Silver and Salt Studio: Rochester Public Market
EST. 2025 | Wet Plate Collodion Photography | Community engagement, education, artistic practice

Silver and Salt is a public studio at the Rochester Public Market. I work there with Nick Kundrat, a student I mentor. The studio is open to everyone. People come in — curious, quiet, eager to see. They watch me work. They ask questions. I show them the process. I teach how to make a photograph, how to develop it.

This work is essential. It links history, art, and the people. It helps keep an old craft alive. It’s about sharing what I know, about passing down a skill that matters. It helps others discover a different way of seeing and making pictures. It makes the process real.

The studio is lively. We show what’s possible. We teach with patience. We share images, videos, stories. They’re posted online as well to reach more people. The goal is simple. Keep this tradition alive. Keep it relevant. Show that it still has power.

This work is my scholarship. It’s a way to preserve history and bring it into the present. It makes the art and the craft accessible. It helps people see how history and photography shape us. And how we can keep this alive for future generations.