Nos. 21, 22
Joseph Kayne
No. 21
Hopi Maiden, giclée from original wet plate collodion tintype, 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.
Joannika, Hopi, Second Mesa, Corn Clan
$875
No. 22
The History Maker, giclée from original wet plate collodion tintype, 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.
Deb Haaland, first Native American United States Cabinet Member (Secretary of the Interior) and one of the first two Native American women elected to the US Congress
$875
Joseph Kayne photographs the American landscape, the Heartland, and Native American archaeological sites with a 4x5 large-format view camera. His latest projects involve working in the rare antique process known as wet plate collodion tintype photography, using an 8x10 old wooden camera and a brass Petzval lens from 1870. With wet plate collodion, there is no negative or film. Rather, the plate is poured, exposed, and developed on-site. The whole process, from beginning to end, must be finished while the chemistry is wet, which is approximately 15 minutes. Kayne’s interest in photography started while he was working in archaeology in Egypt and Israel during his college years. He was one of the first color photographers to portray Ancestral Puebloan archeological sites and dwellings as an art form, and he is well known for his barn images and large-format nature photography.