#silver prints

[mlorenzetti]

six new contact prints......... 1. “X” , 7/30/20 2. Landscape, 7/29/20 3. Gall, part 1, 7/28/20 4. Collecting Lilac, part 1, 7/4/20 5. Gall, part 2, 7/28/29 6. Collecting Lilac, part 2, 7/4/20

Marco Lorenzetti

[onekindredspirit]

EMPIRE

I Seek to Know

I Reach Inside - 

Empire of You

[minimonticello]

How far back can we go? How about 160 years! This is Carsten Brinkmann’s Great Grandfather, Carsten Sierck and wife, Tobeaka.

Recently we came into many historical family photos of the Sierck family. These two are among the oldest of the photos, taken in the 1860s. They are Albumen Silver Prints which used the albumen found in egg whites to bind the photographic chemicals to the paper, and became the dominant form of photographic positives from 1855 to around 1890. These two significant people are Carsten (1819-1887) and his wife Tobeaka Sierck. Carsten, an immigrant from Prussia, became an owner of a medium sized sugar refinery in Brooklyn New York that was swallowed up by larger companies during the Sugar Trust. Eventually this became what is now known as Domino Sugars. Sugar Daddy Carsten had five children with Tobeaka, one them being Maria Louise. She would grow up privileged, move to Baltimore, and marry August Helmuth Brinkmann. She had three boys, ran the family, and also oversaw the building of our home, Mini Monticello. The eldest son, Walter would be gifted the house upon its completion in 1910. Walter had two children, Carsten and Dorothea, both of whom had no children. Carsten’s widow inherited the home in 1991 upon his death. She moved into something a little smaller in 2016, and that is where we came into the picture!

[activitesparanormales]

Working on my next (collective) exhibition -- From april 6 until 28, I’m participating to “Areyouexperiencing collective exhibition” in Le Havre -- Flyer is ok -- Title is : ABISILIS -- Silver gelatin prints are almost done -- Now selecting the not-so-bad-prints.

More information here :

http://areyou-experiencing.fr/

and here for my exhibition :

http://areyou-experiencing.fr/?p=1933

[ashleywestart]

Anne showing me how to make an envelope.

Last week I learned how to make a box. However, making somewhat bulky boxes can be very cost-ineffective to the cardboard, and when you have large print pieces such as Portrait of a Racetrack by David Grant Best, which is a very heavy, large, dense portfolio. A cardboard box would not be a very effective idea for this particular piece, so instead, I learned how to make an envelope now that our acid-free archival paper came in. Samantha gave us some diagrams for different kinds of envelopes, so Anne and I were learning the best approach together.

  It was really an enjoyable challenge. There really is a

            Measuring in preparation for making envelope

The first time around took pretty much the whole day, but, like all things, the more I do this, the quicker it will go.

  All done!

Now for the History I Helped Preserve

David Grant Best and his work can be viewed on the website here. David Grant Best was born 1950. His medium consist of silver and gelatin prints.

Portrait of a Racetrack’s significance was that it was the swansong for the historic horse racetrack, Long-acres before its closing. This was Grant’s first book and it was a photographical record of the end of an era. This, like many of Grant’s preferred subjects, was about rural life, something that I believe get’s overlooked by urban populations to a severe fault.

When I was doing more research on him, I came across another very beautiful portfolio that he collaborated with Brooks Jensen on, Tangerine Gifts, which is a series of gelatin prints on rural Japan.

ArH Internship: David Grant Best Last week I learned how to make a box. However, making somewhat bulky boxes can be very cost-ineffective to the cardboard, and when you have large print pieces such as…

[exhibition-ism]

geletain silver prints by Rachelle Bussières

[camerastylemoscow-blog]

I have a new toy in my darkroom :) This beast called Durst AC 707 BW with automatic density control. For enlarger it’s a very modern machine. Today I have a big print session and a lot of time to play with. As a result you can see my small working prints from latest rolls. Automatic exposure save a lot of time for me. I print more than 50 sheets less than 3 hours.