Category: Articles
Wet Plate Pictorialism in the Modern World: Shane Balkowitch’s ‘Maiden Pouring Milk’
The Accademia del Disegno (“Academy of Design”), which opened in 1563 Florence, Italy was the world’s first academy of art. Prior to that time, to...
DISCONNECTED
We are witnessing how a virus-induced pandemic is repeatedly reducing humankind to an unprecedentedly disconnected and scattered state. The pandemic has alienated us from the...
Stilt fishermen in Sri Lanka: Real or myth?
A few fishermen sitting perched on top of crude crucifixes of sticks and twine are patiently waiting for a catch far from the shore. While...
The Making of ‘No Vaccine for Death’
A Wet Plate Collaboration by Shane Balkowitsch July 17th, 2021, University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota Ideas come from everywhere. Occasionally we self-generate. More often...
The flow must go on
“Nature abhors Vacuum” - Aristotle Flow is the state of the ever-expanding universe. Nature follows the path of least resistance where flow is the only...
“Welcome to the Garbage Mountain” by Joseba Zabalza
The project is the result of a personal effort entitled "Welcome to the Garbage Mountain", which I have been doing since 1999 and for which...
Galaxies of Gems Materialised in Confinement
The memory of bygone days is the key to enter the world of photography. These memories bring up emotions that are flashy, radical, complex and...
Self Obituary of a Martyr
New highway construction leaves behind a row of buildings which are half demolished, exposing the inner spaces to the commuters. In the process, the buildings,...
The Spaces of Freedom
The concept of freedom has haunted mankind since its dawn. Space, which defines the quantum of freedom experienced by mankind, has bothered it through the...