A week in Slovenia. Silver-nitrate stains on my fingers. New friends. Diving under the dark cloth of a bellows field camera made in Alleppey (all roads lead to India).
Wet plate photography is not for the faint hearted. You have to have nerves of steel when pouring plates, and my new friend Basil’s calm hands for varnishing. It was complex. It was captivating. Our teacher Borut Peterlin kept us busy on a stratospheric learning curve.
Here’s the evidence.
https://youtu.be/nb8JX89yWts