The Large Format Photography Podcast Large Format Photography Podcast

“A traditional photographer, Jim specialises in monochrome Carbon Transfer Contact Printing from in camera negatives. Carbon Transfer printing, a process perfected by Joseph Swan in 1864, is a highly labour intensive process that yields prints of the finest quality. The artist has total control of the image tonality due to the creative blending of pigments used to manufacture the carbon tissue which is used to complete his vision. From this tissue the image is born. Carbon prints require a minimum of four or more days work to produce one finished print. Truly a labor of love and passion. Jim teaches carbon transfer printing and offers workshops in his studio/darkroom at his home in Vancouver Washington”.
 
 Things we chatted about on the show:
 
Jim got his inspiration from his friend Vaughn who runs workshops with Jim in Yosemite National Park.
http://vaughnhutchins.com/
 
Making negatives from PyrocatHD a very popular staining developer much favoured by all who use alternative photographic processes.
Andrew uses Wet Plate Supplies for ready mixed PyrocatHD here are some links.
https://www.pyrocathd.5x4.co.uk/
http://www.wetplatesupplies.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=pyrocathd&x=0&y=0
 
For more on Carbon Printing, and indeed Pyro developers check out Sandy King’s site.
https://sandykingphotography.com/resources/technical-writing/carbon-transfer-process
 
We discussed cinematographer Karl Struss and the unique look he got from lenses (soft focus) and he was very close to Alfred Stieglitz and the pictorial movement.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Struss
 
Mark Osterman of Eastman House keeps getting mentioned and again in show 40.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-osterman-04594b2a
 
Erik has mentioned Kelly-Shane Fuller before, he was the chap who managed to get Kodachrome to sort of come back to life.
https://emulsive.org/articles/darkroom/developing-film/they-took-my-kodachrome-away-so-i-brought-it-back
 
And we give Chroma Camera a shout out.
https://chroma.camera/
 
 
Jim’s links
 
Website.
https://www.jimscarbonartphotography.com/
 
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011330777143
 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/carbonfitzgerald/
 
 
 
Other News
 
The Six Towns Darkroom was OPEN but is now CLOSED due to the current National lockdown.
 
 
LFPP links -
 
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
 
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
 
You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/
 
And now our Flikr group curated by Colin Devroe
https://www.flickr.com/groups/lfpp/
 
Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew –
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
 
Or from Simon –
https://twitter.com/simonfor
 
Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast
largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com
 
Podcast Hosts Social Media presence
 
Simon Forster
www.classiclensespodcast.com
 
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
 
https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
 
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
 
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
 
https://twitter.com/SimonFor
 
Andrew Bartram
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast
 
https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com
 
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper
 
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/
 
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
 
 
Erik Mathy
A not updated website.
https://www.erikmathy.com/about
 
IG probably best for all things including rabbits.
https://www.instagram.com/erikhmathy/?hl=en

A student of linguistics and comparative religion led Wayne to follow a path to investigate the roots of beliefs, passions and truths as told through alternative and historic forms of communication.
“Wayne is an unconventional fine art photographer that uses historical artifacts and processes as his medium to build intricate functional analogue cameras that are hand-tooled from blocks of metal, and used to engage with underservices communities, highlighting current social and humanitarian issues”
Today Wayne lives and works in a converted 1940s diaper washing factory in the dusty border town of Tuscon Arizona.
 
Things we chatted about on the show:
 
Sorry about the mad link (there is a way to smarten this up)
Heather Oelklaus and “Little Miss Sunshine”.
 
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DwsLPJjnq-XY%26fbclid%3DIwAR2nmb6DpRO8UKm87aV101ajWxji2-PIQrNOb0bJ-3XNN0b1RPzWSrXB6y4&h=AT3gLXN9RGXovLgQeMyfNXteNFmpuG1PbpDi1-EPYP4tkF1EHAF-xBhMmC2Du5mEKIMwFY4S9KTTcyyXfn-qedvhEJVBQvq4T4V5pAFTS1TTLfZfoc2yNjrkt1PhpdgBDc1A6f74myNuOWjLQiLkqQ
 
