The Espai Born of Solleric joins the Nit del Art (Art Night) with this exhibition of the photographer Miquel Salom (Santa Maria, 1951), who presents the results of one of his visits to the United States, where the he observed originals from the pioneers of photography. He gathers a selection of portraits, landscapes and studies done by the wet collodion technique considered the first photographic emulsion in history.
Approaching the two hundredth anniversary of the discovery of photography, Miquel Salom joins a growing group of international artists who have revived the ancient technique of WPC (Wet Pate Collodion) to emphasize the wealth of argentic Photography.
Based on direct exposure to light of a glass or metal plate sensitized with a chemical solution that enables the rapid collection of unique and unrepeatable works, this procedure was invented by Frederick Scott Archer in 1851 and developed by Hamilton Smith in 1856 with the Tintype patent, expanding this way the reach of the first experiences of image registration that Nicéphore Niepce had begun in 1826.
In contrast to the infinite multiplication of digital images and in tune with current trends the revaluation of the first photographic and cinematographic techniques, the exhibition is a great opportunity to observe the purity of primeval Photography through its most representative genres.
