Friday, December 31, 2004
I was reading an article in Aperture magazine about John Coffer - Traveling Wet-Plate Collodion Artist he has some great images of Coney Island. He traveled around the country with a horse drawn wagon like a traditional collodion portrait photographer in the 1800s. He lives in upstate NY and has no running water, electricity or phone. Reading about this guy is pretty amazing.
A lot of the photographers using this process shoot civil war reinactments.
Another collodion photographer, William Dunniway with some fellow collodian photographers shot at Yosemite. I really like these photos.
I am really taken by the look of these photos--not the old timey dress-up ones--but the look of the image. What I really like is the excellent tonal range and detail from the view camera, but at the same time the edges are messed up and the collodion gives streaks and unevenness. The barrel lens also add to the magic.
Sally Mann uses this process sometimes. I think she used a more advanced method that wasn't a wet plate, but it was with glass negatives.
Side Bar: At college in Chicago I got to work in the photo department at the Field Museum for a co-op job. Every so often I go to contact print glass plate negatives from 1900 or so taken during expeditions of the West. It was scary to handle them.
A lot of the photographers using this process shoot civil war reinactments.
Another collodion photographer, William Dunniway with some fellow collodian photographers shot at Yosemite. I really like these photos.
I am really taken by the look of these photos--not the old timey dress-up ones--but the look of the image. What I really like is the excellent tonal range and detail from the view camera, but at the same time the edges are messed up and the collodion gives streaks and unevenness. The barrel lens also add to the magic.
Sally Mann uses this process sometimes. I think she used a more advanced method that wasn't a wet plate, but it was with glass negatives.
Side Bar: At college in Chicago I got to work in the photo department at the Field Museum for a co-op job. Every so often I go to contact print glass plate negatives from 1900 or so taken during expeditions of the West. It was scary to handle them.
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