Category Archives: Black and White Photography

No Words, #21

Photo No Words #21

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From The Archive: Black And White Nude #1

Another black and white nude of Angie from the short series Bangkok Personalities:

 

From The Archive: Black And White Nude #1

Angie: Black And White Nude

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The Stunning Work Of Michael Massaia

I’ve discovered a photographer whose work I really love: Michael Massaia. He creates stunning black and white images of desolation and emptiness, but not in a way that leaves one depressed, but more in a way that leaves one fascinated. To top it off, Massaia uses large format film cameras and creates his look in the darkroom. He is an incredibly skilled printer.

Take a look at his portfolios here. Watch a video about him and his process here.

Photo By Michael Massaia

Afterlife

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No Words #15

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Dennis Ziliotto And The Wet Plate Collodion Clown

Time for a little break from the Plain of Jars Project. I haven’t yet ventured into working with wet plate collodion, a photographic process from the 1800s, but in anticipation I’m a member of two great Facebook groups, one the Wet Plate Collodion Group, and the other, the wonderfully named Collodion Bastards: Wet Plate Work of Questionable Parentage. There is just absolutely stunning work in both, but I came across an image that I can’t stop looking at. Here it is:

Photo Dennis Ziliotto

The only word I can come up with is mesmerizing. It is almost as if the image is so disturbing that I can’t look at it for long, but I keep coming back to it. At one moment the clown is sad, the next threatening, and then the next just looking, with no intent whatsoever. I love that each time I look at it, I get a different impression.

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I truly thought it was a man made up with makeup, but as you can see below, I was wrong on both counts.

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Plain of Jars Project Photo Gallery

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As you may have noticed, I’m working on a great new venture, The Plain of Jars Project. It is a fundraiser for a small community project, The Lone Buffalo Foundation, in Laos, where I’ve hung my hat for the last five months. If you haven’t checked it out, here is the fundraiser page at StartSomeGood:

http://startsomegood.com/plainofjarsproject

Donation are of course welcome!

The images in the gallery below are the rewards for donors (along with some handmade Lao items, some made by Unexploded Ordnance survivors):

If you want read about the impetus of the project, the great crew endorsing the project, donor’s list, sponsor’s list, and the blog (phew!), take a look here:

http://plainofjarsproject.com/

Things may be a bit slower around Jon Witsell Photographic Arts—but you can catch a lot of great activity at the links above!

 

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