I had an exhibition of my long exposure self portrait pinhole photographs, mostly from the Balancing Act series that I made between 2006 and 2007, exploring the gain, loss, and regain of my ability to stand. The show was at Axolotl Gallery, in Edinburgh, with some of the prints showing at its sister gallery, Axo, throughout August.

I got a couple of cracking reviews, with four stars from The List and four stars from The Scotsman, too.

Sarachek will join six other photographers in a discussion of unusual photographic techniques. In Sarachek’s hands the chemigram process, first described in 1956 by Belgian professor Pierre Cordier, is used in a unique way. Working much like a painter or print-maker, but using only photo paper, resist, light, and chemicals, his work bridges the aesthetic of painting and print-making with the materials of photography. There is no “taking” of a photograph. Rather, each image is conceived of and created completely by the artist as a unique work of art.

Seven photographers working with unusual photographic processes will describe their techniques at this event, Sunday, January 17, 10:30 am - 4:30 pm. The Symposium is free but space is limited. More information can be found at B & H Photo online The B&H Event Space is at 9th Avenue and 34th Street, New York, NY.

I’m offering a number of handmade silver prints, made from pictures in this set, for a reduced price for the next few weeks…

I’m currently studying to finish a long-paused degree, having picked it up again after a gap of twenty years. Unfortunately, I’m a bit short of funds and so need to raise the necessaries or put the studies on hold for another year. I’m hoping to start my next course, in art history, so that I can go on and apply to study for a masters. But, I need to pay for it in a month’s time. Towards that end, I’m selling some prints at a rather reduced price.

Each print is hand-printed by me on silver gelatin fibre-based paper, and toned. They are printed on 8×10" paper, so the image size is slightly smaller than that to allow for proper mounting. I will mount and window mat them, to a standard size (based on where you are, so, 12×16 inches or 30×40 centimetres, as appropriate.) They will be shipped in the first week of December, so, just in time for the holidays.

$95 each, plus postage. Or £60 including registered delivery in the UK.

The original images are either 4×5" wet plate collodion on clear glass, or pinhole photographs on 4×5" film.

Wouldn’t you like to give yourself a handmade silver print? Any questions, please just email me at slowlight@slowlight.net.

Adam Stone, a painter and lecturer based in Leeds, had a spot on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, as part of Antony Gormley’s One and Other project.

While perched on the plinth, he made a series of pinhole photographs.

Nick Dvoracek has been knocking them all the way out of the park and into the next town with the Populist, the little cardboard camera that can. (And this is another mighty example of his WPPD images.)

Nick’s designed a 35mm version, a 120 version, even a stereoscopic one, all with step by step instructions…what’s holding you back? It even has a Flickr group of its own.

There’s a long overdue update to the main site at slowlight.net, with some new images in the self portrait section, and the work in progress area.

More soon!

(pinhole image above made on Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2009)

If you’re going to be anywhere near Öland at the end of the month, I hope you’ll be exploring the joys of Konstnatten. I wish I was able to go along myself, but 16 of my images will be on show at Saxnäs (including a dozen pinhole photographs). And I’m delighted to have my work sharing wall space with pictures by Bosse Blomqvist, one of my very favourite photographers.

Bosse works with old cameras, and often with hand-coated dry plates, doing astonishing things with light and memory.

There’s a good interview with Bosse by Chris Keeney, that’s well worth a read. At the very least, go and look at this and dream of quiet forests.

A fantastic piece of work!