Shooting with Low-Tech Cameras with Kent Bowser and Margs Musson – G26050102
Bring your Diana, Holga, or pinhole cameras and print their amazing, emotional and wacky images. It is fine if you don’t have one of these types of cameras, as we will build several kinds of pinhole cameras during class, and there will be a few plastic cameras you can borrow. And/or, you can also purchase commercially produced body caps with ready made pinholes that work with your camera, or a stand- alone pinhole camera. We will be shooting B&W film and making paper negatives. Some hiking will be involved.
Instructors
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Kent BowserKent Bowser, Since 1977 Kent Bowser has photographed the sacred sites and landscapes of the Southwest. He still prefers B&W film, but more recently uses digital photography and has an affection for the iPhone’s imagery. His teaching at Ghost Ranch began in 1991, with January Term classes following in 1996. Kent holds a BA in art history and BS and MA degrees in photography from Ohio State University. Aside from Ghost Ranch, a few of his favorite locales are the Bisti De Na Zin Badlands, Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Chaco Canyon, and SE Utah.
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Margs Seegers MussonMargs Seegers Musson has spent more than 25 years photographing the landscapes, architecture, and people of the Southwest, working extensively in both traditional darkroom and digital formats. Her connection to Ghost Ranch began in 1997 as a student in Kent Bowser’s black-and-white landscape photography course, an experience that set
her on a lifelong creative path. Owner of Seegers Images, LLC, Margs maintains her own darkroom and continues to work with black and white film alongside digital tools. She has assisted in multiple Ghost Ranch photography workshops, helping students master camera techniques, composition, and darkroom processes. In addition to Ghost Ranch,
she enjoys photographing historic architecture, environmental portraits, and the varied terrain of the West.