Sep17
National Heritage Weekend Wet Plate Event
To celebrate National Heritage Weekend, we took wet plate portraitsat this two-day event on Saturday September 13th and Sunday September 14th organised by Michele Selway in Todmorden Unitarian Church. The church is a fantastic venue, “full of quirky...
May13
Chorlton Arts Festival
As part of Chorlton Arts Festival, we will be taking wet plate portraits for this two-day event on Saturday May 24th and Sunday May 25th organised by Michele Selway in a pop-up shop on Chorlton High Road. Chorlton Arts Festival is one of...
Apr03
Portrait Event on Chorlton High Road
We will be taking wet plate portraits for this all-day event on Saturday April 12th organised by Michele Selway in an empty shop on Chorlton High Road. All profits go to the final year students’ Contemporary Photography Final Degree Show at Stockport...
May30
Fundraising Event at Lancaster University
21st June 2013 12:30 pm 5:00 pm Lecture Theatre 3, Furness College, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YG Discover the 19th century art of wetplate collodion photography, in which images are taken on tin and glass. See the process in action and...
Feb10
Review of Vanitas Exhibition
Many thanks to Melissa Tricoire for this lovely review of our joint exhibition at the Double Negative Darkroom, Hackney! Here’s an extract – “Magic emanates from Brewer’s still lifes, creating a theatre of curiosities with human skulls,...
Dec08
Vanitas Exhibition
An exhibition of unique photographic plates by John Brewer & Kate Horsley 8th December 2012 – 12th January 2013 at the Double Negative Darkroom 78a Glyn Road, Hackney, London E5 0JE; Launch event 8th December 2012 Growing out of the memento...
Oct16
A Short Film About Wet Plate
Here’s a video of John at work from fab alternative photography site, Film’s Not Dead. The beauty of wet plates is that they are a ‘one off’ and cannot be replicated… In her blog about a visit to John’s studio, Tori says: “Recently...