At the end of the show in the email section Wayne talks about the camera he is going to build for his artist partner Alanna Airitum. See her work here.
https://www.alannaairitam.com/about
 
Alanna has her work at the Candela Gallery in Virginia and Wayne hopes to have work on display there soon.
https://www.candelagallery.com/artists
 
In the email section.
https://www.jimscarbonartphotography.com/about/
Erik talks again about the wonderful Primitive Photography book (which Andrew has now purchased).
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Primitive-Photography-Cameras-Calotypes-Alternative/dp/0240804619
 
We give shout outs to some former guests
Sam Hiser West of New 55 PN film.
https://famousformat.com/
 
Brendan Barry.
https://brendanbarry.co.uk/
 
Wayne’s links
https://waynemartinbelger.com/
 
https://www.instagram.com/waynemartinbelger/?hl=en
 
 
Other News
 
The Six Towns Darkroom was OPEN but is now CLOSED as Stoke enters Tier 2 Covid restrictions.
 
 
LFPP links -
 
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
 
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
 
You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/
 
And now our Flikr group curated by Colin Devroe
https://www.flickr.com/groups/lfpp/
 
Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew –
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
 
Or from Simon –
https://twitter.com/simonfor
 
Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast
largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com
 
Podcast Hosts Social Media presence
 
Simon Forster
www.classiclensespodcast.com
 
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
 
https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
 
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
 
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
 
https://twitter.com/SimonFor
 
Andrew Bartram
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast
 
https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com
 
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper
 
https://www.imstagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/
 
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
 
 
Erik Mathy
A not updated website.
https://www.erikmathy.com/about
 
IG probably best for all things including rabbits.
https://www.instagram.com/erikhmathy/?hl=en

A first for the show, the same guest two weeks running. This time we tried to do the podcast intended for part one, did we succeed? I think so.
We also discovered how good Erik is at reading and answering our listeners’ emails which we have cleverly called “Ask Erik”. From now on email reading and answering will be handled by someone who turns it into a kind of performance art.
 
Things we chatted about on the show:
 
“Rides Slow and Take Photos” web article for some background to Erik’s Butterfield overland mail trail bike ride.
https://www.analogforevermagazine.com/features-interviews/film-review-ride-slow-take-pictures?fbclid=IwAR2EPCPIhFtwFzulEit7Jy-D2Qd7Ws3tnGSLIb3trteOZcprh_f1sTJqjNU
 
Erik sent us several links to things we chatted about on the show and some I don’t think we did! But they all look great.
 
The work of Consuelo Konaga whose archive is at the Brooklyn Museum.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/artists/6641/objects?fbclid=IwAR1YWwpKLgawjEQtplTwDCnpeH6Gp_mLul-TGBNLiwXz7xTRLBzesL9B4TY
 
At the end of Erik’s Butterfield bike ride he ends up at the workshop of Wayne Martin Belger, we chat a bit about Wayne’s “third Eye” skull camera and his “Us and Them” camera which is remarkable.  Erik drew our attention to Wayn’e ground breaking “HIV Bloodworks” project, here is a link.
https://www.waynemartinbelger.com/index/G00008tmllFKMnBQ?fbclid=IwAR31KEj8oM0Gj5WLSkk9_zYzsZ1yiicCfZAPJQWJ5hZIJL2UnnkLnBNDCR8
 
Eric said “Also, I didn’t touch on him but I wanted to. Josef Koudelka’s “Black Triangle” was the first set of landscapes I’d ever seen that were both stunningly beautiful and incredibly hard hitting from a documentary perspective.
https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/environment/josef-koudelka-black-triangle/?fbclid=IwAR31KEj8oM0Gj5WLSkk9_zYzsZ1yiicCfZAPJQWJ5hZIJL2UnnkLnBNDCR8
 
Josef uses the Fuji 617 panoramic camera to brilliant effect. He produced a book called Ruin and has completed a documentary as well.
https://www.magnumphotos.com/theory-and-practice/koudelka-shooting-holy-land-israel-palestine-documentary-conflict/?fbclid=IwAR0I6xjWbYmrNIPRqouTOWr3UJCRV4DNMHY1YuLSMDG2AA3rfjmVKYW8Tig
 
