Mark Osterman
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I generally don’t go on forums but the emphasis of my work has changed and I though maybe this one might be interesting. I think I was on here at one point but haven’t posted for a very long time.
I was the photographic process historian at George Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY from 1999-2020. My work at the Museum was specific to doing primary research in the evolution of photography from pre-photo light sensitive imaging to sprocketed 35 mm black and white film. Originally I was part of a program to teach photo conservators how to identify procedural and storage causes of deterioration in plates, films and papers. For the last ten years I held public workshops in a wide variety of analog processes. My wife have made make fine art images with historic processes for many years. We are now “semi-retired” but are still active in writing, lecturing and giving hands-on and “virtual” workshops. My next live online workshop is next Saturday on making gelatin dry plate emulsions. We have a hands on wet collodion tintype workshop March 15-17 .. and the next international workshop is on dry collodion negatives and salted paper prints in Sicily in May. Our website is www.collodion.org
I was the photographic process historian at George Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY from 1999-2020. My work at the Museum was specific to doing primary research in the evolution of photography from pre-photo light sensitive imaging to sprocketed 35 mm black and white film. Originally I was part of a program to teach photo conservators how to identify procedural and storage causes of deterioration in plates, films and papers. For the last ten years I held public workshops in a wide variety of analog processes. My wife have made make fine art images with historic processes for many years. We are now “semi-retired” but are still active in writing, lecturing and giving hands-on and “virtual” workshops. My next live online workshop is next Saturday on making gelatin dry plate emulsions. We have a hands on wet collodion tintype workshop March 15-17 .. and the next international workshop is on dry collodion negatives and salted paper prints in Sicily in May. Our website is www.collodion.org
France and I have been reducing the photographic materials (equipment and samples) over the past couple of years.
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