Artists & Alchemists

I came across this and thought it worthy of sharing. When I first started working with historic photographic processes about seven years ago, there really weren't that many people working in these antiquated ways. It is heartening to see the population of photographers employing old tactile chemical processes grow by leaps and bounds since then. Interest is evident not only by the growing ranks of artists practicing the black arts, but also by the numbers of documentaries produced about artists working in with said processes. Artists & Alchemists is one such feature and includes artists Sally Mann, Chuck Close, Adam Fuss, John Coffer, Mark Osterman, France Scully Osterman, Irving Pobboravsky, Mark Kessell, Jayne Hinds Bidaut, and Jerry Spagnoli. The trailer looks awesome and I am eagerly anticipating its release sometime in 2011.

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