About putting a cart before a horse or why it is so bad if it is so good A serious and respectable cultural institution offered us an opportunity to present one of our photographic…
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
Glass plates in Podlasie Podlasie is, for sure, a place I am going to visit again and again. The first… emulsion, glass, glass plate negative, glass plate photography, historical photography, making your own emulsion, photographic emulsion
It’s almost the end – one step from a new emulsion It did take a while, but the end is in sight. It is almost the end… emulsion, emulsion making, glass, glass plate, glass plate negative, glass plate photography, making your own negatives, photographic gelatin
Whoever cares about glass plates Making your glass plate negatives, ones that would be repeatable and guarantee appropriate image quality is…
‘No balls’ or why we are in deep sh…. April 24, 2014, one of the most important, at least photographically, days of the year, at…
Things might be getting better This conclusion might be a trifle surprising as it was inspired by a text that I…
A few words about why things are so bad Discussing why things are so bad is one of the favourite topics of conversation in Poland.… artistic photography, fine art photography, photographic market, photography
A brief statement or a few words of ideology It is often said that ideology is more important than pictures themselves. It is said that…
The oilprint and the outdoors Nudes, especially the ones I shoot, have always been close to painting. Classical, aesthesizing, formalized. Always…
