Sally Mann Deep South.
taken using wet plate collodion negatives. A process that dates back to 19th century photography.
I love Mann's Deep South Photographs, because they are so beautiful. They seem to have a kinda haunting beauty. They feel suspended in time, ghostly and eerie. I felt that they were handy to look at in terms of my work because they are a simular subject matter to me, and the nature of the process in how the images turn out - uneven, blurry, rough etc is simular. I love the handmade, time consuming way she has done these and how you can she it in the work.
Dan Eastbrook.
I love Dan Eastbrook's work as well because of it time consuming, handmade look. His work makes you wonder what its about and how he did it. It also has that errie ghostly feel, this must just be a feel I get will all old process. The fact that the detail of the pictures is not all there - you wonder what the photo is saying, its a bit faded, blurry uneven etc adds a mystery I like.
Little suit, 2001. Waxed calotype neg and salt print.
Two trees 1998 pencil on waxed calotype neg.
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