Luther Gerlach has arrived

Yesterday Luther gerlach and Peter van Hal visited my home.
It's always interesting seeing other wet platers making their own plates.
Boy i can learn a lot from him. We tried his beautiful antique camera which he brought from the states.
We have experimented with different colors of glass, other chemicals en discussed many formulas.
He's already making wet plates for more than 15 years. He's like a walking collodion library....
I love his work, just fantastic.

I couldn't resist making a portrait but he really hates it sitting in on front of the camera....

ECW European Collodion Weekend

First European Collodion Weekend at Fotoacademie Eindhoven

(Holland) at april 14th-15th

During that weekend several national and international collodion photographers will give demonstrations of the wet plate process and also will show lot’s of their original plates and prints. FREE ENTRANCE !!

Photographers who will participate during that weekend are : 

Luther Gerlach from the USA

Alexey Alexeev from Russia

Fabrice Pejout from France

Mémé Bartels form Holland

Manon Navarro from Holland

Arjen Went from Holland

Peter van Hal from Holland

Alex Timmermans from Holland

Previous to that weekend the participating photographers will show their work during an exhibition which starts at march 15th at 17:00 hour. Free entrance ! 

Exclusive collodion masterclasses by Luther Gerlach (USA)

Luther Gerlach will do 2 exclusive master classes showing his skills and knowledge about the wet plate process. 

He's a true master on wet plate photography and his work is currently hanging in the White House as part of President and Mrs. Obama’s art collection.Gerlach’s work has appeared in Architectural Digest, American Photographer, People and View Camera Magazine, and exhibited at over two-hundred art festivals.He has won major awards at Cherry Creek, Coconut Grove, Tampa Bay and Salt Lake City. 
Celebrity clientele include also Cameron Diaz, Kate Hudson, Nick Nolte, Bruce Willis, Michael Wilson, Oprah Winfrey.  

Places for these two master classes are limited. So if you are interested and want to make a reservation drop me an e-mail containing your name, address and phone number. We will send you a reply with the needed information. After receiving your payment you will receive a entrance card.

Entrance fee for the masterclasses is € 49,=.

For students and employees of the Fotoacademie, Fotogram and Fotoschool €39,==

http://luthergerlach.com/

MASTER CLASSES ARE FULLY BOOKED !!!

So if you are interested in the wet plate process, visit us during April 14-15^Th !!

Opening Exhibition

Thursday 15th of March at 17:00 hours    FREE ENTRANCE

Demonstrations

Saturday 14^th of April from 13:00 to 17:00 hours FREE ENTRANCE

Sunday   15^th of April from 11:00 to 17:00 hours FREE ENTRANCE

Master classes Luther Gerlach

Saturday 14^th of April starts at 10:30 hours  ENTRANCE ONLY BY RESERVATION
Sunday   15^th of April starts at 13:00 hours ENTRANCE ONLY BY RESERVATION
 

Address:  Fotogalerie Eindhoven
Torenallee 20 (Strijp S), 2nd Floor 5617 BC Eindhoven, Holland

For more information please contact :
Alex Timmermans
collodion-art@onsmail.nl
0031-402301470

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Universal iris clamp

I just wanted to share this very versatile camera part with you.
It is called universal iris clamp or lens chuck.
They are available in different sizes.
The problem with lenses is that many of them are missing the lens flange. That makes it almost impossible to mount on a lens plate.
These clamps have very stiff aperture blades which makes it able to hold different sizes of lenses without using a lens flange. Most of the time these clamps are made of aluminium.

This beautiful clamp, made of brass, can hold lenses with a diameter from 2,5 cm up to 9,5 cm and up to a weight of aprox 2 kilo without any problem!

(BTW, this one is not for sale !)

Opening ECW exhibition

Last Thursday we had the opening of the ECW exhibition. This exhibition contains work from Alexey Alexeev, Fabrice Pejout, Went & Navarro, Mémé Bartels and me.
The printscwill be shown untill the ECW weekend at 14/15th of April.

During that weekend  also some original plates will be shown by the makers !

Thanks to Arjen Went and Ben van Os for sharing these pictures.