Sometimes, the details of the work are missed overlooked by the viewer. I’ve always enjoyed reading about or watching documentaries about artists and their work; the “behind the scenes” stuff. It adds so much to the work. If you can get to know the person a little bit, and understand their perspective, it changes the work, empowers it, and really allows the narrative to shine. That’s why I encourage people to write about their work, think about their work, the fine subtle details of the content, or the technical approach that adds to the story. It makes it so much richer and deeper.
I used wet collodion today to create these images. I made negatives of sunflowers in my studio. They are in full force now. They are gorgeous peering east in the morning toward Tava and the sun. The wet collodion process is not sensitive to the color yellow or red. Photographing yellow flowers is difficult. I found a strategy today that worked. I really like these images as a diptych. The “black sunflower” and the “metallic sunflower”. They both can act as metaphors for this project. It was a good day.
These are Whole Plate, Palladium toned, Kallitype prints from wet collodion negatives. The color is exactly what I wanted for this work. I’m happy to be dialing that in through this process.
