Fotoverkstedet
Fotoverkstedet is a workshop for analogue photography run by 6 professional artists: Klara Sofie Ludvigsen, Stephan Nahpets, Camilla Louadah Hermansen, Lexy Liangzi Xiao, Ylva Teigen Aas, and Ben Speck.
They have in common that they work professionally with photography, and that darkroom work is an integrated part of their artistic practice. Fotoverkstedet was established in 2017, and it's an organisation offering darkroom space for its members.
Fotoverkstedet received an establishing grant from Bergen Kommune in 2017 and has taken over equipment from the University of Bergen and Bergens Tidende.
Short bios of Fotoverkstedet members:
Klara Sofie Ludvigsen works with analog photography and is part of the darkroom collective Fotoverkstedet. She has been part of Isotop since the darkroom was founded in 2017. Klara Sofie works experimentally in the darkroom, combining and developing different techniques and methods. She sometimes makes handmade prints on a large scale, and is super happy that this is possible at Isotop.
Lexy Liangzi Xiao is an artist and researcher, currently based in Bergen. She works with experimental analogue photographic techniques, textile, and moving images, viewing photography as a form of performance and action that extends beyond the content of the image. Her artistic practice includes image-making by the alchemy of photography, the research into the phenomenon of Silver Mirroring, and teaching workshops in photo festivals and events. She has developed an alternative technique as a craft, Silver Mirroring Toning, and shares it in the alternative photography online community. She sees her artistic practice as a way to reach self-awareness and self-transcendence. She approaches her investigations a philosophically, striving to build a coherent, interconnected, and poetic theoretical system through her work.
Stephan Nahpets
Camilla Louadah Hermansen
Ylva Teigen Aas is a photographer and lens-based artist. She works primarily with colour. Ylva typically creates photographic series, either in physical prints or in book form, experimenting with the formats and readings of these. She is interested in portraiture, the gaze and the exploration of emotion through photography, and enjoys delving deep into the different processes of the darkroom.
Ben Speck
Fotoverkstedet er et verksted for analogt fotografi som drives av ni profesjonelle kunstnere og kunstfotografer: Klara Sofie Ludvigsen, Stephan Nahpets, Camilla Louadah Hermansen, Lexy Liangzi Xiao, Ylva Teigen Aas, and Ben Speck. Felles for oss er at vi arbeider profesjonelt med fotografi, og at mørkeromsarbeid er en integrert del av våre kunstnerskap. Fotoverkstedet ble opprettet i 2017, og er en ideell organisasjon som tilbyr mørkerom for sine medlemmer.
Vi har mottatt støtte til etablering fra Bergen Kommune og overtatt utstyr fra Universitetet i Bergen og Bergens Tidende.
Fotoverkstedet received an establishing grant from Bergen Kommune in 2017 and has taken over equipment from the University of Bergen and Bergens Tidende.
Short bios of Fotoverkstedet members:
Klara Sofie Ludvigsen works with analog photography and is part of the darkroom collective Fotoverkstedet. She has been part of Isotop since the darkroom was founded in 2017. Klara Sofie works experimentally in the darkroom, combining and developing different techniques and methods. She sometimes makes handmade prints on a large scale, and is super happy that this is possible at Isotop.
Lexy Liangzi Xiao is an artist and researcher, currently based in Bergen. She works with experimental analogue photographic techniques, textile, and moving images, viewing photography as a form of performance and action that extends beyond the content of the image. Her artistic practice includes image-making by the alchemy of photography, the research into the phenomenon of Silver Mirroring, and teaching workshops in photo festivals and events. She has developed an alternative technique as a craft, Silver Mirroring Toning, and shares it in the alternative photography online community. She sees her artistic practice as a way to reach self-awareness and self-transcendence. She approaches her investigations a philosophically, striving to build a coherent, interconnected, and poetic theoretical system through her work.
Stephan Nahpets
Camilla Louadah Hermansen
Ylva Teigen Aas is a photographer and lens-based artist. She works primarily with colour. Ylva typically creates photographic series, either in physical prints or in book form, experimenting with the formats and readings of these. She is interested in portraiture, the gaze and the exploration of emotion through photography, and enjoys delving deep into the different processes of the darkroom.
Ben Speck
Fotoverkstedet er et verksted for analogt fotografi som drives av ni profesjonelle kunstnere og kunstfotografer: Klara Sofie Ludvigsen, Stephan Nahpets, Camilla Louadah Hermansen, Lexy Liangzi Xiao, Ylva Teigen Aas, and Ben Speck. Felles for oss er at vi arbeider profesjonelt med fotografi, og at mørkeromsarbeid er en integrert del av våre kunstnerskap. Fotoverkstedet ble opprettet i 2017, og er en ideell organisasjon som tilbyr mørkerom for sine medlemmer.
Vi har mottatt støtte til etablering fra Bergen Kommune og overtatt utstyr fra Universitetet i Bergen og Bergens Tidende.
