Object: Contemporary Wet Plate Collodion Portraiture

Head On Photo Festival 2013

Christopher Getts & Pania Newport

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Dates: 19 May 2013 - 09 Jun 2013

Location: Studio 1A Sydney Suite 1a (first floor), 10 Carrington Rd Marrickville NSW 2204 Australia

Hours: Thur-Sun 10am-3pm

Entry Fee: Free

Exhibition Event:

Official Opening 19/05/2013 6:00 am

Object: Contemporary Wet Plate Collodion Portraiture is an exhibition featuring works by Christopher Getts and Pania Newport that are produced using 19th Century photographic processes.

Represented are wet plate collodion tintypes which are objects of art in their own right. Artists Christopher Getts and Pania Newport have captured portraits of people holding an OBJECT that represents something of importance to the sitter whilst the OBJECT held by the sitter is photographed as a separate still life wet plate. Each sitter is required to remain still and concentrate on the picture taking process and holding of their important OBJECT which can last for up to 60 seconds (unlike the instant shutter of digital photography today). The resulting intensity of the sitters gaze engages viewers in a manner that is distinct from the casually made, ephemeral images that have become so familiar with today’s digital photography.