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Cry by Kate Horsley

Half plate Ambrotype I enthusiastically signed up for the mask project and looked forward to mask coming my way. But I wasn’t prepared for what an emotive object the mask would be. I initially thought of taking a self-portrait and strapped the mask on. There was another mask [...]
Molten Mask by John Brewer

Half plate Tintype ” My image of the molten mask grew out of imagining the mask in a post-apocalyptic environment, a nuclear war situation, in which the mask would melt off the face of the wearer. I had in mind photographs, films and texts of the Cold War era [...]
If Your Face Fits by Tony Richards

Whole plate tintype “This is a self portrait. It has a number of things going on but the main one is this… Its to do with self belief and confidence, or lack of, and how I believe we wear a multitude of masks in our life, in different environs and [...]

Below The Mask by Frank Adami

18cm x 24cm Tintype “My intention for making this plate, was to show the emotions of a person who wears the gasmask in an adversary ambience. There can be fear, rage or maybe desperation, normally hidden by the mask. For this I made a double exposure, first one with the [...]
The Making Of by Cliff Barnes

13cm x 18cm Ambrotype “ I’d changed job and town and due to that I wasn’t able to practice for a while now, but yesterday all came to play: the weather was OK enough, I had an assistant/model and time. So off we went… with the entire equipment heading to [...]
Witness to a death by Tim Ingmire

Tim Ingmire 5×4 Tintypes As you may already be aware, the Mask Series stopped accepting new participants (at least temporarily) when the number of photographers taking part reached a whopping one-hundred and fifty. In the interests of fairness, however, the man behind the Mask, Shane Balkowitsch, then opened a list [...]

Nowhere to hide by Isabel Leeson

10″ x 12″ Ambrotype Isabel Leeson, Belgium I wasn’t interested in the mask project at first, I didn’t like the object. But ideas started invading and I ended up signing up fairly quickly. I’ve had a number of different concepts, a couple I chased a little and they fell through [...]
‘Dangerous Digital’ by John Coffer

Ferrotype 4.25 x 5.5″ John Coffer, USA Although it might not be immediately obvious to the casual viewer, this image is a self-portrait, which was made in natural light, under conditions of potential moral hazard and infernal temptation [...]
Obraz M10 – Děsivá Krása by Kelly-Shane Fuller

4″ x 5″ Black Acrylic Kelly-Shane Fuller, USA With Obraz M10 - Děsivá Krása Kelly-Shane Fuller gives us a plate which cleverly, and movingly, mirrors the experience of many of those participating in the Mask Series. First a bit of explanation on the title of the piece. The prop being universally [...]