2/4/2004:
Ken Merfeld:
There is an elegant simplicity and a purity to 19th Century photography and the Wet-Plate Collodion process is illusive, magical, and has a life of chemical interpretation all its own. It is the most intimate of photographic experiences, requiring a psychological exchange of intellect and emotions rendering handcrafted heart and soul portraits. It becomes a revelation of the heart rather than a performance by an individual, while the plate’s subtle and provocative aura draws the viewer in.
What Is It ?
The Wet Plate Collodion Process originated in 1851 when photographic images were first put onto glass (Ambrotypes) and tin (Tintypes). It is a very sensitive, temperamental process requiring each piece of glass to be hand-covered with a Collodion mixture [guncotton dissolved in ether and alcohol], light sensitized by silver nitrate, exposed and developed while still wet, and fixed in a solution of potassium cyanide. This process requires precise manipulation at all stages through completion of varnishing the plate with a warm mixture of gum sandarac and oil of lavender. The Collodion technique can be somewhat unpredictable while yielding unique, provocative, very personal, highly emotional imagery.
 
Selected Comments:
 

Makes you appreciate digital cameras, no?
- KCN will fix it all

PUFF MOMMY.
- 7T'sSoFla

It's EMILY !!!
- Miami Mike

Just to clear things up: She called me a pencil neck, which
I'm not, and then advised me to use steroids, which is apparently how
she got such a manly figure. Some of us don't need 'em sweetie, we were born with the y chromosome.
- cujo

Confidential to Cujo:
You are funny, you know that? How dare you preume to know me? just as you presume I know you? Yes, truth is a bitch, I did read it all.Do you think you hurt my feelings? Not in the least. Why do you think you know what I do for a living? Do you really think I do fitness shows for anything other than a hobby? That would be pretty foolish considering that there is very little money to be made in this sport. I have had the oppurtunity to travel the world, all expenses paid, and make friends all over the world. I do not use my body for my living, as you stated. Fitness shows are not my career. How do you think you know all about me from the trivial photos and info on the internet? The reason I call you stupid is because I, unlike most people who do this for a living, have had no plastic surgery of any kind, and at 5'2' and 106 lbs , you have no right to accuse me of using steroids. Have you ever seen a women bodybuilder who uses performing enhancing drugs? If you can't tell the difference, you are stupid. Too bad you got so bothered by my comments, sounds like you are a little insecure. It's ok that you think I look like a horse. Alot of people would disagree with you though. My husband, who loves me dearly, thinks the comments you made about where I live, and that's it a dangerous world, sounded like a threat to him. You did not scare me, but i think I'll take this email to the police anyway. Have a nice day
- Melissa Frabiele

OK, so I guess I need to apologize to AoP for dragging them into the middle of some fight that this 'woman' has with me. For some reason she has refused any rational discourse with me via email. Maybe it's because all she can do is call me names and try to insult my intelligence, while I deal the painful truth to her like some nightmarish deck of cards custom shuffled in hell just for her.
- Cujo
Good!  We are counting on you to be tha Bad Cop here.  -Ed.

Wow, that body-building broad isn't that bright. She can't
even seem to spell her name right consistently. Go figure.
- King Chicken (loves hot muscular action!)

Jamie,
I wonder if you will get this? It is a lonely Saturday night and you popped in my head. I decided to search Jamie Buress and I found this. How are you? We miss you over here in Bakersfield. I missed you the last time you were in town. Hope all is well.
It was nice to see you, even if it was through my computer monitor.
- Annie

Damn she's hot with that doll and cigarette.
- Sexy 1800's Porn

ART!!!

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