"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" 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" 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" 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.
“Soul” with the one and only Jon Michael Batiste, captured for the first time in the historic 1851 wet plate collodion process of pure silver on glass. Jon recently won an Oscar and has 11 Grammy nominations later this week.
You will not find a more talented and kind human being. While I was preparing the plates, he sang and played the piano for my family. This original plate is earmarked for the Louisiana State Museum where he was born and raised.
Carl Zeiss Tessar 300mm lens, f4.5, 11 seconds of exposure, 8x10” black glass ambrorype, continuous fluorescent bulbs, Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota, taken on 3-29-2022.
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