Shane Balkowitsch - Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio

Shane Balkowitsch - Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio I live and breath to create wet plate collodion photographs using the historic process invented in 1851

I am a non-photographer taking on the historic wet plate collodion process from 1848. It is all that I know, and my first camera was my wet plate camera.

Andrew Allan Yazzie Antell "White Horse", Lakota / Ojibwe / Dine, captured in the historic wet plate collodion process o...
09/07/2026

Andrew Allan Yazzie Antell "White Horse", Lakota / Ojibwe / Dine, captured in the historic wet plate collodion process of silver on glass for the series "Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective". Andrew locates, identifies and documents historic Native American sites so they can be set aside and preserved.

Carl Zeiss Tessar 250mm lens, f4.5, 9 seconds of exposure, 8x10” black glass ambrotype, natural light through Northern facing windows and skylights at Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota, Plate #5786 taken on 9-4-2026.

Melissa Yvonne Hotain "Good Singer", Dakota, captured for the first time in the historic wet plate collodion process for...
09/06/2026

Melissa Yvonne Hotain "Good Singer", Dakota, captured for the first time in the historic wet plate collodion process for the series "Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective". She drove in from Canada to participate in the series.

Carl Zeiss Tessar 250mm lens, f4.5, 9 seconds of exposure, 8x10” black glass ambrotype, natural light through Northern facing windows and skylights at Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota, Plate #5784 taken on 9-4-2026.

I am very excited to announce the 117th museum or archive that is curating my original glass plates. The Museo Nacional...
09/05/2026

I am very excited to announce the 117th museum or archive that is curating my original glass plates. The Museo Nacional de Antropologia in Madrid, Spain will add these five plates to their permanent collection. The series is so honored by this acquisition.

8x10” black glass ambrotype of Abigail Arainia Aldrich taken on 10-24-2025 ( #5519)
8x10” emerald green glass ambrotype of Baylee Jewel Dahlen taken on 7-17-2026 ( #5748)
8x10” black glass ambrotype of Christopher Alexnader Pina “My Grandfather’s Staff” taken on 8-7-2026 ( #5757)
8x10” black glass ambrotype of Jessau Jaymz Devon Christian “Grandfather’s Hat” taken on 4-17-2026 ( #5672)
8x10” black glass ambrotype of Nakeezaka Suloostu Jack taken on 3-31-2023 ( #4609)

Jordan Maegan Hotain Sinclair "Morning Star", Dakota / Cree, captured for the first time in the historic wet plate collo...
09/05/2026

Jordan Maegan Hotain Sinclair "Morning Star", Dakota / Cree, captured for the first time in the historic wet plate collodion process for the series "Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective". She drove in from Canada with her Grandmother to participate in the series.

Carl Zeiss Tessar 250mm lens, f4.5, 9 seconds of exposure, 8x10” black glass ambrotype, natural light through Northern facing windows and skylights at Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota, Plate #5785 taken on 9-4-2026.

"N**e Study of Your A.I. Girlfriend" a conceptual work pushing back against the insidious nature of Artificial Intellige...
09/03/2026

"N**e Study of Your A.I. Girlfriend" a conceptual work pushing back against the insidious nature of Artificial Intelligence. Assisted by Laine Pope and Tom Wirtz. Computer hardware provided by my friend Shaun Ahlgren.

"The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human." - John Naisbitt

Carl Zeiss Tessar 250mm lens, f4.5, 10 seconds of exposure, 8x10” black glass ambrotype, natural light through Northern facing windows and skylights at Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota, Plate #5780 taken on 9-2-2026.

09/01/2026

Tomorrow I will be addressing the phenomena of "A.I. Girlfriends" using the wet plate process!

"Before Heaven's Door" with Ella Hafner, captured in the historic wet plate collodion process of silver on black glass. ...
08/31/2026

"Before Heaven's Door" with Ella Hafner, captured in the historic wet plate collodion process of silver on black glass.

Carl Zeiss Tessar 250mm lens, f4.5, 6 seconds of exposure, 8x10” black glass ambrotype, natural light through Northern facing windows and skylights at Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota, Plate #5777 taken on 8-28-2026.

"Botanical Beauty" with Ella Hafner, captured in the historic wet plate collodion process of silver on black glass. Car...
08/29/2026

"Botanical Beauty" with Ella Hafner, captured in the historic wet plate collodion process of silver on black glass.

Carl Zeiss Tessar 250mm lens, f4.5, 6 seconds of exposure, 10” black glass hand-cut oval ambrotype, natural light through Northern facing windows and skylights at Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota, Plate #5778 taken on 8-28-2026.

08/28/2026

“Botanical Beauty” with Ella Hafner, captured in the historic wet plate collodion process of silver on glass. 10” oval black glass ambrotype.

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