Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota Acquires Wet Plate Collidion Images of Shane BalkowitschPlains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota I just received confirmation from Andy Maus from the Plains Art Museum that their board has decided to acquire my entire series “Covid-19 Social Isolation Wet Plate Series” for their permanent archive. It makes me very happy the works will be kept here in my home state of North Dakota long after I am gone.

Plains Art Museum is the largest and only accredited art museum in North Dakota, reflecting our “demonstration of the highest professional standards for education, public service and collections stewardship, and a commitment to continued institutional improvement.” Less than 7% of American museums have the distinction of being accredited.

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COVID-19 Social Isolation Wet Plate Seriesby Shane Balkowitsch, Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio COVID-19 Social Isolation Wet Plate Seriesby Shane Balkowitsch, Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio COVID-19 Social Isolation Wet Plate Seriesby Shane Balkowitsch, Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio COVID-19 Social Isolation Wet Plate Seriesby Shane Balkowitsch, Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio COVID-19 Social Isolation Wet Plate Seriesby Shane Balkowitsch, Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio COVID-19 Social Isolation Wet Plate Seriesby Shane Balkowitsch, Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio COVID-19 Social Isolation Wet Plate Seriesby Shane Balkowitsch, Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio   North Dakota DepartedCOVID Pandemic Wet Plate Series The Maskless InfusionCOVID Pandemic Wet Plate Series

COVID-19 Social Isolation Wet Plate Series (Seven Plates):

8x10” black glass ambrotype of Greyson Shane Balkowitsch “The Susceptibility Of Everyone” taken on 3-20-2020 (#3491)

8x10” black glass ambrotype of Shane Bart Balkowitsch (Self Portrait) “The Mask Of Social Isolation” taken on 3-27-2020 (#3496)

8x10” black glass ambrotype of Alyvia Jean Balkowitsch “Girl With Virus” taken on 4-10-2020 (#3501)

8x10” black glass ambrotype of Abby Ava Balkowitsch “Nurses: The Front Line Of A Pandemic” taken on 4-17-2020 (#3507)

8x10” black glass ambrotype of Bonnie Jean Balkowitsch “Contagion Beauty” taken on 4-24-2020 (#3513)

8x10” black glass ambrotype of Mahliya Sophia Balkowitsch “Coronavirus Tea Time” taken on 5-1-2020 (#3515)

8x10” black glass ambrotype of Abby Balkowitsch and Dalton Kral “COVID-19 The Chaperone Of Prom” taken on 5-8-2020 (#3516)

8x10” black glass ambrotype of the North Dakota COVID Memorial “North Dakota Departed” taken on 10-28-2020 (#3696)

8x10” black glass ambrotype of Eve Marie Lancaster “The Maskless Infusion” taken on 10-30-2020 (#3701)

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Dignity Statue Wet Plate by Shane BalkowitschDignity by Dale Claude Lamphere, Chamberlain, South Dakota

The statue “Dignity” captured in the historic wet plate collodion process of silver on glass.

I will be making prints and cabinet cards available to raise funds for the American Indian College Fund. I will also be donating the original plate to the South Dakota State Historical Society.  Representative Tamara St. John from South Dakota was on hand to show support for this effort.  

Dignity is a sculpture on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River near Chamberlain, South Dakota. The 50-foot high stainless steel statue by South Dakota artist laureate Dale Claude Lamphere depicts an Indigenous woman in Plains-style dress receiving a star quilt.

Carl Zeiss Tessar 300mm lens, f8, 2 seconds of exposure, 8x10” black glass ambrotype.

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Telesilla In Stone Wet Plate Collodionby Shane Balkowitsch

"Telesilla In Stone" with Angie Swiec Kambeitz, in the historic wet plate collodion process of silver on glass.

Carl Zeiss Tessar 300mm lens, f4.5, 9 seconds of exposure, natural light through Northern facing windows and skylights. 8x10" black glass ambrotype at Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota. Styling by Kary Janousek and Abby Balkowitsch.

Telesilla In Stone Behind The Scenes in Wet Plate Collodionby Shane Balkowitsch Telesilla In Stone Behind The Scenes in Wet Plate Collodionby Shane Balkowitsch Telesilla In Stone Behind The Scenes in Wet Plate Collodionby Shane Balkowitsch Telesilla In Stone Behind The Scenes in Wet Plate Collodionby Shane Balkowitsch Telesilla In Stone Behind The Scenes in Wet Plate Collodionby Shane Balkowitsch