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Photography

The work suggested in this Nuffield Working with Science unit was intended to teach students how to process film and photographic paper at a relatively simple level, and to understand some of the principles behind the processes. Teacher were encouraged to make students aware of the artistic side of photography.

Guidance for teachers and technicians appears in Teachers’ Notes A.

This unit was not included in the second, CPVE edition of the project.

Contents
Introduction
Section 1: Chemicals sensitive to light
Section 2: Negative to positive
Section 3: Bigger and bigger
Section 4: Exposure
Section 5: Look no lens
Section 6: In the dark
Section 7: Distortion
Section 8: Print solarization
Section 9: Strobe effects
Section 10: Work project

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