I will be giving a visiting artist talk at Furman University on June 2nd. The Olli Program for retired professionals has invited me to discuss 19th century photography and to present my wet plate collodion work to a class called “Reflections on Photography.” The class is held in the Herring Center for Continuing Education. If the weather is nice, I’d like to do a demonstration of the process at the historic Cherrydale house on campus.
Cherrydale Alumni House (c. 1857-1860), Furman University
As I’ve worked in the wet plate collodion process, I’ve accumulated many images that show extreme effects of chemical reactions and accidents of the process. Sometimes colder temperatures caused the developer not to flow properly. In other instances, the collodion was too old and formed on the plate in a mottled way as it was poured. Then there were also cases of silver nitrate flowing across the plate and leaving traces of movement while the plate was in the camera holder. Finally, there were some plates that had contaminants on their surfaces — specks of dust, and such. These are among my favorites.
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Reedy River Falls, Greenville, SC.
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Tree beside Mill Street, Taylors, SC.
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View from the studio, early evening in the fall (2012), Taylors, SC.
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Tintype – Smokestack of Taylors Mill, Late Evening in Winter, Taylors, SC.
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Tintype – The Cloisters, New York, NY.
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Tintype – View from Mill Street looking toward Taylors Mill, Taylors, SC.
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Tintype – Patterson Family
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Tree on Heritage Green, Greenville, SC.
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Statue of Liberty, New York, NY.
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Tintype – Apparition in the Field, late October, Taylors, SC.
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Tintype – Tree near the Reedy River, Greenville, SC.
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Tintype – Water Conduit near the Enoree River, Taylors, SC.
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Tintype – Taylors Mill Spirit Photograph.
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Tintype – Jamie Michael Condon
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Tintype – View of Art Crossing at River Place, Greenville, SC.
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Tintype – Hagood Mill (c. 1826).
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Tintype – Exposed root system of a tree near the Reedy River, Greenville, SC.
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Tintype – Cemetery of Christ Church Episcopal, Greenville, SC.
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Ambrotype – Isobelle Gerber
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Tintype – Alex Reynolds
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Tintype – Globe
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Tintype – Shen Hao 4×5 View Camera
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Tintype – Markley Chapel of Christ Church Episcopal, Greenville, SC.
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Tintype – Sharon Mulfinger Gerber with her cello.
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Ambrotype – Natalia Gerber
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Tintype – Isobelle Gerber
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Ambrotype – Rev. Robert Chiles
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Tintype – View of Table Rock from Caesar’s Head, SC
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Tintype – View of Bear Mountain Bridge, NY.
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Tintype – Shen Hao 4 x 6
