Photo of Bart Dorsa in MMSI

[Tamila]

In the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (Tver Boulevard 9) passes an exhibition of American photographer Bart Dorsa. All photographs on exhibition black and white, hand-print. As stated in a press release, the author uses the rare and almost forgotten way to print photos - mokrokollodievaya print (mokrokollodionny process). In printing technique he uses metal plates, which causes silver nitrate, and while the plate is sensitive to light, makes the photograph. The exhibition also shows the apparatus itself for the shooting: there's no shutter, the flash, it's just a wooden box with two lenses, substitute lens. Everyone understands that the process of shooting can last for hours, as the author must manually manage the process.
Some may ask: "And, actually, why?" But this is reduced to the discussion "figure, or film." There are fans of the original photos when the photographer himself is doing everything (some would say, create), rather than vehicle for him.
Now about the subjects. The exhibition is called "In the depths of my doll house" (Deep Inside My DollHouse). Snapshot of the dark, hard to perceive, recall images of horror films (this is my personal opinion).
It is said that the exhibition was held in complete darkness: black walls, poor lighting, visitors wandered, we can say to the touch.

Photographs 2009, the small size 19h24 cm
3 - Christina "Harlequin"
4 - series Sasha "Harlequin"
7,8 - Julia Marionette
9,10 - diptych, a series Infractus Vislo