Dave Shrimpton is a wet plate collodion photographer who uses vintage cameras to produce his art. He cites the work of Julia Margaret Cameron as his inspiration and says that upon viewing his first Cameron exhibition his “world changed for ever”.
This exhibition is entitled Searching for Alice and uses the image of Alice Liddell, photographed by and friend of Julia Margaret Cameron, as its point of departure. Being drawn into the world of Mrs Cameron through his own Muse, Catarina Correia, Dave’s work seeks to explore the results of the often unpredictable and unique wet collodion process.
He is thrilled to be displaying such a large body of his work in one place with many images not previously seen by a public audience. Dave will further follow in the creative footsteps of Mrs Cameron by photographing the current museum staff. The sitters for many of her iconic photographs were actually servants within the household staff at Dimbola. These priceless wet plates taken by Dave will form a further element to this already exciting and dynamic exhibition.
Dave Shrimpton: Searching for Alice
until 1 January 2025
Dimbola, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
See: https://dimbola.co.uk/event/dave-shrimpton-searching-for-alice/
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It's quite a surprise to note so many photographers 'showing their photographic collodion wares online' (especially on Instagram) who are involved with experimental collodion photography. There are some fabulous examples of huge wetplate cameras obviously using very large glass plates. One 'camera' is made by a guy using the space within the back of a large road haulage truck as his 'pinhole box camera'.