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  • Name: Joe Profita
  • Processes used: Cyanotype rex, Palladiums and Saltprints

    Joe enjoys being a chemistry teacher and a family man. He is also a lover of mountains and deserts having lived in the Eastern Sierra of California for many years. He has photographed since he was in college in the early 1970s. His initial interest was to record color memories of people and places. Seeing Edward Weston and Morely Baer prints in the late 1970s changed his vision to monochrome. They seemed to capture visual moments flawlessly. Joe turned to black and white photography working for many years with purchased silver gelatin paper and chemistry. He became interested in alternative processes as a means of teaching oxidation reduction chemistry but soon discovered the expression possible with these methods more closely matched his sensibilities. Joe is currently using medium and large format cameras with lenses, pinholes or slits to make film or glass negatives. Contact prints are made using salted paper, cyanotype rex or palladium materials. Joe lives in Bishop California, USA.

    "My challenge has always been to create something on a sheet of paper that communucates a perfect visual moment."

    Contact
    • Email: joeprofita (at) gmail.com

  • Tags: Cyanotype rex, Salt prints, Palladiums, Joe Profita

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