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https://nomadicphotoark.com/

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Wednesday Mar 09, 2022

#59 The Nomadic Photo Ark

Wednesday Mar 09, 2022

#59 The Nomadic Photo Ark

Monica Jane Frisell and Adam Scher travel the USA with their mobile darkroom, studio and office telling the stories, in recordings and 8x10 portraits of people they meet on their way.

Both were clearly fated to meet and undertake this life-changing adventure.

Living the dream?

We think so…..

Project links.

The website is the place to go to for all things Nomadic Ark.

Travel blog, links to Twitter and Instagram plus ways you can support them financially through Patreon or print sales,

There are some You Tube videos showing the building of the Ark and more.

Subscribe and follow along.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7IIUnMFUceSralFgUsdGYA

https://twitter.com/nomadicphotoark

https://www.facebook.com/nomadicphotoark

https://www.instagram.com/nomadicphotoark/

Things we chatted about on the show:

Working with Laura McManus https://unglobalcompact.org.au/our-board/

Monica photographed domestic workers and sought to give them a voice.

http://www.monicajanefrisell.com/domestic-workers-of-nepal-3

https://fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gallery/fapa-2015-2016/amateur/portrait/gold-award

More links here http://www.monicajanefrisell.com/

Shortly before Covid 19 turned the world upside down Monica and Adam met and a synergistic relationship (always the best) began to bloom.

Adam’s strength lay in sound recording and is this, combined with Monica’s passion for traditional large format photography that has led to the (working title) Portraits of US project.

Adam has cycled, well, miles across the USA and Europe and we speak about it in the show.

Adam completed a leadership course with the Adventure Cycling Association,

https://www.adventurecycling.org/

Had a bad bike accident, cycled along the US coast and then met Monica…..

Giles Duley

https://www.legacyofwarfoundation.com/

The rest is unfolding.

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Andrew Bartram

Erik Mathy

A not updated website.

IG probably best for all things including rabbits.

http://www.gordonszetophotography.com/

The East Bay Photo Collective

https://www.ebpco.org/

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Saturday Oct 23, 2021

#58 Gordon Szeto- Pandemic Days and Nights

Saturday Oct 23, 2021

“I like to see myself as a storyteller. Photography happens to be the way I tell stories. I see the world in a certain way and try to create visual images to take viewers on a journey.

I gravitate towards emotional, ethereal and dream-like imagery and I use cameras like pinholes and lenses like the Aero Ektar 178mm as tools to create the look and feel I strive for”.

Gordon’s links

https://www.instagram.com/bokchoyboy/

Things we chatted about on the show:

Photographers who have had an influence on Gordon’s work or who he has admired……or maybe random links from Erik.

Gordon has made some wonderful night work, so has another photographer.

Todd Hido - http://www.toddhido.com

Gordon Parks - https://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/

Susan Burnstine - http://www.susanburnstine.com/

Keith Carter - https://www.keithcarterphotographs.com/

Alexi Titarenko - http://www.alexeytitarenko.com/

Portraits…..plain environmental, isolated…..two different approaches.

Richard Avedon - https://www.avedonfoundation.org/

Jane Brown - https://photogpedia.com/jane-bown/

John Harding, City College - https://johnhardingphoto.net/

One camera, one lens, standard development………or not?

John Blakemore - https://www.johnblakemore.co.uk/

We discussed the topic of story telling with pictures and image sequencing.

Niniane Kelly - https://www.analogforevermagazine.com/niniane-kelley

Ann Jastrab - https://photography.org/staff/

81b’s photo collective - http://www.81bees.com/ ter

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Andrew Bartram

Erik Mathy

A not updated website.

IG probably best for all things including rabbits.

http://www.sandykingphotography.com/

The East Bay Photo Collective

https://www.ebpco.org/

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Wednesday Sep 29, 2021

#57 Sandy King, The Pyro Cat

Wednesday Sep 29, 2021

#57 Sandy King

Louisiana born and bred, lover and teacher of Spanish literature, citizen of the world, fine art printer, abstract landscape photographer…..oh and did I mention he also loved staining developers so much that he developed his own?

