Photographer #045: Joni Sternbach
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Joni Sternbach, USA, 1953, uses a technique in photography that has been around since the 1850's but not seen very often these days. She makes tintypes of 8x10" and 14x17". One of a kind positives on blackened metal, shot in camera on location and then processed in a portable dark box. (see video) Her book Surfland was released in 2009. Images of surfers along the coastline.
Sternbach focuses on landscapes and seascapes, the series The Salt Effect is an example of her landscape photography.
Website: www.jonisternbach.com
