{"id":25520,"date":"2025-07-28T14:33:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/?p=25520"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:33:34","slug":"a-collodion-social-the-return-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/a-collodion-social-the-return-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"A Collodion Social &#8211; the return visit."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s been nearly thirteen years since <a href=\"http:\/\/sharoncol.balkowitsch.com\/wetplate.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shane Balkowitsch<\/a> visited my old studio in Manchester for a <a href=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/shane-balkowitsch-and-the-order-of-the-pith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">collodion social<\/a>. Since then he has become on of the most prolific wet plate artists around, documenting native Americans in his daylight studio in North Dakota, lecturing in high school and college, and providing a creative wet plate environment for students and his friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2025\/07\/wetplate1683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wetplate1683-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wetplate1683-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wetplate1683-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wetplate1683-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wetplate1683-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wetplate1683-1-520x520.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now in 2025 its time for another visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, on Thursday 7th of August I&#8217;ll be having another wet plate social to coincide with Shanes visit. 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