I first became aware of Sandy King as, like many others, I began investigating Pyro staining developers. There is much, much more to Sandy than his work developing PyrocatHD and today we scratch away at the surface.

Sandy’s links

Things we chatted about on the show:

As we are chatting I can see Erik Mathy moving his fingers over his keyboard as he sends links to us all via our messenger chat . He seems to be able to pick up on things the guest is saying, do the Google research and send the links over and still keep track of the conversation....clearly he isn’t a proper male!

http://meetingbenches.com/2020/03/the-perfect-past-jose-ortiz-echague-aesthetics-and-photographic-techniques-of-pictorialism-gum-bichromate-and-coal/?fbclid=IwAR1k9jt-bQqVNegLAwSzeC2BxdQAffWcToBAG_d14ipnyJk4wrYfOs9WGrE

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1144285.The_Keepers_of_Light_A_History_Working_Guide_to_Early_Photographic_Processes?fbclid=IwAR0PklWhjdNfcEg1xoVtEHpBJVYUEYVvBlMS2O5FJ1XiJ3hO57LpUp9tlXM

https://groups.io/g/carbon?fbclid=IwAR2deRdt4MKE_ANQBbyE6k2u3Qp4TtCiR2H4E4sIYZbYG8a8FoLEL7QbSB4

https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/?fbclid=IwAR0x1u-gqvqZ2rDcR5KLD7p7SXVh721RdV8LNy0SzxEaCjniRfdp29PXXd4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Golden_Age_theatre?fbclid=IwAR2PPay1VXxeem_N5CiYQOw3IJG427SNqdE_fMIVdltX9Nb9AGfq2-f26LY

Sandy mentioned Sam Wang a few times – I hope I have the correct person here – either way it’s pretty interesting.

https://www.alternativephotography.com/sam-wang-review/

Phil Davis, author of Beyond The Zone System is a book that I have but despite several attempts remains impenetrable to me. I was, therefore pleased that even Sandy struggled with it…..at least on the first read.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1751148.Beyond_the_Zone_System?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=tmCGIQZMnD&rank=1

Of course the much mentioned article by Sandy on Pyro developers which is available from his website.

http://www.sandykingphotography.com/resources/technical-writing/pyro-staining-developers

Also.

http://www.sandykingphotography.com/resources/technical-writing/notes-on-pictorialism

And PyrocatHD formula and notes from Unblinking Eye.

https://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/Pyrocat/pyrocat.html

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Andrew Bartram

Erik Mathy

A not updated website.

IG probably best for all things including rabbits.

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Monday Sep 06, 2021

#56 Erik & The Tubers

Monday Sep 06, 2021

#56 Erik & The Tubers

Just over twelve months ago, Andrew and Simon were joined by the wonderful Jenny Sampson after being spotted on the front page of the relatively obscure BBC.co.uk website with a striking wet plate image. During an excellent discussion of Jenny's work, we touched upon and fell over Jenny's description of her collaboration with the Rolls & Tubes Collective; a group of photographers taking the inexplicable Covid related toilet roll shortage and recreating some of photography's greatest moments with bog roll.

An excellent body of work was created and now Jenny along with Colleen Mullins, Christy McDonald and Nicole White have a sold out publication and success beyond their wildest dreams.

To catch up the story, we've sent Erik all the way to California to delve deeper into the project and relive the journey.

The Rolls & Tubes Collective links;

Rolls and Tubes

https://www.instagram.com/rolls_and_tubes

Colleen Mullins

Colleenmullins.net

https://www.instagram.com/colleen_mullins_photography

Christy McDonald

http://www.christymcdonald.net/

https://www.instagram.com/christymphoto

Nicole White

nicolewhite.net

https://www.instagram.com/othernicolewhite

Jenny Sampson

Jennysampson.com

https://www.instagram.com/jennysampsonphotography/

https://www.instagram.com/jennyruth22/

Links from discussions:

Diane Arbus, twins

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VJiXygMgi

Frederich Sommer cut paper piece

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VARIaAEu5

Harry Callahan

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAkzvfiFbDV

Josef Koudelka

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-cWJztgbKG

Robert Frank

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_NMB13lR9l

Christopher Williams

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_pl5nHFUPs

David Maisel

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VWG-ogfdT

Ken Rosenthal

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_uwPzhFfYU

Alex Soth

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-aLpWvgPnf

Anna Atkins

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAQM7z2lFyH

Talbot - mid 19th century

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-feGZzgoib

Aaron Shirreff

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-hp-9AgCpG

Dorothea Lange Hwy 45

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAX9lSjlJ5P

Philadelphia Photo Fest 2020

https://www.2020photofestival.org

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Erik Mathy

A not updated website.

