This intensive residency offers participants the opportunity to work in technologically advanced facilities with a renowned faculty, bringing critical rigor to the serious photographer. While working in all phases of black-and-white, color, digital processes and alternative procedures, the primary function of the program is to advance the content of the artist' s work through one-on-one and group critiques, lectures, museum and gallery visits, and dialogue with other participants.

Critiques and lectures complement the independent work, and together these elements form an intense program encouraging creativity, learning and progress. Faculty critiques - individual and group - will be given Monday through Thursday. Special lectures given by guest artists, critics and gallery directors are scheduled approximately once a week, and are designed to give further insight into the realities of the working photographer. The program culminates in an exhibition.

Participants will have access to studio equipment and printing facilities, which include black-and-white and color darkrooms, digital imaging and output centers, a range of studio lighting systems, and a variety of camera sizes and formats. Facilities are available Monday through Thursday 9:00 am to 10:00 pm; Friday and Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Staff technicians are available for assistance and technical support.

Residency faculty and guest lecturers have included Vince Aletti, Josef Astor, Marco Breuer, Ellen Brooks, Elinor Carucci, Renée Cox, Jessica Craig-Martin, Barbara Ess, Jenny Gage, Sally Gall, Bill Jacobson, Orit Raff, Penelope Umbrico and Eric Weeks.

NOTE: A portfolio is required for review and acceptance to this program. A $1,100 deposit for use of photographic equipment is required. Participants will be held responsible for payment of any loss, theft or damage incurred to the equipment.

For further information or questions regarding SVA' s Summer Residencies contact:

Keren Moscovitch, Program Coordinator
Division of Continuing Education
Tel: 212-592-2188
E-mail: kmoscovitch@sva.edu

HOW TO APPLY

Facility and Equipment details

Medium Format Cameras (All kits include a variety of lenses, Polaroid and film backs)
14 Hasselblad 501 CM kits
7 Haselblad HI 645AF kits
15 Mamiya RZ67 kits
9 Mamiya M7II kits
10 Mamiya 645 Pro TL kits
4 Mamiya 645 AF kits
3 Contax 645 AF kits
A variety of Polaroid cameras

Large Format Cameras
15 Toyo 4X5 view and field cameras
12 Toyo 4X5 field cameras
1 8X10 studio camera
1 8X10 field camera

Digital Cameras
11 Canon 5D Mark II camera kits
2 Canon 7D camera kits
1 Canon 1DS camera kit
10 Canon 5D camera kits
2 Canon G9 camera kits
17 Sony digital video cameras and Sony DV decks

Lighting
Sekonic light meters
Vivitar 285 flash units
Canon 580EX flash units
Sunpak 383 flash units
Quantum Q-flash units
Profoto strobes
Profoto ring flashes
Dyna-lite strobes
Broncolor Mobil flash kits
Lowel hot lights
Arri studio lights
Kino-flos studio lights
Soft boxes, beauty dishes, umbrellas, snoots, and grids
Pocket Wizard wireless transcievers

Tripods
Bogen tripods
Gitzo tripods

Darkroom facilities
The darkrooms include 90 Omega D5XL enlargers for printing everything from Minox to 4X5 negatives. There is also an enlarger specifically designed to handle 8X10 negatives. Twenty-seven of these enlargers are equipped with dichroic color heads for making RA-4 prints. The facility has two 31 inch wide Kreonite color processors.

Digital Facilities
75 Macintosh Mac Pros
1 Epson Photo 9880 printer
1 Epson Photo 9800 printer
9 Epson Photo 4880 printers
4 Epson Photo 4800 printers
3 Epson Photo 3800 printers
20 Epson Photo 2880 printers
4 Epson Photo 2200 printers
4 Epson R2400 printers
2 Epson flatbed scanners 10000
3 Epson flatbed scanners V700
8 Epson flatbed scanners 4990
8 Imacon film scanners
8 Nikon film scanners 9000
1 Nikon film scanners 5000
22 Wacom tablets
Each computer is equipped with the latest photo imaging software