This year we revived, out of sheer delight and fascination, the early photo-techniques. The “wet-plate” is a photographic process that dates back from the 19th century. Many steps must be done within a very short period to obtain a wet-plate photograph. Firstly, the aluminum plate is coated with collodion emulsion and then sensitized in silver nitrate. The plate is then put back into the camera’s film, in a dark box with minimal red or amber light. The photograph must be taken within a minute or so, while the plate is still wet. The plate is then taken back to the dark box and developed. The image always appears inversely with beautiful imperfections, as if it were created long time ago and not today. This 4-day long workshop was held on August 18-21 at the charming Kurshumli An by Sasho N. Alushevski, photographer and Predrag Uzhelac, independent photographer associate and assistant at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Gallery: https://tinyurl.com/y7qzuhcd