Wow, am I excited to present episode 49. It was an absolute honour to work with the master of wet collodion, Quinn Jacobson. If you search for wet collodion online you basically see Quinn’s book and his videos, articles, etc. Not many people have published and helped us the public learn about this historic process.
We interview Quinn and discuss so many things, so yes it’s a long one (we talked for hours actually)!
But this podcast does contain discussions on:
Combat photography
Pixelography + rise of digital
Machine learning
Constraints are good
Photography is not art
Leaving your mark
Art changes the world
F.S. Archer, Daguerre + Talbot
Importance of 1851
Quinn’s tattoo
Family time
The spectrum of light + UV
Tattoo removal with wet plate
Tim Berner Lee revived wet collodion
Choosing your genre
Night of broken glass
Failure is good
iso/aperture/shutter speed need reasons
Quinn has literally just released his latest version of his book “chemical pictures” which helps you learn the technical aspect of wet collodion. He is currently doing a special edition of 300 copies which has an extra chapter (listen to podcast for more). At the time of the interview he had already sold over 200 so these are selling very fast and you will never see this limited work.
RANDOM QUESTIONS
Of course, a man of Quinn’s intellect soars through our random questions, so find the relevance of Kevin Costner and tooth fairies.
TIMINGS
0 – quinn’s background
7 – digital revoluiton
11 – off grid + future of photography
31 – mr archer
37 – entry to wet plate
42 – living in europe
45 – uv light/spectrum
58 – revival of wet collodion
61 – story + meaning of work
67 – mistakes + troubleshooting
72 – quinns new book
77 – random questions
89 – critique/feedback by quinn
https://phlogger.co.uk/tooth-fairies-kevin-costner-massacres-with-quinn-jacobson/