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The portraits in Skaters compel the subject, the photographer, and the viewer to slow down. These images, created with wet plate collodion, offer an honest glimpse into the skateboarders' core being: pensive, tough, playful, anxious, distracted, and innocent. Even the plates of seemingly empty skate parks are in fact teeming with immense energy and motion, yet the skaters are moving too quickly to be captured with long exposures. Jenny Sampson earned a BA in Psychobiology at Pitzer College and has since dedicated her time to her photographic endeavors: wet plate collodion, traditional black and white photography, and commissioned portraits.

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“...beautiful portraiture in a subculture usually defined by movement.”,
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Skaters: Tintype Portraits of West Coast

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      Publisher: Daylight Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/11/2017
      ISBN13: 9781942084419, 978-1942084419
      ISBN10: 1942084412

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The portraits in Skaters compel the subject, the photographer, and the viewer to slow down. These images, created with wet plate collodion, offer an honest glimpse into the skateboarders' core being: pensive, tough, playful, anxious, distracted, and innocent. Even the plates of seemingly empty skate parks are in fact teeming with immense energy and motion, yet the skaters are moving too quickly to be captured with long exposures. Jenny Sampson earned a BA in Psychobiology at Pitzer College and has since dedicated her time to her photographic endeavors: wet plate collodion, traditional black and white photography, and commissioned portraits.

      Trade Review
      “...beautiful portraiture in a subculture usually defined by movement.”,
      - The Guardian, November 3, 2017
      Also featured by:
      Photo District News
      Lenscratch
      Huck Magazine 

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