Posted on November 15th, 2009 in Art & Theory, Collodion Images, Education, Quinn Jacobson, Wet Plate Collodion Instructional Videos | Leave A Comment
Last Friday, I received a package from The Getty Institute. It contained information about my photographs I submitted for their analysis and collection for the project, “Preserving the Chemical Photography Era“.
It’s packed with information about the Wet Plate Collodion images I submitted. There’s a lot of “geeky” scientific stuff (Get Your Geek On!). I’m going to make some more images for them - they’ve asked for some specific things to help them with their research and moreover, for future generations. I believe that there will be a time, in the not-to-distance future, when “photo students” won’t know what film is, let alone a process like Wet Plate Collodion. It makes me feel honored to be a part of this project!
Posted on September 19th, 2009 in Art & Theory, Collodion Images, Europe, Family, Wet Plate Collodion Instructional Videos, nazis, politics | Leave A Comment
I have a couple of really important goals that I want to accomplish in the next few months. One of them is to make work for my project, exhibition and book.
I thought I would get creative with my time and my commitments. We are leaving Thursday for ten days and wanted to post the October Video Podcast on Chemical Pictures before we left. I also had an image in mind that I’ve wanted to make for a few weeks. I thought, why not make a few plates, create an image for my project and cover the podcast, too? So that’s what I did today.
These image are about numbers, labeling, skulls & sockets, history, evilness, genetics and otherness. I distressed plate #3 a little bit. I varnished it shortly after making this copy and it cleaned up quite a bit - I was a little disappointed about that but I still like the image. I look so different in each image, it trips me out a wee bit.
It took four plates to get two that I really like.
Self Portrait #3 With Y-DNA Sequence Backwards (written by hand)
September 19, 2009 Viernheim, Germany - 8×10 Alumitype
Self Portrait #1 With Y-DNA Sequence Forward (not handwritten)
September 19, 2009 Viernheim, Germany - 8×10 Alumitype
Posted on August 30th, 2009 in Collodion Images, Collodion Workshops, Education, Europe, Wet Plate Collodion Instructional Videos | Leave A Comment
For all of you Chemical Pictures Members, I just uploaded the September Video Podcast. It’s all about exposure: Over, Under and Spot On. I show some working examples using my Cigar Box Guitar, and yes, I play a little bit, too - I hope you enjoy it.
