On the Road Again

Slept over at a free spot in Rocky Mountain House. Heading onto the David Thompson highway in central Alberta this morning. A barbacue and camping today with a whole day of Ambrotype making on Thursday! Gotta make some pics for AMBROTOS KANATA and next years Alberta art submission.

Group of Seven Type Art

Picked up a group of seven, Tom Thomson type metal statue today from the thrift shop, $7 CAD. I will place it in my music/reading room and dream of Ambrotypes!

Need to make my version of the windswept tree in a large Ambrotype! This subject seems VERY Canadian.

Added to the Slberta Art Collection?

This is the Ambrotype that might be added to the Alberta Collection. It was made last September.

Lundbreck Waterfall #2, AMBROTOS KANATA, Lundbreck, Alberta, Canada, 8x10 Clear Glass Ambrotype, 2024

4 Images in the Alberta Collection?

If this latest ambrotype makes it past the expert judges, I will have 4 works in the collection. 1 monk Silver Gelatin photo from years back, 2 8x20 clear glass ambrotypes last year and 1 this year!

Ambrotype Makes Round 2!

Part of the AMBROTOS KANATA project.

Quote: Harry Chapin

Oh if a man tried

To take his time on Earth

And prove before he died

What one man's life could be worth

I wonder what would happen

to this world

Glass, Glass, Glass!!!

Just picked up a bunch of glass for the wet plate project. Having THE BEAST truck to haul this stuff makes life so much easier. I am really glad I got my new-old truck. I am kinda surprised how large the 24x24 glass is. We are now moving from concept to reality. I will shoot 11x14 and 14x14 inch this trip and try the 24x24 inch stuff and 24x24 camera for the first time in 2 weeks.

Bought me 20 sheet of 11x14 and 20 sheets of 24x24 3mm. Also picked up 2 sheets of 24x24 4mm. I have 10 sheets of 11x14mm at home already. I hope the 4mm thickness works for me. If it does all glass will be that thickness in the future.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!’ Imagine what can be created!!!!!!!!!! That dream of making important work, with emotional value, drives me forward. 

“Ain’t Photography Grand!!”

Plato?

Here is anoth gift from Dennis. In his younger days he was studying for his masters in English literature. Plato is quite a bit above my pay grade, but going to give him a go.

On the go with AMBROTOS KANATA

 Heading out on the road next week to make Ambrotypes for AMBROTOS KANATA. Wish me luck!

Link: Another Nice Comment

Gosh did a google translate for a new French language comment on the new FRAMES Interview. Very kind words, thank you Louis. It is good to see the photos are having a positive impact, and the stories of the subjects are being told.

- Un photographe humaniste avec une maitrise de la technique construction de l'image, et le contact avec l'humain, et surtout l'univers des démunis, ceux qui ne passent pas à la télé, les oublié de la société. Merci Gerry ! pour ces images magnifiques qui disent tout dans un profond silence.

- A humanist photographer with a mastery of the image construction technique, and contact with humans, and especially the world of the deprived, those who do not appear on TV, the forgotten by society. Thanks Gerry! for these magnificent images which say everything in a profound silence.

FRAMES YAUM INTERVIEW

Link: More Comments on the Interview FRAMES YouTube Page

 A few more Comments.

GERRY YAUM FRAMES PHOTOGRAPHY CHANNEL INTERVIEW

@JGZ

Tomasz, I valued listening to your guest Gerry and thank you. Gerry's striking black and white photographs capture the stark history of the poor and underprivileged. Like Gerry, my father passed away from cancer 47 years ago, around the time I was delving into film photography. Although I took photos of my dad, I wish I had documented more of his life. Gerry's interview brought back cherished memories of my father.

@gerryyaum

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Thanks for sharing your story. You never forget your father. For me dad is gone now 9 years, 10 in February and I still think of him every day. Am glad the interview brought back those father memories for you as well.

@ian

Gerry, I really appreciate your work in Mae Sot and capture of their lives, the compassionate capture of their plight and the follow-on of not just capture of these scenes and people but your assistance to them as well. It's a photographic and giving project close to my heart too. I also love your use of black and white to capture the true feeling of the scenes and plight of the Mae Sot people. Also, the colour night shots - very interesting and compelling. In December I'll be up on the Mae Hong Son area in Thailand with the aim of capturing the Karen Tribes but in general the communities there. On you other initiative of photographing your Dad's passing, I have also done this to capture the feelings we felt at this time. I look forward to seeing more of your work!

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@gerryyaum

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Thanks so much for your very kind words. Like I said in the interview. The best thing about photography is the people you meet along the way. A pleasure to meet you today. Enjoy your time in Thai/ Try to learn to speak some Thai and Karen. Speaking and sharing cultures, is always a good way to make friends and photographs. I spent some time in one of the Karen refugee camps (Mae La). A great people that have been at war forever.

@simon

Gerry is a true artist, inventing something unique that didn't exist before him and won't exist after him. Gerry shows us the beauty in the midst of the ugliness. A child on a pile of trash is as beautiful as a child in a pretty suit. And it also shows us that the tragedy of our world is that some people have too many things while others have nothing. Our world suffers from the greed of some while others ask for almost nothing, just what Gerry gives them, a little compassion and a lot of respect. Thanks Gerry, you blew my mind.

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@gerryyaum

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Thank you for the very kind words, Simon. I have learned so much from the children at the dump, they have taught me many things. The children there find joy in the most difficult situations, as well as exhibit patience, happiness, love and devotion to their families. I am so lucky to have met and spent time with them.

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