This is an amazing video by and about an amazing person. I am old enough to have found my love of photography in a cold, smelly darkroom that tended toward light leaks and made for impossible temperature control because it was in the basement. But it taught me a lot about light and shadow, and painting with both. Unfortunately the digital age has robbed most photographers of this basic knowledge and instinct for light and how it behaves.
Ian Ruhter has gone back to the very earliest days of 'wet plate' photography -- take a look at the detail and warmth of his images and think about what we have lost for the convenience of a bunch of silicon circuits....
SILVER & LIGHT from Ian Ruhter : Alchemist on Vimeo.
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