Living by Lynne, the socially conscious gallery at 1627  Montana Ave, has agreed to host the “Overprotected in Santa Monica” project this weekend, just in time for the Montana walk!!

We are meeting at the gallery tonight at 6:30 for anyone who wants to help  glue, hang, and eat  of course!! We are also in need of volunteers to be at the Gallery over the weekend, for anyone who wants to  talk the talk and discuss the cause! The event is from 10-6 on Saturday and Sunday. 

The artworks are 3 feet wide by 4.5 feet tall. They will also be exhibited at Cafe Bolivar later this summer.

Info will be posted here. 

World Wet Plate Day, May 5th 2012

May 5th, 2012: World Wet Plate Collodion Day was also day one of the 15th* Allan Barnes Wet Plate Collodion Workshop! An amazing crop of pictures was the result! Thanks to our amazing assistants Semantha Norris and S.J. Dunbar as well as the Julia Dean Photography Workshops! 
*approximate number. Note: last two pictures were made on day two!
More info on World Wet Plate Day: http://www.wetplateday.org
(World Wet Collodion Day honors the life and work  of Frederick Scott Archer, the British Artist who patented the Wet Plate Collodion Process in 1851. It was the first of many leaps forward in technology that made photography faster, cheaper and easier). 

•                                  Cesar and his 8x10 glass plate of course assistant S.J. Dunbar.

heating the plates for varnishing (above).

              The craggy face of the Maestro, as photographed on 8x10 glass plate by S.J. Dunbar

8 x10 black glass ambrotype by Jennifer Reeser