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 Originally Posted by Kerik
Cameras:
Anthony and Scovill 14x17
Lotus 12x20
Korona 11x14 converted for wet plate collodion
Wisner 7x17
Some favorite lenses:
18" Verito
20" Vitax
Pinkham & Smith Visual Quality #IV
48 cm Hermagis Eidoscope
240mm WA Carl Zeiss Dagor
14" Dagor
450 Nikkor-M
24" RD Artar
Processes:
Platinum/Palladum
Gum over Pt/Pd
Centenial Printing Out Paper
Wet Plate Collodion
Kerik
www.kerik.com
Hi Kerik,
we just looked at you website. There are some amazing images there (even if I haven't adjusted my monitor for optimal viewing). The 7x17 format is very appealing, it makes us nearly overcome our hesitation to do anything beyong roll film sized stuff. But I bet you need cudos for this game - and a fabulous darkroom as well. The lure of these old printing techniques does not escape us either...
Ah well, as soon as we win the lottery (and I'm still confident this will happen one day), we can start to venture along this avenue as well. For now, we will just look wistfully at the products of your Wisner, as that is (we assume) the camera you're using for the 7x17 prints.
And keep on making these great shots...for the sake of mankind and for ours in particular ;-)
Cheers, norm
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Norm,
just take the plunge into ulf.....!
We could start an international society of 7 x 17 affectionados...
Dave in Vegas
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Originally Posted by medform-norm
Hi Kerik,
we just looked at you website. There are some amazing images there (even if I haven't adjusted my monitor for optimal viewing). The 7x17 format is very appealing, it makes us nearly overcome our hesitation to do anything beyong roll film sized stuff. But I bet you need cudos for this game - and a fabulous darkroom as well. The lure of these old printing techniques does not escape us either...
Ah well, as soon as we win the lottery (and I'm still confident this will happen one day), we can start to venture along this avenue as well. For now, we will just look wistfully at the products of your Wisner, as that is (we assume) the camera you're using for the 7x17 prints.
And keep on making these great shots...for the sake of mankind and for ours in particular ;-)
Cheers, norm
Norm,
Thank you for your very kind words. I haven't won the lottery yet either, but I am able to support my work through print sales and teaching. One of the nice things about the 'old processes' is that you really don't need much of a darkroom, so don't let that dissuade you. I currently use a Wisner for 7x17, but many of the images on my website were made with Korona 7x17 cameras. I went through 2 of those (the first was stolen  ) before I switched to the Wisner in 1999.
If you need someone to come to the Netherlands to teach platinum printing, let me know!
Best,
Kerik Kouklis
www.kerik.com
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Hey Kerik,
I am so looking forward to seeing you at the workshop in Montana! It will probably be cooler than the 104 here....actually a good in the shade workable norm for this desert.......
now that is a good justification for a trip to the Netherlands....a Kerik alumni reunion workshop!
Dave in Vegas
(there's more film in the cooler)
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Originally Posted by Kerik
If you need someone to come to the Netherlands to teach platinum printing, let me know!
Best,
Kerik Kouklis
www.kerik.com
I'll think of that suggestion. Keep it in the back of my mind, mull it over a bit and maybe I'll find an organisation or institute willing to pay for it...an art school maybe? (Unless of course I win the lottery).
We have a good friend who teaches art photography (Gurski stuff etc), and he's a bit hmmhmm when we say anything to him about photography (he knows best, yeah right), but if we drop the hint carefully, he might bite...He did mention lately that he felt like going back to the darkroom when seeing such nice 'silver gelatins' in a show somewhere on his frequent travels (talking luxury life here). Here's his website: http://www.frankvandersalm.nl/
Or do you have contacts here yourself?
And when you do come, please don't ask us to show you around to all our coffee shop even know where they are- it's soooo cliché American to ask that - we Dutch joke about it. And eat another liquorice...
Cheers, norm
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Originally Posted by medform-norm
We have a good friend who teaches art photography (Gurski stuff etc), and he's a bit hmmhmm when we say anything to him about photography (he knows best, yeah right), but if we drop the hint carefully, he might bite...He did mention lately that he felt like going back to the darkroom when seeing such nice 'silver gelatins' in a show somewhere on his frequent travels (talking luxury life here). Here's his website: http://www.frankvandersalm.nl/
Or do you have contacts here yourself?
And when you do come, please don't ask us to show you around to all our coffee shop even know where they are- it's soooo cliché American to ask that - we Dutch joke about it. And eat another liquorice...
Cheers, norm
Norm,
No, I don't have any contacts there, but I'm always up for taking the platinum show on the road! I looked at that website and he has some pretty interesting work. BIG prints. Digital, I presume?
If you give me a map showing where the coffee houses are, I promise not to ask when I get there.  And I like licorice, too!
Kerik
www.kerik.com
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Improved Seneca View 11x14
Wollensak 15.5" Velostigmat Series II f/4.5 variable focus
Pt/Pd and Gum predominantly
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