Saturday, August 29, 2009

Day 100 - August 29th 2009

4x5 tintype in press camera
15 second exposure

Congratulations to my fellow 100 Dayers on the completion of our project. It was a lovely summer of art, inspiration and camaraderie. Thank you all.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Day 99 - August 28th 2009

4x5 tintype in press camera
30 second exposure

Ode to Dan Estabrook and our brief conversation about photographic imagery in dreams at f/295

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Day 98 - August 27th 2009

4x5 pinhole tintype
6 minute exposure

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Day 97 - August 26th 2009

4x5 tintype in press camera
1 second exposure

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Day 96 - August 25th 2009

4x5 tintype in press camera
1 second exposure

Monday, August 24, 2009

Day 95 - August 24th 2009

4x5 tintype from press camera
1 minute exposure

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Day 94 - August 23rd 2009

4x5 tintype in press camera
15 second exposure

The dissolving emulsion/temporal image issue has been resolved! The propellant from the can of spray enamel I use to prep my aluminum plates left a fine layer of grease underneath the emulsion causing the emulsion to disintegrate. There are still other emulsion issues to resolve but I at least have a tintype that will still exist in an hour!

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Day 93 - August 22nd 2009

4x5 tintype in press camera
45 second exposure

This is a photograph of my 5th attempt at making a tintype today - the emulsion on this image is in the process of dissolving and it soon will no longer exist as was the result with the 4 images that preceded it. I've used the same materials, cameras and chemistry I've been using all along and this is yet another strange result with the modern tintype process. I fear my final seven tintypes may be just as fugitive as this one. At day 93 there are still surprises. I guess this result is an appropriate paradox to Steve's 93rd story - there is no predictability here; no expectations to ground myself in nor to become bored with.

I'd also like to thank Rockland Colloid for making a modern tintype emulsion so completely unpredictable that I have finally received the motivation I needed to make my own tintype emulsion from scratch... a project for day 101

Friday, August 21, 2009

Day 92 - August 21st 2009


Archimedean Magic
4x5 tintype in press camera
1 second exposure

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Day 91 - August 20th 2009

4x5 tintype in press camera
15 second exposure

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Day 90 - August 19th 2009

Nothing But Bone
4x5 tintype in press camera
30 second exposure

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Day 89 - August 18th 2009

Turning Into the Current
4x5 tintype in press camera
45 second exposure

Monday, August 17, 2009

Day 88 - August 17th 2009

The Voice
4x5 tintype in press camera
1 minute exposure

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Day 87 - August 16th 2009

Systematic Geometry
4x5 tintype in press camera
1 minute exposure

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Day 86 - August 15th 2009

No Sequences of Words
4x5 pinhole tintype
4 minute exposure

Friday, August 14, 2009

Day 85 - August 14th 2009

Self-Awareness or Self-Effacement
4x5 pinhole tintype
3 minute exposure

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Day 84 - August 13th 2009

Every Word I'd Spoken Became as Heavy As Stones
4x5 tintype in press camera
8 second exposure

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Day 83 - August 12th 2009

Remorseless Insomnia
4x5 tintype contact print
5 second dusk exposure

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Day 82 - August 11th 2009

Darker Pockets of Dreams
4x5 tintype in press camera
1 minute exposure

Monday, August 10, 2009

Day 81 - August 10th 2009

Your Anger Made Me Love
4x5 pinhole tintype
20 minute exposure

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Day 80 - August 9th 2009

4x5 tintype in press camera
2 minute exposure

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Day 79 - August 8th 2009

Atavistic Longing
4x5 pinhole tintype
12 minute exposure

Friday, August 7, 2009

Day 78 - August 7th 2009

4x5 pinhole tintype
6 minute exposure

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Day 77 - August 6th 2009

He Must Write This
4x5 tintype in press camera
15 second exposure

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Day 76 - August 5th 2009

Distant But Near Enough
4x5 tintype in press camera
1 second exposure

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Day 75 - August 4th 2009

Exact Amounts
4x5 tintype in press camera
1 second exposure

Monday, August 3, 2009

Day 74 - August 3rd 2009

The Rumor of a Storm
4x5 tintype in press camera
1 second exposure

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Day 73 - August 2nd 2009

4x5 tintype in press camera
8 minute exposure

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Day 72 - August 1st 2009

4x5 tintype in press camera
1 minute exposure