Erik gives a shout out to artist and activist Lucinda Hinojos who he meets on his trip.
This was made on his Graphic and dollar bill lens after Erik cracked a joke!
Follow Lucinda on her IG https://www.instagram.com/lucinda_yrene/?fbclid=IwAR2993uQuMZHdu0E0w3vUTkrKbZ8VAKdtlZgkU92oWM26E8wTKLDcAM6XUY
 
Fred at SurplusShed.com can get you ANY lens element and more. He sounds amazing.
https://www.surplusshed.com/
 
 
Erik’s links
A not updated website.
https://www.erikmathy.com/about
 
IG probably best for all things including rabbits.
https://www.instagram.com/erikhmathy/?hl=en
 
 
Phew
 
Other News
 
The Six Towns Darkroom is OPEN but if you want to come along please get in touch with Simon first as numbers are limited.
 
 
LFPP links -
 
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
 
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
 
You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/
 
And now our Flikr group curated by Colin Devroe
https://www.flickr.com/groups/lfpp/
 
Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew –
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
 
Or from Simon –
https://twitter.com/simonfor
 
Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast
largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com
 
Podcast Hosts Social Media presence
 
Simon Forster
www.classiclensespodcast.com
 
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
 
https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
 
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
 
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
 
https://twitter.com/SimonFor
 
Andrew Bartram
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast

“My name is Erik Mathy, and I've been obsessed with photography since my Mom handed me her Pentax K1000 when I was 17.
While I do own a digital camera or two, traditional methods are much more exciting to me from both an artistic and personal satisfaction standpoint. There is something about combining vision with hands on techniques and then being able to hold the end result up to the light that is incredibly satisfying”.
 
Well here is a show that didn’t go as planned, none the worse for that but it means we have to have pt 2 to discuss Eric’s “Ride Slow, Take Photos” trip and film, his passion for making lenses and other projects.
 
This show is a bit sweary as Simon could not find his bleeper...
 
For this show……. Well I’ll list as many links as I can remember.
 
Things we chatted about on the show:
 
OK so we didn’t get on to this but here is a link to the article in AF magazine (get it if you don’t already) discussing Rides Slow and Take Photos.
https://www.analogforevermagazine.com/features-interviews/film-review-ride-slow-take-pictures?fbclid=IwAR2EPCPIhFtwFzulEit7Jy-D2Qd7Ws3tnGSLIb3trteOZcprh_f1sTJqjNU
 
Eric hinted at his passion for cycling which forms the means of transport on his “Ride Slow, Take Photos” epic journey. Check out ands subscribe to this blog which has some wonderful photo journalism by a talented team including Erik with some home made lenses.
 https://element.ly/2020/04/echos-of-futures-past-part-i-nancy-chipukites-darrell-stiles/
 
Erik mentioned documentary photographer Eugene Richards and gave us a link (I’m sure I must have been aware of his work but couldn’t put a name to the images).
https://eugenerichards.com/?fbclid=IwAR3seIJwcCtJzhWeja0vGYkNI1tzihyDKxBLs7tzYa-jLgCGfeZK3_kTXrY
 
And a Vimeo clip.
https://vimeo.com/75177919?fbclid=IwAR2TXU2dTYLfVpRnHQbPg91kezqOkUmBNWleh4-ITJOJWM-6pWIqbqiFuCo
 
And a thoughtful YouTube video interviewing Eugene Richards worth a watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAwV09XgFzo&fbclid=IwAR04xERC5BtJGT5jwlf1mpKtKU2RAwmSwmtTewQWUaVU-agpaHMwtt02EdM
 
Post Podcast Erik also recommended the work of James Fee.
https://www.google.com/search?q=james+fee+photographs&safe=active&rlz=1C1GCEB_enGB918GB918&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizqIT1io7sAhVDWxUIHeFgBwgQ_AUoAXoECBYQAw&biw=1280&bih=610
 
Kelly-Shane Fuller I this is interesting…..
https://emulsive.org/articles/darkroom/developing-film/they-took-my-kodachrome-away-so-i-brought-it-back
 
