Projects tagged with ''historic''

Manual Project

2005-2014

Wet-Plate Collodion, Silver-Gelatin Photograms, Salted Paper Prints, Digital Pigment Prints, 3D printed PLA Resin sculptures, Artist Books, Trade Edition Book, salted paper prints 10"x8", digital prints 15"x22" and 40x52", sculptures up to 5x8"

MANUAL is a collection of portraits of people from diverse backgrounds, occupations, ages, and cultures from around the globe. In each hand portrait is a study of the person’s dominant hand, revealing evidence of how they have lived, who they are, and what they may become. It is a collaboration between photographer and subject to expose their hands and their personalities. Without the distraction of faces, these images become honest and deeply perceptive portraits, reflecting the lifestyle, habits, and sensitivity of each subject.

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Blog posts tagged with ''historic''

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how things were

Herbarium – behind the scenes

The nature prints in my Herbarium series are incredibly simple.  You coat a sheet of watercolor paper – I use Fabriano Artistico – with a salt solution and let it dry. Then when it is time to make the print you paint silver nitrate on your specimen – mine are leaves – with a foam …

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Saving Hasselblad

When I read the shocking news this week that drone maker DJI was buying Hasselblad the venerable camera maker it brought back memories. Not just my unpleasant memories of owning a Hasselblad 500ELM and a few lenses. I loved the image quality but I detested how complex it was to use the camera and how …

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Taking Stock

Magenta Globe

The photos for this post should be shot through a hazy filter since the story sounds impossible in light of the current state of the stock photography market and the memories are unclear. I was thinking back to when I used to make a decent income from stock photography. Yeah, like Getty Images… but different, …

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Parade of Champions

The first annual Edison Concours d’Elegance was held October 18, 2015 in my neighborhood Llewellyn Park New Jersey. The cars drove down the road past my house at first light on the way to the car show at Glenmont, the home of Thomas Alva Edison. These were among the finest collector cars ever assembled in …

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A field guide to wild hood ornaments

From the first annual Edison Concours d’Elegance at Llewellyn Park October 18, 2015 There are 37 of them for your viewing pleasure… Auburn, Bentley, Bugatti, Cadilllac, Duesenberg, Ford, Franklin, Hispano-Suiza, Horch, Huffmobile, Isotta-Frachini, Mercedes, Packard, Pierce Arrow, Rolls-Royce, Steyer, Stutz, and some yet to be identified.

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