I thought you might be interested in hearing about these workshops we
are running in Germany this summer with Klaus Pollmeier in Stuttgart
and Martin Koerber in Berlin. Klaus, Martin, Mark and I would
appreciate your help in spreading the word to anyone you think might be
interested. Please contact any of us if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
France (& Mark)
http://www.collodion.org
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Two-Day Wet-Plate Collodion Ambrotype Workshops in Germany
with Mark Osterman and France Scully Osterman
Stuttgart, 19 & 20 July 2007
Berlin, 27 & 28 July 2007
Make your own film using this 19th-century process!
In these workshops, participants will learn to make wet-plate collodion
ambrotypes (collodion positives on glass). Students will have the opportunity to
create self-portraits and still lifes using a 19th-century portrait
camera and lens. Following a demonstration, participants will be
guided through the process step-by-step, from cutting and cleaning
glass, to varnishing the final image.
Included will be instructions on mixing chemicals and troubleshooting,
plus a manual, "The Wet-Plate Process, A Working Guide," by Mark
Osterman. No equipment or experience is necessary for this class. --
This is a two-day course with two instructors.
For registration information, please contact....
in Stuttgart:
Klaus Pollmeier
Conservation of New Media and Digital Information
Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design
k.pollmeier@abk-stuttgart.de
Phone: +49.711.28440-322
and
in Berlin:
Prof. Martin Koerber M.A.
University of Applied Sciences for Technology and Economics
Telephone 030 - 47 401 356
Email: koerber@fhtw-berlin.de
http://www.f2.fhtw-berlin.de/f5/restaur
koerber@fhtw-berlin.de
About the instructors:
The Ostermans are considered modern masters of wet-plate collodion
photography. The recent artistic revival of the process is a direct
result of their work through exhibiting their
imagery, teaching workshops and extensive research and writings on the subject.
The Ostermans have travelled to Ireland, Spain, Italy, Japan and
throughout the US using the collodion process, creating images with their
portable darkroom.
They are represented by Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York City, US.
Their work has been featured in a number of solo exhibitions and in
publications, including Paris Photo, and recent issues of Spiegel and
Geo. ZOOM magazine will include a feature on Mark’s work in the
May-June 2007 issue.
Mark Osterman currently serves as Photographic Process Historian for
the Advanced Residency Programme for Photograph Conservation at George
Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film in
Rochester, NY. He recently finished editing the 19th-century section of
the New Focal Encyclopedia of Photography (fourth edition).
France Scully Osterman is a guest scholar at George Eastman House, and
teaches private tutorials and workshops in the couple’s 19th-century
skylight studio in Rochester, New York, US.
The couple began publishing a collodion manual in 1995, and published
The Collodion Journal from 1995 to 2002. Their work is featured in
several books on alternative and historic processes, including Coming Into Focus,
2001, by John Barnier, Photography’s Antiquarian Avant-Guard, 2002, by
Lyle Rexer, and The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes, 2000,
by Christopher James.
