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  • New Video – Large Format Salt Print – Where the Flowers Were – Pictorial Whispers 2026 Plate 5

    New Video – Large Format Salt Print – Where the Flowers Were – Pictorial Whispers 2026 Plate 5

    This plate belongs to Pictorial Whispers, my ongoing body of work using flowers, natural light, a vintage window, and 19th-century photographic processes to speak about grief, memory, endurance, and healing.

  • Why Salt Prints Change Color

    Why Salt Prints Change Color

    A salt print can look like several different prints before it becomes the final print. It may come out of the exposure frame looking rich, warm, red-brown, or almost purple-brown. Then it may weaken in the first wash. It may shift again during toning. It may look duller in the fixer. Then, after drying, it…

  • What the Vessels Remember – Pictorial Whispers 2026 Plate 6

    What the Vessels Remember – Pictorial Whispers 2026 Plate 6

    This plate belongs to Pictorial Whispers, my ongoing body of work using flowers, natural light, a vintage window, and 19th-century photographic processes to speak about grief, memory, endurance, and healing.

  • New Behind The Scenes Video for Pictorial Whispers Plate 4

    New Behind The Scenes Video for Pictorial Whispers Plate 4

    This plate belongs to Pictorial Whispers, my ongoing body of work using flowers, natural light, a vintage window, and 19th-century photographic processes to speak about grief, memory, endurance, and healing.

  • The Hidden Power of Gelatin in Silver Gelatin Emulsions

    The Hidden Power of Gelatin in Silver Gelatin Emulsions

    Most photographers think the magic of silver gelatin photography is in the silver. That is partly true. The silver halide crystals are the light-sensitive part of the emulsion. They are what respond to light and make the photographic image possible. But gelatin is not just the stuff that holds the silver in place.