Analog Black and White Photography Masterclass - Kit Young

Analogue Photography Masterclass

Join Kit Young at Leica Gallery Vienna for an intensive two-day masterclass to develop your sensitivity towards shooting film, creating series-based work and pursuing a personal vision.

On the first day of the hands-on masterclass, participants will take part in a classroom-based session providing an in-depth exploration of how series-based work is created, drawing on examples of work published by Kit. They will also go on a photo walk around Vienna. Participants will shoot exclusively on film and be given a range of assignments designed to encourage more abstract approaches to subject matter for creating a series. The rolls of film will then be developed in the late afternoon, ready for the next day's activities.

On the second day of the masterclass, participants will have the opportunity to view the photos taken during the photo walk. They will then start working on the scanned negatives, with the aim of sharing their work with the group.

Kit Young was born in 1984. He set out on his photographic journey in 2009 when he moved to France where he joined a group of Paris-based photographers led by Gérard Moulin. It was during this period that Kit began to explore the infinite possibilities of darkroom printing and the juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated moments in time to create visual patterns as part of series-based work.

“I consider myself to be a photographer and a printer. I think that’s an important distinction to make. I don’t just take photos; I make photos too. The photographer in me is responsive, impulsive, reacting to subject matter on the spur of the moment, more often than not giving very little thought to anything more than the lines and tone of what’s in front of me; the printer in me is methodical, exacting, always working in a more meditative way. I do, however, think that both the photographer and printer in me are curious, inquisitive and often playful – and neither is afraid to make mistakes.”

Saturday
09:30: Meet and greet at Leica Gallery Vienna

09:45: Group tour of the exhibition with Kit

10:00-12:00: How to create a series 

13:00-14:00: Lunch at Leica Gallery Vienna

14:00-16:00: Photo walk in Vienna with assignments

16:00-17:00: Film development session with Kit at Leica Gallery Vienna.

Sunday

09:00: Meet at Leica Gallery Vienna

09:30: Scan the previous days rolls of film

10:30: Participants work on post-processing the negative scans on their laptops

11:30-12:30: Lunch at Leica Gallery Vienna

12:30-14:00: Participants present their work to the group.