Stephen Berkman

Stephen Berkman has revived the faithful representation of the early wet-collodion process. His long devotion to filmmaking ironically drew his attention to the earliest photographic technique that bears witness to the sense of "development" of images. The uneasy and enigmatic qualities in his glass plates can be attributed to the presence of a paradox: the capturing of a moment in combination with the suggestion of movement, as in film. Bridging the alchemical past and the cinematic present of photography, Berkman moves forward into the unpredictable future of photographic evolution.

Stephen Berkman (b. 1963) Uncle Milt, 2000 Ambrotype Four plates, each 11 x 14 inches

Stephen Berkman (b. 1963) Untitled, 2000 Ambrotype 11 x 14 inches

Stephen Berkman (b. 1963) Rachel, 2000 Ambrotype 11 x 14 inches

Stephen Berkman (b. 1963) Untitled, 1999 Ambrotype 11 x 14 inches