Paper Negative – Tim Bowman

4 by 5 and 8 by 10 holders with a pencil for size reference

Big film requires big film holders

1 July 20197 January 2021Tim BOWMANLeave a comment

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Planning the corridor show at Sawtooth

15 April 20197 January 2021Tim BOWMANLeave a comment

Jessica caught me playing with tiny versions of my big prints tonight. I’m planning the layout of my show in the Redding Corridor Gallery at (https://www.sawtooth.org/) this August. Too many moving parts to arrange the prints on the computer, so I’m pushing these little guys around until they sit well...

Mounting photographs on panels, an investigation

17 March 20197 January 2021Tim BOWMANLeave a comment

Here’s what’s happening at the studio today: I’m on a quest to liberate photographs from mattes and glass. Yes, I am aware that’s the traditional way to present photographs. But I hate the way glass separates the viewer from the photograph. We’re often looking at a reflection of ourselves while we look at a...

Large format photography with paper negatives

15 August 20188 February 2021Tim BOWMANLeave a comment

I get a lot of questions about how this large format photography thing works. Here’s a short explanation of the process. The photography that I do with these large format cameras is very similar to the way photography was at it’s invention (minus the corsets and top hats.) Cameras that look like mine first...