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I wasn't sure where the best place to post this was, but figured us folks who read this sub-thread might be most interested..
Long story short, I now have contact prints up at the Wild Salamander Art Center in Hollis, NH so if you're in the area please feel free to stop in and take a look. They also have a show running April 1st to mid-May that I'll be participating in.
Back story is that I've been shooting dry plate photography using plates coated with my own silver gelatin emulsion since November (I use the recipe on unblinkingeye.com, but also use Denise's book as a reference and PE's wealth of information that he posts here). I take photos in the local area and as my technique improved enough to share the results, I began posting the photographs to the local community's facebook page. This actually generated a lot of interest (way more than I anticipated), including the inquiry from the local gallery about putting prints up for display.
So I guess the point is not to brag so much but to say that there is a fair amount of interest and fascination out there associated with what we are doing. An interesting comment the studio owner made was that the trend in art to go after items that are hand-crafted and/or made by local artists is alive and well, and she was doubly interested in showing my prints because the DIY emulsion making, coating, and the darkroom work goes hand-in-hand with this.
So take heart if you get discouraged. Lots of people out there think this is cool stuff
-Jason
Long story short, I now have contact prints up at the Wild Salamander Art Center in Hollis, NH so if you're in the area please feel free to stop in and take a look. They also have a show running April 1st to mid-May that I'll be participating in.
Back story is that I've been shooting dry plate photography using plates coated with my own silver gelatin emulsion since November (I use the recipe on unblinkingeye.com, but also use Denise's book as a reference and PE's wealth of information that he posts here). I take photos in the local area and as my technique improved enough to share the results, I began posting the photographs to the local community's facebook page. This actually generated a lot of interest (way more than I anticipated), including the inquiry from the local gallery about putting prints up for display.
So I guess the point is not to brag so much but to say that there is a fair amount of interest and fascination out there associated with what we are doing. An interesting comment the studio owner made was that the trend in art to go after items that are hand-crafted and/or made by local artists is alive and well, and she was doubly interested in showing my prints because the DIY emulsion making, coating, and the darkroom work goes hand-in-hand with this.
So take heart if you get discouraged. Lots of people out there think this is cool stuff
-Jason
