Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective - Couverture rigide

Balkowitsch, Shane

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1943876088 ISBN 13 : 9781943876082

Editeur : Glitterati Inc, 2019

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

• As one of the fewer than 1,000 wet plate collodion artists practicing around the world, Balkowitsch provides an intimate view into the lives of Native American people in North Dakota and Northern Plains, simultaneously capturing their stories and preserving their legacies
• The wet collodion process dates back to the nineteenth century is valued for its ability to achieve high levels of detail and clarity
• A proper exposure for a wet plate takes around 10 seconds, about 600 times longer than an iPhone camera

North Dakotan Shane Balkowitsch's first personal camera was not an Instamatic Kodak or a point-and- shoot Nikon, but rather a large format wet plate camera. As a self-taught 'image-maker' and one of the fewer than 1,000 wet plate collodion artists practicing around the world, Balkowitsch has fully devoted himself to mastering the obsolete photographic technology since 2012.

Approaching the historically embedded technique from a contemporary perspective, Balkowitsch's process transforms the limitations of the medium - its labour and time sensitive nature - into opportunities for creative explorations. Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective presents a selection from Balkowitsch's photographic project which aims to capture 1000 wet plate portraits of Native Americans. His photographs highlight the dignity of his subjects, depicting them not as archetypes, but individuals of contemporary identities and historical legacies.

Contents:
Foreword (Dakota Goodhouse);
Preface (Margareet Yellowbird-Landin);
Introduction;
The Studio;
Ambrotypes: The Photographs;
Appendix;
Archiving the Images;
Index;
Acknowledgments

Biographie de l'auteur

Artist Shane Balkowitsch is a self-taught large format photographer. As one of the fewer than 1,000 wet plate collodion artists practising around the world, Balkowitsch carries on the tradition of the Victorian photographic method, which dates back to the 19th century. Based in Bismarck, North Dakota, Balkowitsch established the first natural light wet plate studio constructed in the entire country in over 100 years, the Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio. His works are held in prestigious institutions, including the State Historical Society of North Dakota and the Smithsonian Institution.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Glitterati Inc
• Date d'édition: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1943876088
• ISBN 13: 9781943876082
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 128