IG probably best for all things including rabbits.

https://www.kellyannbobb.com/

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Thursday Aug 12, 2021

Kelly-Ann Bobb's Caribbean Photographic Practice

Thursday Aug 12, 2021

Kelly-Ann Bobb is an analogue freelance photographer based in the twin island state of Trinidad and Tobago.

She has always had a natural inclination towards creativity. After completing medical school, she fell in love with the unending complexities of film photography.

She utilizes photography as a tool of unmasking, telling stories that would not otherwise be told. Revealing as much of herself as the subjects she photographs.

Kelly’s links

https://www.instagram.com/kellyannbobb_photography/

Things we chatted about on the show:

We spent a fair part of the time talking about two of Kelly’s projects that have received widespread acclaim.“Home Alone” and “Sacred Bodies and the Divine” – go to Kelly’s IG page to see examples.

https://www.tokyofotoawards.jp/winners/social/2020/Sacred-Bodies-1/

https://www.lensculture.com/search/projects?q=kelly-ann+bobb

The “Home Alone” project was born out of lockdown and explores how we handle solitude – its more than that so listen to the show as Kelly explains it better.

Gum Oil printing – Kelly shared her experiences and love for all things alternative print making.

Both Kelly and Erik recommend the work of Anna Ostania for all things gum oil.

https://annaostanina.com/?fbclid=IwAR15CjB-AIrjIBK6Rj3BkRAkgEBCA7cukNciL7uprBqtQ1k6kgQ_NpNursE

We had a fascinating conversation about how traditional colour film was balances around pale Caucasian skin.

Erik (good old Erik) found an interesting link.

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/04/16/303721251/light-and-dark-the-racial-biases-that-remain-in-photography?fbclid=IwAR0shj8MYLWYNS5B4tFfFrDE3v2Fwas2XD9GAp1zsq103EgqBKk4TBprMnQ&t=1628581073284

And Gordon Parks.

https://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/?fbclid=IwAR3Mb8WapxD6ex1FZXgiyJ1q7F6kkcDcpzXRlFu1RJY9PXrA-4qCGjtZMZ0

We got talking about photographing in a hospital environment – here are some good books to check out.

https://eugenerichards.com/the-knife-and-gun-club/?fbclid=IwAR2ea5luIXeEeudN0a_Y_POV2IjRozyBYC2HhfeXW8Y_4cgABxHRc6vEX-A

https://www.staticage.co.uk/post/all-in-a-day-s-work-by-david-collyer

Some other Erik Mathy links.

https://www.instagram.com/joelymanphotography/?fbclid=IwAR2wnegoVISQnMtKdS3p9BBpbV3OQLRYFMslitl6ZAMq8oiNfKSUeapTUos - well one to be precise.

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Andrew Bartram

Erik Mathy

A not updated website.

IG probably best for all things including rabbits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN-LM1lM8Kg&t=1005s

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Monday Jul 26, 2021

#54 Catch Up

Monday Jul 26, 2021

Just the three of us this week as we recover from the trip to Dave Shrimpton’s house.

This was meant to be more of an email show but there was really only one we could read out and that was just a brilliant one from Pakistan based visual artist Jahanzeb Haroon.

Things we chatted about on the show:

Andrew kicked off the discussion with “what we’ve all been up to”. Shamefully but rationally explained, no LF work from him for ages. The darkroom extension has been an all consuming project and with the first paying workshop customer coming in August the pressure has been on to at least get it functional, and it is now.

