Light & Silver

LIGHT & SILVER
The Photographic Life of George Tatge
DOCUMENTARY • 26 minutes

George Tatge is a fine art photographer. His camera is made of wood. For him, creating images requires chemistry, paper, vegetable-based film stocks, great care and patience. His camera is capable of loading only one frame at a time, and when he photographs a subject it usually means making one image — a single frame.

His process is profound, and with the proliferation of digital photography, the ritual of his art form is a fascinating study of how we once did things. It tells a story of the absolute magic and alchemy it took to create photographs with analog film.

"We live in a digital photographic age but not long ago producing a photograph was a detailed chemical process. I appreciate the ritualistic aspects and the physicality of photographing with a view camera..."

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GEORGE TATGE — Photographer