Description this is from a 4x5 glass plate i coated myself .. it is what they used to call a 'dry plate' ( collodion was wet plate ). it was taken with a graflex slr like margaret bourque white had and a slow shutter speed. i coated the plate with liquid emulsion so it was very slow, around asa 1 ...the plate was left in the spring sun on a sheet of photographic paper. similar to the cameraless photographs i made, but i used a this glass negative instead. i scanned the image and made adjustments in photo shop, and added colorsthis is part of a 2 image series.
J Nanian, Warwick, RI Member Since November 2007 Artist Statement Hello, I am a working photographer, who uses a variety of processes to make photographs. Most work here originates as a sheet of paper, glass metal or plastic that is coated with light sensitive materials. I use coffee as a film and paper developer. Some of the photographs you see here are made using a 200 year old process and the images are photographs that are unstable. Scanning them is the only way to preserve them. Other images here are cyanotypes, a process invented in the 1840s that uses 2 iron based compounds that convert to a stable image when in the presence of ultra violet light.