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Wet Collodion and Ambrotype Process
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Mark Osterman
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France Scully Osterman |
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Mark Osterman works for the
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester,
New York. There, he researches and teaches historic photographic
processes to photograph conservators.
He
has been experimenting with the collodion process since 1987.
Mark Osterman
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by courtesy of Scully & Osterman
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Mark
works with his wife France Scully Osterman, also a photographer.
Together, they set up the company Scully & Osterman in 1991.
France Scully Osterman
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by courtesy of Scully & Osterman
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From a skylight studio at
their
home, Mark and France regularly produces
collodion negatives and
ambrotypes.
Collodion plates have a rating of about ASA1, so long exposures are
required.
Scully & Osterman Skylight
Studio
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by courtesy of Scully & Osterman
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Wet Collodion
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Early Experiments
Mark and France have been teaching the wet collodion process since 1995.
Their experiments with the
wet collodion process began in 1987.
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Publications
Mark and France have:
- published The
Collodion Journal for five years (24 issues).
- published a manual The Working Guide, giving advice to
those wishing to experiment with the wet collodion process.
- contributed to other books on early
processes, including a chapter on the wet collodion process in John
Barnier's book, Coming into Focus, published by Chronicle Press..
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Exhibitions
Mark and France are also both artists represented by the Howard
Greenberg Gallery, 41st East 57th Street, New York City, one of the best
known galleries in the world for fine art photography.
Mark's next show there will open 5 February 2004 and will be a series of
8x10" ruby ambrotypes. These will be exhibited along with the Hallsman images of
Salvador Dali.
France's last show there was a series of waxed salt
prints from collodion negatives of people sleeping; they were also
reviewed at last years Paris Photo.
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Workshops
Mark and France plan to give a week-long workshop on the wet-collodion process at
Nicéphore Niepce House in Burgundy, France in 28 June to 2 July 2004. This is
where the first photograph was made in 1827.
At the workshop, he intends to make
ambrotypes,
tintypes,
collodion
negatives and
salted paper prints.
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Web Site
Mark and France have a web site,
www.collodion.org
giving more details of:
- exhibits
- publications
- workshops
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