Thats pretty sick Mann

I was really impressed with the work of Sally Mann on a recent trip to the photograpghers gallery.

Moody, dark, ethereal, even haunting are just a few words that describe it.

She's a proper artist and uses antique cameras and something called the wet-plate collodion process to make prints which sit in between the realms of painting and photography.

Here comes the science part: 

The negative is made by coating a glass plate with collodion to form an emulsion which gives the photograpgher five minutes to make the exposure in a tricky process.

That's hows the shots can appear aged and smudged like their painted, their imperfections really add to their ambience.

Eat your heart out hipstamatic crew.

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