“Soul” with the one and only Jon Michael Batiste, captured for the first time in the historic 1851 wet plate collodion process of pure silver on glass. Jon recently won an Oscar for best musical score and won 5 Grammys for best album of the year. You will not find a more talented and kind human being. While I was preparing the plates, he sang and played the piano for my family. This original plate is earmarked for the Louisiana State Museum where he was born and raised.
Carl Zeiss Tessar 300mm lens, f4.5, 11 seconds of exposure, 8x10” black glass ambrotype, continuous fluorescent bulbs, Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota, taken on 3-29-2022.
This quality art paper 11x14” print is from an original 8x10” black glass ambrotype scan. Each print is embossed with the studio stamp, numbered and signed by Shane Balkowitsch the artist. There are only 100 of these prints being made available for worldwide distribution.
The proceeds from the sale of these photographic cards will go to my favorite charity the American Indian College Fund.