And his IG.
https://www.instagram.com/piratelogystudios/?hl=en
 
Making colour images by filtering through separate filters and recombining came up in this part of the discussion. Andrew remembered a discussion in the early days of the Homemade Camera Podcast. Cant remember the episode but if you don’t already listen its great!
 http://homemadecamera.com/
 
Fred at SurplusShed.com can get you ANY lens element and more. He sounds amazing.
https://www.surplusshed.com/
 
Sunny16 presents gets another mention, mainly because Simon was on the show with Steve from Chroma Camera.
https://sunny16presents.podbean.com/
 
https://chroma.camera/
Andrew got excited when Erik gave a shout out to Glass Key Photo in SF – Heather Polley took him there a few years ago at the start of his 50th year USA road trip.
http://www.glasskeyphoto.com/#glass-key-photo
 
And Bay Area Looking Glass Photo.
https://www.lookingglassphoto.com/
 
Andrew mentioned former guest Ben Horne’s recent video on 8x10 focus stacking….. have your mind blown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBFHVPvnH5c
 
Eastman Kodak House and Rochester.
https://www.eastman.org/
 
A great source for quality and reasonably prices LF focus screens.
Look for Ebay seller in Lithuania Virgisst.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4x5-Ground-Glass-Focusing-Screen-for-Large-Format-Camera/283835190541?hash=item4215e54d0d:g:d00AAOxycD9TQ~XM
 
Oh

“Shane’s work shines on its artistic merit and for its collaborative nature. It is genuine and enthusiastic on a human level. For the folks of many different Indian tribes who sit for his portraits, and who often become his life-long friends, Shane builds lasting rapport. It is this rapport, and the importance of honest collaboration between people of different cultures, that is so vital for our country and is at the heart of moving forward as a nation. I strive to emulate the rapport that Shane has achieved in his art in the work I’m doing in congress. Shane’s photographs are not only beautiful, they convey the best example of good people working together to achieve something great”.
 
Debra A. Haaland
US Congresswoman for New Mexico 1st District Laguna Pueblo
 
Things we chatted about on the show:
The usual back and forth chatter at the beginning covered “how we value our work” which Andrew is finding extremely difficult at the moment, how important it is to record some info on a photograph and how crap cloud storage is for a long term solution to filing. Shane was very helpful in focusing our thoughts in these areas.
 
Simon made an appearance on the “brand extension” of Sunny16 Podcast – Sunny16 Presents! – not sure if it’s out yet but you can find episodes here, it looks like a great podcast.
https://sunny16presents.podbean.com/
 
We referenced a lot of Shane’s public work and installations including the proposed 7ft mural of Greta.
https://www.inforum.com/news/4969850-Bismarck-artist-behind-controversial-Greta-Thunberg-mural-shares-stories-of-support-and-hate
 
The documentary talks about the Dakota pipeline that POTUS authorised on coming into power. Shane goes to the site of the protest to record the moment then later voices his disapproval in the only way he knows.
https://nostalgicglasswetplatestudio.zenfolio.com/blog/2017/1/donald-trump-potus
 
 
You can find the documentary on Vimeo or Amazon Video
https://www.amazon.com/Balkowitsch-Shane/dp/B087CFNWS3
 
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/balkowitschfilm
 
The first Native American Shane made a wet plate portrait of was the great grandson of sitting bull Ernie Lapointe - lots on the net but here is a YouTube video with Ernie talking about Little Big Horn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-3NIrXW92s
 
Shane made a Blurb book all about Ernie and the portrait sessions.
https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/5586336-the-legacy-of-sitting-bull-wet-plate-session-revis
 
 
Shane follows in the footsteps of intrepid wet plate photographers og the 19th century and it was Bismarck photographer Orlando Scott Goff whose historic wet plate images of Plains Indians so inspired Shane to carry on a modern day version.
https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&rlz=1C1GCEU_enGB846GB857&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=orlando+scott+goff&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC6eObpN_rAhVGXBoKHcAED9sQsAR6BAgLEAE&biw=1536&bih=850
 
The Historical Society of North Dakota takes all Shane’s work (and they want his shirt and bowler hat post mortem).
https://www.history.nd.gov/
 
(Oh and our podcast recording will be stored there too)
 
Shane loves to collaborate and make tableaus – the documentary shows the making of “Liberty trudges through injustice”
Here is a YouTube video showing the mural unveiling in Bismark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSUUJo8xaD8
 
Shane talks about technology and photography in a TedX talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlppgZcNwYo
Shane’s links
Shane suggests Googling his name and that works!
 
