grain focusing magnifier, and Beseler or Saunders
four-blade 11x14 easel. A light-tight drawer is built into each station.
There are two print washers: a Leedal 1114 Sea-Wave and a Cachet 16x20
archival print washer. Print drying is done with an Arkay RC2100 for
resin-coated paper, or a stack of framed screens for fiber-base. Other
accessories in the darkroom include two compressed air stations and
contact printing frames. The lab's working illumination is by two Thomas
Duplex safelights.
Film Developing
Room
Within the film developing room are two small light-tight
rooms for loading developing tanks. Temperatures are read off a Dunwright
& Vogel digital thermometer. Film is washed in an Oriental Ecowasher
and dried in an Arkay MFD-1 dryer, with filtered, heated air. Developing
tanks and chemicals are supplied. This room also has an area dedicated
to toning processes.
Lecture/Demo
Room
This space is used for wet and dry demonstrations, lectures,
viewing VHS tapes and slides; there is also an InFocus data projector
and an overhead projector available. One wall is a tack surface with
shelves for critiques; this wall is lit by rheostat controlled incandescent
track lights. There are built-in window shades for darkening the room
as needed.
Print Mounting
There are two areas dedicated to print mounting and matting.
There are Seal dry mount presses, tacking irons, print weights, Alto
EZ mat cutters, and a Rotatrim 36 inch cutter.
Lighting Studio
Hot lights include Lowel Tota-Lights and Omni-Lights. Strobes
are Paul Bruff Ultra 1200 White Lightning units and Bruff WL 10,000
strobes. A variety of supports, camera tripods, and stands are available,
including a Red Wing light boom. Other items: a Photoflex LiteDome 293
soft box, various barn doors and honeycomb grids, Lobo arms, snoot,
and umbrellas. Seamless backgrounds are supported on a Bogen Autopole
system and there is also a Photek portable background system. Minolta
Autometer III and Polaris flashmeters are available.
Advanced
Darkroom
Art majors with a photo concentration have access to their
own darkroom equipped with three Beseler 45 enlargers (with negative
holders and lenses for small, medium, and large format negatives). An
archival print washer is available. Authorized students have 24/7 access
to this space.
Digital
Imaging Room
In addition to the Digital Imaging Lab in another part of the
art building, to which photo students have access upon authorization,
the photo area has its own digital imaging room. Currently there are
Mac G3s (2), G4s (4), and a G5. Input devices include two flatbed scanners
with transparency capabilities. Printed output is through three Epson
inkjet printers: a Stylus Color 800 and 3000, and a Stylus Color Pro7600.
There is also an HP b/w laser printer. All computers have T1 ethernet
connections.
Graduate
Darkroom
On the fifth floor there is a large shared studio space for
two graduates. In this space is a seating area, wall space and a movable
tack-wall for viewing works-in-progress. There are two private darkrooms,
each with a Beseler 45 system enlarger, stainless steel sink with temperature
control, safelight, and requisite accessories (trays, timers, compressed
air, etc.).
