Monday, May 31, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
I wanna go to New York
The Center for Alternative Photography. Learn from the masters
Center for Alternative Photography Workshops
Center for Alternative Photography Workshops
Link it good
Alternative Photography
New instant film manufacturers
The brilliant Arimoto Shinya
The best photo chemicals supplier on the internet Bostick-Sullivan
Joni Sternbach
This guy builds his own 4x5 cameras
An overview of making Wet-Plate photos
Analog Photography Users Group The forums are a wealth of info
A digital version of an period instruction for making wet-plate photographs
A description of a process similar to my own
New instant film manufacturers
The brilliant Arimoto Shinya
The best photo chemicals supplier on the internet Bostick-Sullivan
Joni Sternbach
This guy builds his own 4x5 cameras
An overview of making Wet-Plate photos
Analog Photography Users Group The forums are a wealth of info
A digital version of an period instruction for making wet-plate photographs
A description of a process similar to my own
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Chris Usher (wet plates?)
Who knew Chris Usher was using wet plate.... I've been following Chris's work for a couple of years now. (I wonder if I started this whole alternative process because of his work without even noticing)Chris Usher Wetplate
Monday, May 17, 2010
Research
I'm listening to a lot of music as research at the moment check out these 2 Tom Waits tracks Tom Waits "Fawn"
Tom Waits "Russian Dance"
I must apologise for using youtube clips grooveshark is much better for music but harder to link to Grooveshark
Tom Waits "Russian Dance"
I must apologise for using youtube clips grooveshark is much better for music but harder to link to Grooveshark
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
NLA
Oh the things you'll see,
I've looked at a few tintypes from the NLA collection online and will be headed in to have a look in person in a few days
NLA TINTYPES
I've looked at a few tintypes from the NLA collection online and will be headed in to have a look in person in a few days
NLA TINTYPES
Monday, March 22, 2010
5 Images I find objectionable
This image looks like a failed Robert Mapplethorpe copy. In short it creeps me out but doesn't make me think.
Image from C magazine, Canberra Centre, Autumn 2010.
This image to me is just un'real'istic. It seems like a poor quality copy of golden age of fashion photography picture. It's in the context of ideal body image so it says thing (unintended or not) about how woman should look.
Image from Women's Health & Fitness, Vol 15, No. 8, 2009.
Another unrealistic picture, I understand it's a joke but even so it's placing unrealistic expectations on the male physic.
Image from Woman's Day magazine, March 22, 2010
What's going on with that unnamed fruit in her hand? anti-aging = plastic soft fruit??? hmmmm not sure I want to live in that future.
Image from Woman's Day magazine, March 22, 2010
Okay, we want a shot of a naked lady to advertise our new magic shampoo. but we don't want her to have any genitalia. Photoshop in some extra thigh. Why not shoot it properly in the first place?
Image from Woman's Day magazine, March 22, 2010
Image from C magazine, Canberra Centre, Autumn 2010.
This image to me is just un'real'istic. It seems like a poor quality copy of golden age of fashion photography picture. It's in the context of ideal body image so it says thing (unintended or not) about how woman should look.
Image from Women's Health & Fitness, Vol 15, No. 8, 2009.
Another unrealistic picture, I understand it's a joke but even so it's placing unrealistic expectations on the male physic.
Image from Woman's Day magazine, March 22, 2010
What's going on with that unnamed fruit in her hand? anti-aging = plastic soft fruit??? hmmmm not sure I want to live in that future.
Image from Woman's Day magazine, March 22, 2010
Okay, we want a shot of a naked lady to advertise our new magic shampoo. but we don't want her to have any genitalia. Photoshop in some extra thigh. Why not shoot it properly in the first place?
Image from Woman's Day magazine, March 22, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
5 Images I find interesting
Max Dupain's architectural work is a strong if not visible influence on the way I look at architecture. I like the tones and the symmetry of the shot
Joni Sternbech's "Surfers" series was the body of work that made me interested in alternative photography especially the tintype process, his work like Chuck Close's has a hyper real feel to it.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, This work may not be the style that I shoot in but it and works like it have influenced my method... even in Architectural photography there still is the "decisive moment"
A self portrait of Dali, he shows us the Dale that he has always chosen to show us. Self portraits have that power, they are never as honest as the seem and are more often than not a portrait of who we want to be or are at the moment of taking the photo
Chuck Close, pushing the boundaries of reality. His work again possesses the hyper real feel, this is due in part to the processes he uses and in part to his ability to capture a moment (even if that moment is staged)
Annotated Bibliography
Website: Alternative Photography
Alternative Photography 1999, Processes How-To, viewed 01 March 2010, < http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/processes >.
