Our latest gallery from France features Dominique Genty. A geologist and scientific photographer, Dominique’s images show historic and prehistoric relics.  His interests aren’t isolated to making daguerreotypes however, he is also using his scientific background to investigate the processes of image formation.

A new galvanised, gilded and gripping image has been added to Irv’s gallery…

New to the technology galleries is a section to document workshops given by practitioners. First gallery added is Jerry Spagnoli’s recent offering through f295.

Three new images have been added to Rob’s gallery including this whole plate (left) and two 4×5’s.

New portraits and landscapes have been added to Tyler’s gallery who is having a very productive year and coming to terms with the Becquerel process

Our newest gallery belongs to daguerreotypist Robert Shlaer. Robert started experimenting with the process in 1973 and in 1987 he ended his career in theoretical biology to become a full time daguerreotypist. His images range from portraits and landscapes to solar eclipses and the moon. Robert also recreated Carvalho’s lost daguerreotypes from Frémont’s fifth expedition.

Another self taught daguerreotypist with a new gallery is a professor at the University of Barcelona teaching about historical photographic processes. Mercury developed but until now only sensitised with iodine, Alfonso has been taking on Daguerre’s original process. Keen to take on portraiture he is now experimenting with the addition of bromine to the process. Alfonso is also exhibiting at Bry later in the year.

Daguerreotypes from Russia join our galleries, an artist called Bailun who started gathering equipment and materials in 2002, produced his first images in 2004. He has found it very difficult to gain some of the chemicals in Russia but his persistence paid off. Bailun will be one of the exhibitors at this years exhibit in Bry sur Marne.

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Entries for the exhibit in Bry sur Marne close on the 15th of June and so far there are 30 exhibitors from 13 countries. The poster has been finalised – click here for a pdf.