"Succumbed To Light" with Borut Peterlin at Kočevski Rog, Slovenia Wet Plate Collodion
“Succumbed To Light” with Borut Peterlin at the Wet Plate Collodion Expedition 2022 in the woodland of Kočevski Rog, Slovenia. My daughter and I traveled to his yearly wet plate expedition. Borut is a master ambrotypist and contact printer. He has his new book “A New Earth” which features his prints in one hand and his 150 year old brass lens in the other.
Wet plate collodion 8x10 clear glass ambrotype, Carl Zeiss Tessar 300mm lens, f8, 9 seconds of exposure. Borut will be making the final prints from the glass plate negative.
CONCEPTUALIZATION:
I absolutely had no intentions of creating on this trip. I tend to get lost in the process and I wanted to be present for the friendship and camaraderie. I was more interested in learning and helping others in the group.
That changed at 4am the night before the exposure. I awoke from a dream and had this exact composition in mind. I could not shake it and did not sleep another minute.
We had been drinking from a natural spring that has been in the Slovenian mountains for millennia. There was a stone structure with a metal door that protects this pristine natural occurring water source. It was this structure that inspired me.
I explained my composition to Oded Levy and Markus Hofstätter over breakfast and the plate was set in motion. Oded was instrumental in assisting me with the composition. Peter Skrlep loaned me his handmade large format camera. This is a reversed digital photograph of the wet plate negative was taken by Markus Hofstätter. Once the image appeared in the fixer, it felt as if it was meant to be. This was a true collaboration.
"The Beheading Of Medusa" Wet Plate Collodion by Shane Balkowitsch
"The Beheading Of Medusa" with Kit Marie Pace, captured in the historic wet plate collodion process of pure silver on glass. Inspired by the 1618 painting by Peter Paul Rubens. My propmaster Laine Pope's had to be summoned to pull this off.
Carl Zeiss Tessar 300mm lens, f4.5, 8 seconds of exposure, 8x10" black glass ambrotype, natural light through Northern facing windows and skylights at Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota, Plate #4283, taken on 6-3-2022. Digital behind the scene photographs by Chad Nodland.
"The Decanter Of Beauty And Grace" Wet Plate Collodion with Dominika Kaminska
"The Decanter Of Beauty and Grace" with Dominika Kaminska, captured in the historic wet plate collodion process of pure silver on glass.
Carl Zeiss Tessar 300mm lens, f4.5, 4 seconds of exposure, 8x10" black glass ambrotype, natural light through Northern facing windows and skylights at Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota, Plate #4280, taken on 6-3-2022. Inspired by DA-FOCUS in France. Behind the scene digital photographs by Chad Nodland.
"Living Frame" Wet Plate Collodion with KitLynn Pace and Laine Pope
"Living Frame" with KitLynn Marie Pace, captured in the historic wet plate collodion process of pure silver on glass. A conceptual piece I collaborated on with my Propmaster Laine Pope. This plate would not be exist without her expertise. I am forever in her debt.
Carl Zeiss Tessar 300mm lens, f4.5, 7 seconds of exposure, 8x10" black glass ambrotype, natural light through Northern facing windows and skylights at Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota, Plate #4274, taken on 5-22-2022.
"Without A Choice" Roe v. Wade Abortion Rights Wet Plate Collodion
"Without A Choice" with Eve Lancaster and Laine Pope, captured in the historic wet plate collodion process of pure silver on glass.
One Twelve Blog on "Without A Choice"
As a nurse and Father of three girls I cannot put words to my immediate concerns. I learned about the horrors of the coat hanger era in nursing school. This will not stand and I have no choice but to address this issue the only way I know how, with art. I could care less who gets upset or does not agree with my stance. Men have no business telling women what to do with their bodies, period.
Anatomy Of A Coat Hanger Abortion
Carl Zeiss Tessar 300mm lens, f4.5, 9 seconds of exposure, 8x10" black glass ambrotype, natural light through Northern facing windows and skylights at Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota, Plate #4249, taken on 5-6-2022.