His website is a good place to start.
http://sharoncol.balkowitsch.com/wetplate.htm
 
And on IG
https://www.instagram.com/balkowitsch/?hl=en
 
Shane runs a FB group called “Friends of Fredrick Scott Archer”
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551392035129844
 
 
Other News
 
The Six Towns Darkroom is OPEN but if you want to come along please get in touch with S

"Ultimately, despite the contemporary subject matter and modern details, we see a unique honesty and are struck by the strength and determination of these skaters.
"They are purposeful and courageous, open, playful and supportive.
"I admire their respectful and shrewd fight for a place in the world."
 
A quote from the BBC News article that prompted Simon to reach out to Jenny and we are sure glad he did.
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-53739203
 
 
Things we chatted about on the show:
Like a wild animal caged in a zoo and poked at by small children Andrew, goaded by Simon and Jimmy Hickford was given some space to have a mini rant about a few things.
Don’t pay too much attention to him as he is old and senile.
 
During our regular catch up section, Jenny told us she had been making some lumen prints during lockdown using RC paper and some old expired colour paper.
Lumen prints are some of the easiest ways to make photographic prints and read about them here and see some of the beautiful images created by Natasha Sanchez.
https://www.natashasanchezcreates.com/lumen-prints#:~:text=A%20lumen%20print%20is%20a,experiments%20in%20the%2019th%20century.
 
Andrew mentioned arthrotypes which wasn’t at all the correct term – it was Anthotype.
https://www.alternativephotography.com/anthotypes-anthotype-process/
 
Friend of the show and sometime video editor Jimmy Hickford drew our attention to Czech photographer Marketa Luskavova.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%C3%A9ta_Luska%C4%8Dov%C3%A1
 
Jenny spoke about Erik Mathy who makes LF lenses from Dollar bills! – he is featured in the upcoming Analogue Forever Issue 2.
https://www.analogforevermagazine.com/features-interviews/film-review-ride-slow-take-pictures
 
Jenny is related to Alma Lavenson one of the members of Group f64
View her work on Google.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Alma+Lavenson,+photographs&safe=active&rlz=1C1GCEU_enGB846GB857&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LSz9U3MEnPjjcqUQKzkw3Ly5LLtKSyk630k_Lzs_UTS0sy8ousQOxihfy8nMpFrFKOObmJCj6JZal5xfl5OgoFGfkl-elFiQUZxTtYGQGr3JmMVgAAAA&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjDm-32x73rAhV2UBUIHaY8Ct4Q_AUoAXoECBIQAw&biw=1536&bih=850
 
Jenny is proud to be associate with the Skate Like A Girl organisation
http://www.skatelikeagirl.com/
Jenny wishes to thank her publisher, Daylight Bookshttps://daylightbooks.org/
 
Jenny’s links
 
Check out the BBC article that kicked all this off.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-53739203
 
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/jennysampsonphotography/?hl=en
 
Jenny has her Skater Girls book out soon and orders can be taken via her website or your local book store.
http://www.jennysampson.com/
 
And last but by no means least Jenny began collaborating with other artists during lockdown to make reimagined pictures of classic photographs, but they all had to incorporate toilet rolls.
What a wonderful and unique project. Discover more photographers and see how many you recognise at the Rolls and Tubes IG page
https://www.instagram.com/rolls_and_tubes/?hl=en
 
 
 
Other News
 
The Six Towns Darkroom is OPEN but if you want to come along please get in touch with Simon first as numbers are limited.
 
 
 
LFPP links -
 
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
 
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
 
You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/
 
Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew –
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
 
Or from Simon –
https://twitter.com/simonfor
 
Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast
largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com
 
Podcast Hosts Social Media presence
 
Simon Forster
www.classiclensespodcast.com
 
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
 
https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
 
https://www.fa