Photogravure Printmaking
Tariq Dajani
A combined workshop consisting of a photographic shoot, image editing/processing, and direct-to-plate (DTP) photogravure printmaking using a traditional etching press to produce unique, hand-crafted photogravure prints.
Tuition and technical assistance will be provided at all stages.
Note: the final images and prints will be in black and white.
Tariq is a photographer, printmaker, artist, currently based in northern Spain. Born to Palestinian-English parents, he grew up across Europe and the Middle East which shaped his cultural and ethnically diverse outlook on life. An early creative interest in music and art later led him to photography and printmaking.
Over a period of 25 years, he learned his craft working both as an artist and as a commercial photographer for advertising and design agencies, based in London, Stockholm and Dubai.
He gradually developed a style that resonated with the truth and emotion that he was seeking. Recurring themes in his work relate to identity, belonging, and his Arab heritage.Prints of his works are owned by art lovers and collectors worldwide, and are included in several public and private collections.
Tariq recognises the need for quality and technical excellence, but above all he strives for emotional content to enrich his art work with depth and meaning. He believes that the actual process of seeing, feeling, taking and making a final artwork are a combination of mind, body and tools, but for the work to be successful and have meaning, it is ultimately the heart that chooses the path the work takes.
Tariq now spends most of his time working on art projects and tutoring in photography and photogravure printmaking in his farmhouse studio in Spain. He combines creative interests with a healthy lifestyle connecting to nature, working on his organic farm with his partner and their family of Saluki dogs and Arabian horses.