Returning from a holiday in Northumberland Andrew has a number of rolls of fil m to develop including 4 or 5 127 films, some HP5 and a roll of expired Astia that he exposed in his Toyo 45a with the 6x17 back. The question goes begging “do we or should we take large format gear on a family holiday”?

Another reason for not exposing too much LF film recently is the need to nail down rotary processing in his Jobo CPE2 or the new variable speed rotating base recently received from Student Photo Store on ebay. Settling down to PyrocatHD and ID111+1 will reduce the creative choices, and darkroom is needed to play around.

Earlier in the year Mat Marrash posted a video all about determining your own personal film speed and “normal” developing time using a Stouffer TP45 step wedge, after years of doing this by trial and error Andrew has taken the plunge and ordered a step wedge.

Mat’s video and a link to the Stouffer site below.

https://stouffer.net/Photo.htm#:~:text=Stouffer%20Craftsmanship%20Transmission%20Projection%20%28TP%29%20Step%20Wedges%20are,concept%20used%20when%20approaching%20the%20art%20of%20photography.

Both Erik and Simon have been up to way more exciting things, actually exposing and playing around with LF film and paper.

Erik has been deep diving into lens building with Bronica ETRS lenses and more (see Erik’s IG site below).

Erik posted into the LFPP Facebook group ongoing work with Faux Orotones with some lovely results.

The Orotone process was made famous by Edward Curtis and more info can be found on line (OK Wikipedia to the rescue) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orotone

Erik is looking for a similar effect using gold spray paint and it works really well.

Simon has been busy using his Chroma camera both in and out of the studio with some expired velvia and, in the 6 towns studio, some Harman Direct Positive paper. We have a chat about the challenges of using HDP and its limited tonal range (high contrast). The Ilford PDF data sheet and a recent Ilford video presented by Rachel Brewster-Wright are very helpful if you are thinking of using this great paper for the first time.

https://www.ilfordphoto.com/harman-direct-positive-paper-sheets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFUSiRwfOHs

On the subject of film speed testing friend of the show Billy Sanford recently appeared on the Sunny 16 presents show and talked about his experience with a Richard Pickup approach to film speed testing – he actually cited our LFPP interview with Richard as inspiration.

https://sunny16presents.podbean.com/e/on-location-the-goldilocks-negative-with-billy-sanford/

LFPP listener and FB member Jahenzeb Haroon sent in a lovely email talking all about analogue photography in Pakistan, it’s a great email and do check out Jahenzeb’s work which he produces very much against the odds. We take off our collective hats and not in his direction.

https://www.instagram.com/junk.lab/

And this link all about one of Pakistan’s oldest photography practices that is still going.

https://www.globalvillagespace.com/zaidis-photographers-pakistans-majestic-kaliedoscope/?fbclid=IwAR3nBFNa8cvo6sJvdxDykAR0MziXteY0Ep05OiOItZHQ5adntspdyGXhkWM

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Simon Forster

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Andrew Bartram

Erik Mathy

A not updated website.

IG probably best for all things including rabbits.

https://20thcenturycamera.com/

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Monday Jul 12, 2021

#53 Dave Shrimpton, Live Plate! Live Plate!

Monday Jul 12, 2021

Simon, Andrew and Yevgeni venture out on their first LFPP outside broadcast. Unfortunately Erik couldn’t get a ticket across the Atlantic so we had to use a naked female shop dummy as an able replacement.

After two previous attempts we arrive at the wonderful imaginarium where Dave eats, sleeps and breathes creative photography.

For part 2 we are mostly in the darkroom where the magic is revealed and the Tintypes of Dave come out pretty darn well.

What a brilliant day we had and both of us are hooked.

Things we chatted about on the show:

Dave works closely with Jeff Perry who has helped him bring his photographic equipment vision to reality and Andrew will be using his 4x5 back and wetplate insert in pt 2

Dave goes out of his way to shop locally where he can for his film and chemical supplies.

