These are photos from a class assignment.  They are double exposures shot on film.

I had David Arnold for this class.  I also had him for my History of Photography class which was a major reason I decided to take this class.  The professors really do make the classes and one of the best at AAU is David Arnold.

This class has so much different work to do that I found myself intentionally not doing art in exchange for learning about a new process.  Once I had a reasonable grasp on a particular experimental concept I would then find a way to incorporate that into my artwork.

There is a lot to learn in this class and it covers a lot of ground.  I started with cyanotype photograms and ended with extensive digital manipulations for my final project.  There is the use of film, alternative printing techniques and even some traditional darkroom work.  The other experimental class does substantially more darkroom work and while there is some overlap between the courses each course differs enough that you might want to consider taking both of them if you were really inspired by experimental work.

Without boasting, I’m a very experienced photographer and I’ve been involved in most aspects of field, so I am generally not as challenged with some assignments.  This is not true of this class.  I found myself playing a lot and making lots and lots of mistakes.  I also had a couple failures, but you have to in order to get better at the process and work.

This course is offered regularly, but it is often canceled due to lack of enrollment.   I can highly recommend this class and the instructor.  It is not easy, but why should it be?

I did get an A in it, but it wasn’t easy at all.  There is a lot of hard work in this class.