Photography in Focus with Stirling Kain

These workshops give 15- to 20-year-olds an introduction to artistic and technical theory of 35mm film cameras.

Workshops include:

• Discussion on important photographers, art theorists and technical camera knowledge.

• How and where to exhibit your photography.

• Sharing photos with peers for feedback and discussion,

• Experimentation with photography equipment, including tripod, enlarger, backdrop and props.

Topics include:

• Photographers: Ansel Adams, Man Ray, Nan Goldin, James van der Zee, Destiny Deacon, and more.

• Camera theory: Aperture, shutter speed & iso; composition, gaze & framing; types of film; experimenting with subjects & objects; and dark room simulation.

• Art theorists: Susan Sontag, Walter Benjamin Roland Barthes, Michael Fried, and more.

Please bring a 35mm film camera or disposable camera if you have one.

Stirling Kain is an emerging photographer working in experimental film and dark room photography. She produces tintype and ambrotype prints using film and dark room workflows, using second hand, broken, and gifted cameras. She is interested in idiosyncrasy, iconolatry, and ephemera as throughlines to communion between art object and viewer. She has exhibited locally and nationally since 2023, and she delivered her first solo exhibition, ‘I poured out honey’, at CURRENT ARI in April 2025.

Ages: for young people aged 15-20

*Disclaimer

• These workshops will be photographed to use for future promotion and City of Fremantle advertising please let us know if you do not want your photo taken

• This is a series of 5 workshops if you register, you are registering to attend all 5 sessions.