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Featured PhotographerEddie Otchere

Raised in London, Eddie Otchere’s upbringing on council estates and jazz is reflected in his carefully defocused realism. A graduate of the London College of Printing, his photography career began in 1993. Since then, Eddie’s work has been featured in such magazines as Lodown, RWD, Touch, Trace, iD and Mixmag. He has photographed music covers featuring Estelle, Lil Louis, Izzi Dunn, Nitin Sawhney, Ginuwine, Black Star, Morcheeba and Omar and captured celebrities Keith Lemon, Jennifer Lopez, Jay Z amongst others. His advertising clients include Converse, Rizla, and Island Def Jam. In 1993 he released his first book, The Junglist, published by Boxtree/Macmillan. In 1996 Eddie made his directorial debut with Future Forces Dead by Dawn video and Cowboy Film for Island/Def Jam. In 2007, he received great acclaim for curating the Devotional exhibition with artist Sonia Boyce at the National Portrait Gallery. His ongoing community arts project Brixton Graffic Show, in collaboration with Adrian Wood was supported by Guinness Foreign Extra Stout and the Arts Council in 2002, 2003 and 2005. His work was also featured in the Photofusion’s AMPS exhibition. Currently represented by Tony Magnetic in Hong Kong, Eddie splits his time between London, Hong Kong and Accra, currently learning the piano and watching cartoons with his young daughters Erikah and Aliyah.

with John Brewer

Dates: 26th & 27th May

Location: Klaus Kalde Darkroom 256 Hackney Road London E2 7SJ

Places: 5 (FULL)

Price: £300

To find out more information or to book a place please fill out the contact form at the bottom of the page.

We are very proud to present a unique oppurtunity to learn everything involved in creating Collodion Wet Plates from a Master of the art. John Brewer is a practicing wet plate photographer and also a licensed distributor of the chemistry required for this exciting process. The course runs over 2 days, where John will share his extensive knowledge over a variety of subjects including, Cameras and lenses (New & Old) he will give you a very interesting introduction to all equipment needed for the process and an in depth rundown of all the chemicals required. Over the two days you will learn how to prepare, coat, expose, process and finish wet plates. John will then also show you how to varnish your images to keep them safe. Having personally enrolled on one of Johns workshops, we are certain that you will learn and leave feeling confident enough to start on your own! See the video of our experience below:

You will receive a 30 page workshop manual, free of charge after completing the course, John also offers a 10% discount to all students on the chemicals and materials required to go at it alone.

Included in this kit is:

500ml collodion
1 litre of developer
500ml varnish
Silver nitrate 100g (this is for plates up to 8″x10″)
Silverbox

It usually costs £214 but after taking part on this course you can get it for only £192.

On the receipt of your deposit you we will be sent all necessary travel routes, and a map of near-by hotels if your coming from afar!