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I’m super happy with this plate from today! Thank you you two :) from @lawrencesview - Patty and I had a great shoot today with always fabulous @blueriverdream - here’s one of the plates in the drying rack. #blueriverdream #artmodel #nudemodel #artnude #lawrencesview #tintype #wetplate #altprocess #alternativeprocess #blueriverdream

Tumblr Safe, with Dakota Snow (@msdakotasnow on IG - looks like tumblr lost her too).  In the future, you can find me @lawrencesview on instagram, and I’m getting a blog made through my website (lawrencesview.com).  Please bear with me while I get the blog made - Tumblr did not pick the most convenient of times to shut down the art nude community.  Goodbye, Tumblr!

I’ll be at the “Inspired by Frida Kahlo” Exhibition opening reception and Holiday Market this Friday, December 7th, from 6-9 PM, at Artists and Makers Studios I on Parklawn Ave. in Rockville, MD.  I have a collection of my tintypes, kallitypes, and cyanotypes for sale - come see a modern interpretation of historic photo processes.  Stop by and say hello!  (The photo is digital, but @blueriverdream did such a lovely job I just had to show it).

The Abandoned Angel, with @melancholic-model. Palladium-toned kallitype.  I had started this last year, but revisited it now that my kallityping has improved, and finally gotten the final version to where I want it. 

The Painter, with @keiragrant.  Part of my Duchamp-inspired motion series, brush and palette courtesy of Keira.  8x10 Tintype.  Copyright 2018, William Lawrence.

@livsage, with Dusty.  For some reason, Dusty always seems to sneak into the photo when I’m in studio with Liv.

The Death of Frida Kahlo.  With @blueriverdream.  Diptych, 8x10 Tintype/Tintype with embroidery thread.  Inspired by Frida Kahlo’s last diary entry.  I’ll have this at the December Holiday Market at Artists & Makers I in Rockville, MD on Dec. 7 - stop by my table and check it out!

Columbia Averts Her Gaze, with @keiragrant.  8x10 Tintype, plate #4 in the “Shining Finger of Freedom” series.  Copyright 2018, William Lawrence.

Columbia, spirit of the US and defender of the vulnerable, averts her gaze from our country.  Won’t you help restore her faith and VOTE?

@keiragrant.  Salt print from 8x10 wet-plate negative.  Copyright 2018, William Lawrence.

@anoush-anou.  Kallitype contact print from digital negative.  Copyright 2018, William Lawrence.

This is a draft print kallitype, but I’d say almost ready for toning!

@blueriverdream. Gold-toned salt print from 8x10 wet-plate negative.  Copyright 2018, William Lawrence.

@blueriverdream.  8x10 Black Glass Ambrotype.  Copyright 2018, William Lawrence.

I’m liking the black glass for wet-plate, but my source has glass thick enough that I’m going to have to see if I can make it work.  Blue’s pose here is lovely, though, and goes so well with wet-plate!

The Death of Truth, with @anoush-anou.  Plate 3 in my “Shining Finger of Freedom” series.

There were some who feared the Naked Truth.

@celestialcreature.  Copyright 2018, William Lawrence.

@blueriverdream.  8x10 Clear glass ambrotype.  You can see some texture in the blacks - that’s the black cloth I have behind the glass plate.  From a great shoot with Blue recently.

@livsage in the rapids.  Copyright 2018, William Lawrence.

Barred, with @livsage.  This was originally titled after the obvious natural feature in the landscape, but given recent conversations going on in the national media and on social media, “barred” maybe applicable on more than one level.

Lady Liberty Shines the Finger of Freedom, with @dakotasnow.  8x10 tintype, second in my “Shining Finger of Freedom” series.

@livsage.  Copyright 2018, William Lawrence.

@dakotasnow. 8x10 tintype.  Copyright 2018, William Lawrence.

Soul of the Stream, with @blueriverdream.  Palladium toned kallitype.

Starting to get some prints ready for 16x20 frames for showing.