There is only one constant in life - Change!

Since 1990, I would described myself as “a large format film photographer who makes contact prints.” I have shot with 4x5, 4x10 5x7, 8x10, 11x14 and 8x20 formats. I did shot some smaller work with medium format cameras, but I never liked the results of the smaller negative enlarged. So, I focused on contact printing the larger negatives.

I worked with Platinum/Palladium process for about seven years and had some very good results and success. First using the Palladio Company’s machine coated paper that was available in the early ‘90 and then hand coating my own after they went out of business. I used a double coating process that gave me better results with increase densities in my prints.

Then life through me a curve and mixed with the art. I thought moving my studio into a new house would help my photography. It did, but it changed it also. I could say life started to get too busy. I found that I no longer had the time or patience that I required for printing with the Platinum process. I migrated to silver printing but still contact printed. That has worked nicely for the last ten plus years.

Once again life has intervened and given me another opportunity to explore my “definitions” of myself. We move about three miles last year into a nice house. At first, I thought it would give me a chance to build a better darkroom with more space. However, I found it gave me a chance to explore possibilities I could have never dreamed for myself. Turns out to be changing my definitions for my photography.

I have started to explore the older work shot on medium format cameras that I had discarded because it was too small to contact print. Old works shot with large format but now being printed in different sizes from the contact prints and explore new work shot with medium format, large format or even digital capture. For most, this will seem like I should have made the change a long time ago. Maybe, but my photography is my journey to make, and at my speed.

Exhibition History - Where my work has been seen
About the Prints - Information about the print sell
Camera Equipment - Information about the cameras used to make the images on this site.
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Email me at glosse1@comcast.net