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Brown Photo Club

What is the Brown Photo Club?

The Brown club is a resource for student photographers. We provide access to equipment, information and other students with a similar artistic interest.

How do you join the photo club?

  1. Email Photo@brown.edu to sign up for the Photo Listserv.
  2. Go to the student activities office in Faunce (Next to the Upper Blue Room) and pay 25.00 dollars for the semester.
  3. Bring your receipt from the Student Acitivities Office to Sheila Kramer at the Sarah Doyle Women's Center.
  4. You can now use all of the photo club facilities.
  5. You can trade your school ID for a key at the Student Activities Office in Faunce or, after hours, at the glass cubicle near The Campus Market. At Sarah Doyle, go to the front desk or talk to Sheila Kramer.
  6. Contact Kendalle_Bennett@brown.edu to check out the fancy equipment (strobe lights, hot lights, light meter etc.)

YOU GET ACCESS TO:

Sarah Doyle Darkroom on Corner of Brown and Benevolent Streets is for printing B&W only. The Sarah Doyle darkroom is equipped with two Saunders variable contrast enlargers with 4x5 capacity, a matte cutter, and a 16x20 archival print washer. We provide chemicals.Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm

EQUIPMENT CHECK OUT:

You can also check out a lowel tungsten light kit (3 lights), a visatec strobe light kit (3 lights) and a copy slide stand. Email Kendalle_Bennett@brown.edu

you need:

You have to bring your own paper and film.
You need prior experience with darkrooms or equipment.

The Photo Listserv:

What is a Listserv?
The List Serve is a big list of emails. Type photo@listserv.brown.edu and everyone interested in photography on campus will get your email.

How to sign up to get emails from the Listserv
Email Photo@brown.edu and write "SUBSCRIBE" in the subject.

How to send an email to the Listserv:

  1. Send an email to photo@listserv.brown.edu.
  2. Write something interesting or informative.
  3. Press send.

What you hear about through the List Serve?

  • photo club meetings and events
  • gallery openings
  • job advertisements for student photographers
  • anything else you want to let us know about

Who to contact with questions, issues or admirations?

Equipment Checkout or general questions:

Kendalle_Bennett@brown.edu

Listserv:

photo@brown.edu

Sarah Doyle Women's Center
401.863.2189

Student Activities Office
401.863.2341

Workshops:

The photo club can provide a network between students interested in photography. We can learn from each other. If you want to teach a workshop, announce it on the listserv. After you teach a workshop, the next semester is free (no 25 dollar fee). If you hear about a workshop through the Listserv, go and listen and learn.