RK Photographic is a long established high street retailer originally based in Potters bar, North London they recently relocated to Letchworth.

https://www.thedarkroom.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR0N2nk7wCiS0zBWoLhGYFflKGw0iPn6n9TyN07r3B6RbabwrbqjJYsScX0

Kevin Lunham operates Wet Plate Supplies from Ramsey (down the road from Andrew) and is a brilliant place for all you may need for wet plate and your alternative photographic process.

http://www.wetplatesupplies.com/?fbclid=IwAR3E7f82xQNxk6VWveNm7ww5UAKVqjwrszku72peWHUJAgSARpjVaUinddA

Process Supplies in London – Founded in 1928 PS are one of the oldest photographic supply companies in Great Britain and still run by the Willes family in the same Clerkenwell premises.

https://www.processuk.net/

Dave Burnett – the guy that shot the 2012 Olympic Games on a Speed Graphic with an Aero Ektar lens and took the photographs that led Dave into LF photography.

https://www.davidburnett.com/?fbclid=IwAR2e1cDtTHMzQPA15mwwGG1M5zYWGHdotLb4VkAQPN0TiKYJ_LAi8PdvZlA

http://grahamcopekoga.com/?fbclid=IwAR2XHzGNnDtrW_JEUh7xia6BZyxTcMQTc88IihFD0BxJ1eFzOLAGjxrYh0A

Dollies Little Follies make accessories and home décor with very much a quirky twist – perfect for Dave as he brings his vision into reality.

Dollie'slittlefolies (@BlackRoseCamden) / Twitter

Dave’s links

https://www.instagram.com/dave_shrimpton/

https://daveshrimpton.co.uk

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Podcast Hosts Social Media presence

Simon Forster

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Andrew Bartram

Erik Mathy

A not updated website.

IG probably best for all things including rabbits.

https://20thcenturycamera.com/

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Monday Jun 28, 2021

#52 LFPP On Tour With Dave Shrimpton

Monday Jun 28, 2021

After two previous attempts we arrive at the wonderful imaginarium where Dave eats, sleeps and breathes creative photography.

For part 1 we chat to Dave over coffee and Kit Kats as he shows us his various go to 4x5 cameras. Venturing into his photographic imaginarium that is his studio and we are like kiddies in a sweetshop…..oh and Simon exposes some LF film in his Chroma Carbon Adventurer camera.

Things we chatted about on the show:

Dave works closely with Jeff Perry who has helped him bring his photographic equipment vision to reality and Andrew will be using his 4x5 back and wet plate insert in pt 2

Dave goes out of his way to shop locally where he can for his film and chemical supplies.

RK Photographic is a long established high street retailer originally based in Potters bar, North London they recently relocated to Letchworth.

https://www.thedarkroom.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR0N2nk7wCiS0zBWoLhGYFflKGw0iPn6n9TyN07r3B6RbabwrbqjJYsScX0

Kevin Lunham operates Wet Plate Supplies from Ramsey (down the road from Andrew) and is a brilliant place for all you may need for wet plate and your alternative photographic process.

http://www.wetplatesupplies.com/?fbclid=IwAR3E7f82xQNxk6VWveNm7ww5UAKVqjwrszku72peWHUJAgSARpjVaUinddA

Process Supplies in London – Founded in 1928 PS are one of the oldest photographic supply companies in Great Britain and still run by the Willes family in the same Clerkenwell premises.

https://www.processuk.net/

Dave Burnett – the guy that shot the 2012 Olympic Games on a Speed Graphic with an Aero Ektar lens and took the photographs that led Dave into LF photography.

https://www.davidburnett.com/?fbclid=IwAR2e1cDtTHMzQPA15mwwGG1M5zYWGHdotLb4VkAQPN0TiKYJ_LAi8PdvZlA

http://grahamcopekoga.com/?fbclid=IwAR2XHzGNnDtrW_JEUh7xia6BZyxTcMQTc88IihFD0BxJ1eFzOLAGjxrYh0A

Dollies Little Follies make accessories and home décor with very much a quirky twist – perfect for Dave as he brings his vision into reality.

Dollie'slittlefolies (@BlackRoseCamden) / Twitter

Dave’s links

https://www.instagram.com/dave_shrimpton/

https://daveshrimpton.co.uk

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Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast

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Podcast Hosts Social Media presence

Simon Forster

https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/

Andrew Bartram

Erik Mathy

A not updated website.

IG probably best for all things including rabbits.