Hochzeits Wetplate für Judith & Stefan

Ein besonderes Geschenk von Freunden und Famile für das wunderschöne Brautpaar Judith & Stefan.
Die beiden waren begeistert - eine gelungene Überraschung!

18x24cm Ambrotypie auf schwarzem Glas,

mit Silberdraht auf silbergrauem Passepartout schwebend gerahmt, schwarzer tiefer Holzrahmen 35x45cm mit Distanzleiste

making-of

Kaunas Photo 2012

following the invitation to KaunasPhoto 2012 from festival director Mindaugas Kavaliauskas, I had an artist talk hosted by Alasdair Foster and a fabulous exhibition at Mykolas Žilinskas art gallery.

great works & interesting people - what a photo festival!

exhibition @ arte reina sofia, madrid

14 ambrotypes on black glass sized 20x25 cm for Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid.
collaboration with paloma polo. pictures from the exhibition opening on Jan. 25th

spotlight in B&W magazine

some ambrotypes of my portrait series are presented in a spotlight in the march 2012 issue of B&W magazine. that`s the second time my work if featured in this international magazine for collectors of fine-art photography. go buy a copy and have a look!

after our exhibition in wasaw (poland)...

oliver, igor, stefan

...we met again in vienna. great day, new friends.
(photograph by igor smirnow)

michael

photographer michael liebert / 2011

doppelportrait

auftragsarbeit doppelportrait
ambrotypie auf schwarzem glas, 20x25cm
auf silbergrauem passepartout schwebend mit silberdraht gerahmt, entspiegeltes museumsglas, rahmen aus schwarzem holz.
(sommer 2011)

Scott Matthew

Ambrotype on black glass, 20x25cm

some weeks ago just before his concert in the vienna wuk we had a great but cold wetplate session with scott matthew. here are some making-of pictures and the final ambrotype.
thanks to gernot eder for assistance and the making-of pics!

Ambrotypes in "PHOTOGRAPHIE" Magazine

the december edition of the german magazine PHOTOGRAPHIE features a 6 page article about contemporary wetplate photography. Oliver Rolf and Konrad Schmid, which learned the process in my workshops are presented there as well as my projects including an interview. GREAT!

Osteogenesis Imperfecta @ Fotonoviembre Teneriffe

My project 'Osteogenesis Imperfecta' is part of the collaborative exhibition “Atlántica Colectivas” @ Centro de Fotografia in TEA-Teneriffe Espacio de las Artes.
http://www.teatenerife.es/
http://www.fotonoviembre.com/

Album Artwork: Hans Söllner

‎"Mei Zuastand" - das neue Album von Hans Söllner erscheint am 18. November.
Album Artwork: Stefan Sappert
(Ambrotypie 20x25cm)
http://www.stefansappert.com/collodion/portraits/

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meta.morph - from London to Warsaw

Ambrotypes of the series meta.morph are exhibited at Miasto Gwiazd - 
Interdyscyplinarny Festiwal Sztuk in Zyrardowie, Warsaw/Poland.


After the premiere at London Fashion Week in March, now on view in Poland!
http://www.miastogwiazd.pl/index.php

Maximilian Hecker Asia Tour

Youth Square Y-Theatre, Hong Kong

Xihu Music Festival, Hangzhou  

Youth Square Y-Theatre, Hong Kong

Tour poster

contemporary ambrotypes on facebook

Maximilian Hecker

wedding wetplates for veronika & max

shooting wedding wetplates for veronika & max was fun!
we had a good time, nice plates and some beers - weddings have to be celebrated!

final plates: 20x25cm handmade black glass ambrotypes
signed on reverse, levitated framing in solid black wooden frames
smooth grey passe-partout, uv-protecting museum glass

empty kingdom

"If you don’t know what wet-plate photography is, educate and enlighten yourselves"

emptykingdom.com

my work published in PH-Magazine

my portfolio is featured in Canada`s wonderful PH-Magazine

PHmagazine is a monthly publication without prejudice, focused on the world of photography and open to everybody. "we strongly believe that a good photography doesn’t necessary need “big” names on either side of the camera, our only criterion is quality"

have a look at this wonderful mag and also the work of all the other amazing photographers and their work.

making-of Wetplate Workshop Bern, Switzerland

making-of pictures of the wetplate workshop in Bern in May this year.
great people, fantastic location, lovely city. hope to ge there again in 2012!

many thanks to our host Karin Scheidegger and to David Marquis for the pictures!
click on the pictures or this link to see the whole album