2004 August | The Daguerreotype: Contemporary work by Jonathan Danforth

Buh-bye film…

Posted in Artist's Journal, News & Events by Jonathan on the August 26th, 2004

8/26/2004 10:36AM:

Here’s some sad news: Agfa is quitting the film business. I wonder how long my friends Fuji and Ilford will last. Luckily, I’ve been teaching myself the finer points of making my own film and in-camera plates. If, in fifty years, you see a toothless old geezer poking around an antique shop looking to buy replacement parts for the last-known working view camera in existence, you’ll know it’s me.

This week has been very difficult for me and I’m trying to cope with a great number of frustrations in my life. Expect updates in a new section when I get back from my trip to Penland School next week.

-Jon

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Ruminations on the Standard Excellent Photo

Posted in Artist's Journal, Philosophy, Photography by Jonathan on the August 24th, 2004

8/24/2004 12:07AM:

I’ve been working on other areas of the danforthsource web tonight. It’s been a long time since I used mySQL and I’m very rusty. Programming this tonight reminds me of something that I want to share with those of you reading these pages.

The editor of LensWork Magazine has a fascinating insight on (more…)

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Daguerrotypes!

Posted in Artist's Journal, Photography by Jonathan on the August 23rd, 2004

8/23/2004 12:04PM:

Today is my birthday, hooray for me and my 24 years! One more year and the insurance companies will stop assuming that I’m high risk!

I will be at the Penland School of Crafts all next week learning the art of Becquerrel-process Daguerreotypes from Jerry Spagnoli. I’ve been researching this special brand of photography for about a year and I’m very excited about learning it. Along with the process of wet-plate tintypes, Daguerreotypes should help me in a couple of the projects I’ve got in the works.

Because Amazon is a bit slow in getting my new credit card to me, I’m forced to wait on ordering the photo supplies I need to do more work. Since I’m heading to Penland on Sunday, I will probably stay out of the darkroom until the week following anyway. More to come…

-Jon