A very important project The title was actually supposed to be; ‘This is the End or A Very Important Project’,… albumen print, arrowroot paper, collodiochloride paper, Collodion paper, POP, Print out paper, printout paper, saltprint
Wedding According to Gulgowski – summing up This is already my second project in the series: after a few months I guess we… ambrotype, collodion, colodion, ferrotype, tintype, wetplate
Does the technique matter? This is a little follow up to a facebook discussion regarding whether the technique matters. Not… photographic process, photographic technique, photographic technology
Syria – Hard to believe there’s not going to be more Photographing in Syria was my dream – two visits only whetted my apetite, allowedme to at… Aleppo, alternative photography, bichromate printing, Damascus, gum bichromate, gum print, gum printing, Gumpring, Hama, Krak de Chevalier, Palmyre, Sham, Syria
Gumprints from Lithuania It is hard to talk about a project here, more about airing the drawers. The images… alternative photography, bichromate photography, gum bichromate, gum print, gum printing, gumprint, Kaunas, Lithuania, Soviet occupation, Vilnus
Jewish cemeteries This is another part of my fascination with gum printing – actually it was not supposed… alternative photographic process, alternative photography, bichromate printing, Breslau, gum bichromate, gum print, gumprint, Jewish, Jewish cemetery, kirkut, Wrocław
Silver gelatin dryplate For the time being, modest beginnings. I must admit that the dryplate is addictive. Share: Twitter…
Oilprinted Gniew And, it is done. The Gniew project has finally been completed.I must admit I am going… alternative photography, Gniew, landscape, oilprint, Teutonic Knights
Dryplate – half a year later Half a year after I started serious work on the silver gelatin dry plate. OK, actually… dryplate, dryplate photography, emulsion, emulsion making, glass plate, glass plate photography, making photographic emulsions, photographic emulsion, photographic gelatin
Never give up Never give up, never throw away the half prepared materials, half finished photos even if you… active gelatin, alternative photography, cooking emulsions, emulsion, emulsion making, glass plate negative, historical photography, photographic emulsion, photographic gelatin
And why bother? Take a typical situation. I am talking to someone, usually another photographer. A quiet question what… albumen print, ambrotype, autotype, carbon transfer, colodion, cyanotype, emulsion making, gum bichromate, gumprint, historical photography, oilprint, photographic emulsion, platinum print, salt print, saltpprint, Vandyke brownprint
To make an emulsion At first glance, making an emulsion sounds reasonably easy, especially if you understand some English and… active gelatin, empty gelatin, emulsion, emulsion making, glass plate, glass plate negative, innert gelatin, photographic emulsion, photographic gelatin
Can a photographer paint? Well, let’s try. This project, combining my two photographic fascinations: alternative processes and female nude, has… alternative photographic process, alternative photography, gum bichromate, gumprint, gumprinting, histrical photography, painting
Size doesn’t matter – they say This did last a while as well, but finally full colour A3 gumprints seem to be… Alternative Photographic Processes, alternative photography, bichromate, gum bichromate, gum printing, gumprint, gumprinting, historical photography
Whoever cares about glass plates Making your glass plate negatives, ones that would be repeatable and guarantee appropriate image quality is…
The oilprint and the outdoors Nudes, especially the ones I shoot, have always been close to painting. Classical, aesthesizing, formalized. Always…
Wedding according to Gulgowski Finally, a night that we actually slept, a moment of relative calm, when we can sum… ambrotype, Cashubian, collodion, ethnography, glass plate, Gulgowski, wetplate
Wdzydze magiczne The magical Wdzydze. A place where time has become relative and can be turned back at… emulsja fotograficzna, emulsja jodo-bromowa, emulsja żelatynowo-srebrowa, palladotypia, platynotypia, sucha płyta
