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2019 year for residency visits

Artist residencies are dedicated places around the world that offer time and space away from your usual distractions.

Opera singer Johanna Rusanen-Kartano performs at the opening of the Kristian Kaarna Art Exhibition

The Nelimarkka Museum will soon open a new exhibition. Integrated Landscapes presents Kristian Kaarna's landscape photographs, which have...

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KRISTIAN KAARNA - INTEGRATED LANDSCAPES

Photography Exhibition 12.10.2019 - 23.2.2020, Nelimarkka Museum Integrated Landscapes presents photos by photographer Kristian Kaarna, p...

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Return to black and white By Marjatta Hietaniemi for Suomela newspaper 02/2020

Kristian Kaarna has landed to the Axarquia, Andalusia through Central Europe. He is known from his large-scale photographs from around th...

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Printing B&W Photographs

Making a Contact Sheet One of the first steps after you’ve developed a roll of film is to create what is known as a contact sheet. What t...

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Contact Sheet Printing in the Darkroom

Once your darkroom and chemicals are set up then you’re ready to begin printing your black and white photography. As mentioned in the dar...

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Darkroom Introduction

Darkroom Aside from taking the photos, printing in the darkroom is perhaps the most fun and exciting aspect of black and white photograph...

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Preparing Black and White Film for Development

Once you finish shooting your roll of black and white film you are set to begin the film development phase. First you need to rewind the ...

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Shutter speed and the aperture

There are two key components you need to understand before you can begin exposing film: the shutter speed and the aperture. The shutter s...

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Preparing your Camera for Use

Before you run out and start your black and white photography adventure you need to prepare your camera for use. One of the first things ...

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Film Speed

What does this mean for black and white photography? As stated, the salt grain of black and white film decides the proper speed of a part...

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Black and white films

One key to black and white photography is understanding film. Black and white film is made up of three layers: a light-sensitive emulsion...

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