Alternative Photography is an all-encompassing database for alternative photographic processes.
It includes step-by-step instructions and information of alternative processes. It deals with everything from chemical suppliers to trouble shooting the processes.
Website: Chuck Close
Chuck Close 2010, Processes & collaboration, viewed 01 March 2010,
< http://www.chuckclose.coe.uh.edu/process/index.html >.
Chuck Close is an artist who deals in (though not exclusively) the photographic medium; He is noted for use of alternative processes, namely the Tintype process.
Asides from offering a quick overview of the processes he used he is also a great source of inspiration.
Book: The Keepers of Light
Crawford, W, 1979, The keepers of light : a history & working guide to early photographic processes , William Crawford Morgan & Morgan, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
In this book, Crawford details forgotten and alternative photographic processes.
The goal of the book is to make available photographic processes that are in danger of becoming extinct and to assist the photographer to connect or reconnect with the essence of image making. It can be seen as the first step into using alternative photographic processes.
Database Article: Drawing Nature: THE FIRST CENTURY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
2009. “Drawing Nature: THE FIRST CENTURY OF PHOTOGRAPHY.” Screen Education no.56: 60-66. Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre, EBSCOhost, (accessed March 15, 2010).
This article details the first 100 years of photography, from using a camera obscura right through to viable silver emulsion processes. It includes a run down of several processes, notably Daguerreotype.
Website: Joni Sternbach
Joni Sternbach 2009, Surfers, viewed 02 March 2010,
< http:// www.jonisternbach.com/gallery_surfers.html >.
Sternbach is a photographer who works with alternative processes. He uses the wet plate tintype process to produce portraits and landscapes. The website serves and a portfolio and also includes his artists statement for the individual works / series.
Book: Sprits of Salts
Webb, R, 1999, Spirits of Salts: Working Guide to Old Photographic Processes, Argentum, London, UK.
This Book is a step-by-step darkroom guide to using old and alternative photographic processes. It details what items and chemicals are needed to use specific processes and how to use them.
Alternative Photography 1999, Processes How-To, viewed 01 March 2010, < http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/processes >.
Alternative Photography is an all-encompassing database for alternative photographic processes.
It includes step-by-step instructions and information of alternative processes. It deals with everything from chemical suppliers to trouble shooting the processes.
Website: Chuck Close
Chuck Close 2010, Processes & collaboration, viewed 01 March 2010,
< http://www.chuckclose.coe.uh.edu/process/index.html >.
Chuck Close is an artist who deals in (though not exclusively) the photographic medium; He is noted for use of alternative processes, namely the Tintype process.
Asides from offering a quick overview of the processes he used he is also a great source of inspiration.
Book: The Keepers of Light
Crawford, W, 1979, The keepers of light : a history & working guide to early photographic processes , William Crawford Morgan & Morgan, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
In this book, Crawford details forgotten and alternative photographic processes.
The goal of the book is to make available photographic processes that are in danger of becoming extinct and to assist the photographer to connect or reconnect with the essence of image making. It can be seen as the first step into using alternative photographic processes.
Database Article: Drawing Nature: THE FIRST CENTURY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
2009. “Drawing Nature: THE FIRST CENTURY OF PHOTOGRAPHY.” Screen Education no.56: 60-66. Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre, EBSCOhost, (accessed March 15, 2010).
This article details the first 100 years of photography, from using a camera obscura right through to viable silver emulsion processes. It includes a run down of several processes, notably Daguerreotype.
Website: Joni Sternbach
Joni Sternbach 2009, Surfers, viewed 02 March 2010,
< http:// www.jonisternbach.com/gallery_surfers.html >.
Sternbach is a photographer who works with alternative processes. He uses the wet plate tintype process to produce portraits and landscapes. The website serves and a portfolio and also includes his artists statement for the individual works / series.
Book: Sprits of Salts
Webb, R, 1999, Spirits of Salts: Working Guide to Old Photographic Processes, Argentum, London, UK.
This Book is a step-by-step darkroom guide to using old and alternative photographic processes. It details what items and chemicals are needed to use specific processes and how to use them.
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