#39 Wayne Martin Belger; Skulls On Tripods
A student of linguistics and comparative religion led Wayne to follow a path to investigate the roots of beliefs, passions and truths as told through alternative and historic forms of communication. “Wayne is an unconventional fine art photographer that uses historical artifacts and processes as his medium to build intricate functional analogue cameras that are hand-tooled from blocks of metal, and used to engage with underservices communities, highlighting current social and humanitarian issues” Today Wayne lives and works in a converted 1940s diaper washing factory in the dusty border town of Tuscon Arizona. Things we chatted about on the show: Sorry about the mad link (there is a way to smarten this up) Heather Oelklaus and “Little Miss Sunshine”. https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DwsLPJjnq-XY%26fbclid%3DIwAR2nmb6DpRO8UKm87aV101ajWxji2-PIQrNOb0bJ-3XNN0b1RPzWSrXB6y4ah=AT3gLXN9RGXovLgQeMyfNXteNFmpuG1PbpDi1-EPYP4tkF1EHAF-xBhMmC2Du5mEKIMwFY4S9KTTcyyXfn-qedvhEJVBQvq4T4V5pAFTS1TTLfZfoc2yNjrkt1PhpdgBDc1A6f74myNuOWjLQiLkqQ At the end of the show in the email section Wayne talks about the camera he is going to build for his artist partner Alanna Airitum. See her work here. https://www.alannaairitam.com/about Alanna has her work at the Candela Gallery in Virginia and Wayne hopes to have work on display there soon. https://www.candelagallery.com/artists In the email section. https://www.jimscarbonartphotography.com/about/ Erik talks again about the wonderful Primitive Photography book (which Andrew has now purchased). https://www.amazon.co.uk/Primitive-Photography-Cameras-Calotypes-Alternative/dp/0240804619 We give shout outs to some former guests Sam Hiser West of New 55 PN film. https://famousformat.com/ Brendan Barry. https://brendanbarry.co.uk/ Wayne’s links https://waynemartinbelger.com/ https://www.instagram.com/waynemartinbelger/?hl=en Other News The Six Towns Darkroom was OPEN but is now CLOSED as Stoke enters Tier 2 Covid restrictions. LFPP links - https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/ ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/ And now our Flikr group curated by Colin Devroe https://www.flickr.com/groups/lfpp/ Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew – https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper Or from Simon – https://twitter.com/simonfor Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com Podcast Hosts Social Media presence Simon Forster www.classiclensespodcast.com www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/ https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/ https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/ https://twitter.com/SimonFor Andrew Bartram https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper https://www.imstagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/ https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper Erik Mathy A not updated website. https://www.erikmathy.com/about IG probably best for all things including rabbits. https://www.instagram.com/erikhmathy/?hl=en