Here are some shots from the first day of the workshop. During the second day I hade no time at all to take any pics. Too bad really – I could probably benefit from cloning myself.

Quinn talked about the different substrates that can be used with wet plate collodion.

Quinn showed us how to determine the focal length and f-stop of a lens. This is his Jamin-Darlot Cone Centralisateur. 220 mm focal length I believe.

Roger lives on the streets of Göteborg. He was very kind to have his portrait taken by Quinn, and the images (two) turned out great. Roger was with us in the darkroom and watched the plates emerge in the fixer. He left the studio with one of his portraits in hand. He seemed very happy and asked me to thank Quinn once again.

Quinn made two remarkable plates of Aron.

Here’s Aron and Sara, superimposed.

This is Aron’s image of Markus. Quite stunning I’d say!

First off: thank you very much Quinn, Jeanne and Summer for making all this happen!

Also a big thank you to all six students: Aron, Manuel, Bosse, Alfia, Anna and Markus. And of course Sara, being a very patient model and assistant.

I’ll post some images later.

Thank you everyone who came by the Planket show and my little demo afterwards! I appreciate your interest and comments very much.

Planket Göteborg is on again this year. You can read more about it here if you understand Swedish. Planket (tr. the fence) is a concept brought to Sweden by photographer Neil Goldstein in 1982. It’s an open, outdoor photography exhibition, where a large number of artists use a fence to hang their work. Last year, Planket Göteborg was a big hit with over 200 photographers showing their work. 

This year I will be showing a small series of wet plate self portraits. The mounting and framing will be a bit unconventional, I’m trying to take advantage of the versatility of the glass plate as a substrate. The portraits are on the funny side of life. 

So, if you happen to be around Hålekärrsgatan in Majorna, Göteborg on August the 15th, you really should come by Planket.

It will happen on the 5th and 6th of September, here in Göteborg.

I tested the new camera last weekend, and here’s one of the plates. It’s nothing particular really, but it’s really nice to work with a real wet plate camera. Especially the plate holder. As usual, I had the wrong mindset when I tested the camera. I often have a silly notion that I will make a super great plate on the first try. With a whole new camera, new lens, new plate size, new light… I should be glad it turned out OK. 

Nothing is decided as of right now, but it is likely that Quinn Jacobson will do a workshop here in Göteborg, Sweden this fall. The workshop will probably be held in Gårdaskolan in an old “art” classroom, where I have my wet plate equipment.