Captured Landscapes
Captured Landscapes
This developing series has been created in the Wet Plate Collodion process using a 19th century, Jamin lens and an 8x10 Deardorff camera.
Collodion plates are such that they must be coated, sensitized, exposed and processed before the photographic plate has a chance to dry.
All original 8 x 10 inch plates from which these were scanned are one of a kind and made either on aluminum or black glass.
Made with natural light in an outdoor setting, these plates are exposed over the course of the day and reflect the movement of the sun as is interacts with the "landscape".
By: Bill Schwab (USA) ©2010
Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1959, Bill Schwab's childhood was spent surrounded by photography. Coming from a family of professional and rank amateur photographers, the equipment and knowledge of it was easily come by. Choosing an educational path with emphasis in the arts, Schwab earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography and graphic design from Central Michigan University in 1983 and has pursued a photographic career both personally and commercially ever since.
Although his style has gradually developed over the years, the common themes that thread through this ever growing body of work are those of the natural and urban landscape.
His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in the US and abroad since the early 1980's and is represented in a growing number of private, corporate and public collections throughout the world. Institutions holding his work in their permanent collections include the George Eastman House, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Dayton Museum of Art, Polk Museum of Art, Akron Art Museum and the Cincinnati Art Museum. Two books of his work have been published to date, Bill Schwab: Photographs (1999) and "Gathering Calm - Photographs 1994-2004" (2005).
COPYRIGHT NOTICE ©2010
Copyright ©Bill Schwab, All rights reserved. This photo is not to be used as free stock.
Use without written consent by the author (Bill Schwab) is illegal and punishable by law.
Captured Landscapes
This developing series has been created in the Wet Plate Collodion process using a 19th century, Jamin lens and an 8x10 Deardorff camera.
Collodion plates are such that they must be coated, sensitized, exposed and processed before the photographic plate has a chance to dry.
All original 8 x 10 inch plates from which these were scanned are one of a kind and made either on aluminum or black glass.
Made with natural light in an outdoor setting, these plates are exposed over the course of the day and reflect the movement of the sun as is interacts with the "landscape".
By: Bill Schwab (USA) ©2010
Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1959, Bill Schwab's childhood was spent surrounded by photography. Coming from a family of professional and rank amateur photographers, the equipment and knowledge of it was easily come by. Choosing an educational path with emphasis in the arts, Schwab earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography and graphic design from Central Michigan University in 1983 and has pursued a photographic career both personally and commercially ever since.
Although his style has gradually developed over the years, the common themes that thread through this ever growing body of work are those of the natural and urban landscape.
His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in the US and abroad since the early 1980's and is represented in a growing number of private, corporate and public collections throughout the world. Institutions holding his work in their permanent collections include the George Eastman House, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Dayton Museum of Art, Polk Museum of Art, Akron Art Museum and the Cincinnati Art Museum. Two books of his work have been published to date, Bill Schwab: Photographs (1999) and "Gathering Calm - Photographs 1994-2004" (2005).
COPYRIGHT NOTICE ©2010
Copyright ©Bill Schwab, All rights reserved. This photo is not to be used as free stock.
Use without written consent by the author (Bill Schwab) is illegal and punishable by law.
