LENSCRATCH » Helen Maurene Cooper http://lenscratch.com Fine Art Photography Daily Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:59:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Focus on Portraiture: Helen Maurene Cooper: The Caregivers http://lenscratch.com/2021/01/focus-on-portraiture-helen-maurene-cooper-the-caregivers/ http://lenscratch.com/2021/01/focus-on-portraiture-helen-maurene-cooper-the-caregivers/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2021 11:00:04 +0000 http://lenscratch.com/?p=141469

Lavender, tree sap and alcohol…the final coating that prevents tarnishing on ambrotypes, perfume the portraits of caregivers by Helen Maurene Cooper. Ambrotypes using wet plate collodion employ a demanding process we most associate with peering back into history. By skillfully and poetically using the qualities inherent in the medium — the undulating focus, the intensified

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