Collodion 365: Collodion du jour

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Collodion du jour - 365

Summit Lake, Mount Evans, CO.

It seems very fitting to finish on a view of Summit Lake on Mount Evans. I've made it to the end of my self-inflicted year long assignment: 365 wet-plate collodion photographs! It feels great to have made it all the way. Thank you to all of you for following the blog and helping me get through the highs and lows of such a journey.
I have a lot of projects in mind already, so stay tuned. But in the meantime, mark your calendar for the Collodion365 exhibition at ArtworkNetwork in Denver in October. Come and join me on first Friday, October 7th.

Best,

Denis

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topoDcatAugust 31, 2011 at 11:17 AM
very nice view.
congrats on the completion.
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Petite Tata CAugust 31, 2011 at 1:37 PM
Congratulations !!
You made it !
I wish I could be in Denver for the exhibition but...

The pics are awesome, I love the compost and above all, the random specimens.

I wish you the best for your next projects !
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Welcome

I have decided to engage in an ambitious photographic project: create 365 wet-platecollodion photograph within a year (the equivalent of one image per day), starting September 1st 2010. I would like to invite you to follow me on the journey, look at the photographs and post comments if you so desire.

I have discovered collodion photography a while back when exploring the work of Mark Sink and Kristen Hatgi, two denver-based photographers. For the very beginning I was enthralled with the very unique appearance of collodion photographs. I especially enjoyed the marks and artifacts created during the process and the element of chance intrinsic to a photographic method very difficult to control. All this resonated with the aesthetic I was pursuing while manipulating negatives and slide film ( see the Natures Mortes and Feuilles Sentimentales series). It took me however almost two years before I entered the world of collodion practioners.
I have in fact only started experimenting with this very old technique a couple weeks ago. Although I am happy with the results I have gotten so far (see below), I am aware the road ahead is long and paved with challenges and probable deceptions. However my enthusiasm is fresh and growing, which leads me into this adventure.

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Collodion du jour - 365

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