Facilities

Photography Labs

The digital-photography facilities in the ASU Herberger College School of Art have been upgraded to include 27 Mac Pro computers, three 44" printers, 12 13" printers, a 17” printer, scanners for every format and a sophisticated network/server system. Six computers are designated for graduate-use only. Each computer is fully loaded with the most current software, including Final Cut Pro, the Adobe Creative Suite, Maya, Aperture and a variety of color management tools.

For analog processes, the program maintains several color darkrooms with a 24“ Cryonite color processor for analog color print materials, a black and white gang darkroom with film loading and processing rooms for the introductory level course, as well as an advanced black and white darkroom for upper division undergraduate students. The facility can accommodate graduate students using wet processes with a small personal darkroom. We also maintain a black and white mural darkroom with horizontal projection.

The facility, for teaching non-silver, alternative processes and late 19th-century printing processes, is comprised of a separate two-enlarger station darkroom, a chemical mixing and wet processing room with three large stainless steel sinks, an exposure room with one metal halide flip-top exposure unit and two fluorescent units with vacuum frames. There is a Vandercook Universal III proof press used for collotype printing and an etching press located in the printmaking area of the Art Building used for teaching copperplate photogravure.

Additional photography facilities include a small lighting studio as well as 16 mm motion picture film equipment shared collaboratively with other areas within the school. For inquiries regarding access to the latter, contact janand@asu.edu or Betsy.Schneider@asu.edu.