April 2024
For countless years, the photography students have been visiting the Skagit Valley Tulip Fields. This spring Western’s ART370 B&W Photography 1 and ART373 Photography Alternative Process classes used their pinhole cameras, DSLRs, Holgas, or iPhones tulip fields to capture the beautiful landscape of the tulip festival.
Pinhole cameras could be made with everyday objects, as long as they could be sealed enough to block out light from inside. The trip offered a change of scenery for students and the bright spring sunlight provided students a consistent source of lighting to experiment with newly made pinhole cameras or other forms of photography. They were encouraged to explore shape, texture and scale in black and white photography.
Check out their amazing work in the galleries below!
Alexei Chachkov
Eli Voorhies
Judy Kushner
Carmen Krueger
Kenzie Metcalf
Kyle Pettyjohn
Meghan Maloof
Will Story
Special thanks to Garth Amundson and Nathan Cranston for guiding this trip!
Photo trip location is: 15867 Beaver Marsh Rd, Mount Vernon, WA 98273. You could learn more about the Skagit County Tulip Festival here.