The Cloisters, Lacock Abbey, salt print, 2013
Roxanne Prescott’s introduction to the historical wet plate collodion technique in 2008 opened the door to the art of hand crafted photography. She has since studied with the top practitioners in the field of 19th century photography. Using light sensitive chemistry on paper, glass and metal, she infuses her images with a visual poetry. Roxanne's photographs have been exhibited across the U.S. and in Europe.
Since 2010, Roxanne has been utilizing the calotype photographic process, and is a member of The Calotype Society, an international group of photographers who practice and study the process.
In 2013, members of The Calotype Society were invited to photograph and exhibit their work on the grounds of Lacock Abbey where W.H.F. Talbot made his discovery of the calotype negative process. The Calotype Society reunited in Saint Andrews, Scotland in 2015, which was an early hotbed of the 19th century photography, where the team of Hill and Adamson flourished.
The Calotype Society exhibited their prints made from calotypes at the University of Louisville's Photographic Archives Gallery where their photographs were then accepted into the archives of the university. In 2017, Roxanne's images were exhibited in the National Library of Norway where her prints were then accepted into the archives of the library.
She continues today with portrait work and images of the natural world, along with teaching various alternative photography processes.
The Cloisters, Lacock Abbey, salt print, 2013