Matthew Blum

Galleries

The Blum Museum of Art & Machinery

A continually expanding institution of images, objects, circuits, and questionable ideas.

Room 02

Darkroom

Handmade photographic processes: prints and plates that came out of trays and frames rather than a printer. The lights are kept low on purpose.

Gallery view Catalog view

  1. 1955 Bel Air, 2022. Silver gelatin. 11x14. Black-and-white photograph of a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air parked in front of a brick building with an Allentown Fairgrounds sign.
  2. Triple Pass Stoves of Blast Furnace A2. Gum oil. 15x12. Dark, grainy print of tall cylindrical furnace stoves with smokestacks rising from their tops.
  3. Roxy, 2020. Gum oil. 8x10. Grainy print with ragged edges of the Roxy theater’s vertical sign and marquee on a brick facade.

Glass Portraits

  1. Untitled, 2015. Ambrotype · Wet plate collodion. Ambrotype portrait of a man in glasses and a light work jacket, outdoors, with trees soft behind him.
  2. Untitled, 2015. Ambrotype · Wet plate collodion. Ambrotype portrait of a bearded man in a cap and sunglasses; the collodion has lifted away around the edges of the plate.
  3. Untitled, 2015. Ambrotype · Wet plate collodion. Ambrotype portrait of a smiling woman with long hair in a white tank top, seated outdoors.
  4. Untitled, 2015. Ambrotype · Wet plate collodion. Ambrotype portrait of a young child with curly hair in a dark shirt, seated outdoors, dark flaws across one side of the plate.
  5. Untitled, 2015. Ambrotype · Wet plate collodion. Ambrotype portrait of a young person with light hair in a patterned T-shirt, in front of a painted brick wall.
  6. Untitled, 2015. Ambrotype · Wet plate collodion. Ambrotype portrait of a man in a flat-brimmed cap and plaid shirt against a brick wall.
  7. Untitled, 2015. Ambrotype · Wet plate collodion. Ambrotype portrait of a woman with her long hair tied back, looking off to one side, in front of a brick wall.
  8. Untitled, 2015. Ambrotype · Wet plate collodion. Ambrotype portrait of a woman in glasses and a striped top against a brick wall.
  9. Untitled, 2015. Ambrotype · Wet plate collodion. Ambrotype portrait of a woman with shoulder-length dark hair and a pendant necklace, looking straight at the camera.
  10. Untitled, 2015. Ambrotype · Wet plate collodion. Ambrotype portrait of a young person with long hair in a striped sweater, against a brick wall.
  11. Untitled, 2015. Ambrotype · Wet plate collodion. Ambrotype portrait of a man with long hair, a backwards cap and dark sunglasses, seated against a brick wall.
  12. Untitled, 2015. Ambrotype · Wet plate collodion. Ambrotype portrait of a man with a mustache and short beard in a dark T-shirt, against a brick wall.
  13. Untitled, 2015. Ambrotype · Wet plate collodion. Ambrotype portrait of a woman in glasses with her hair pulled back, wearing a dark lace top.
  14. Untitled, 2015. Ambrotype · Wet plate collodion. Ambrotype portrait of a bearded man in a white T-shirt, against a brick wall.
  15. Untitled, 2015. Ambrotype · Wet plate collodion. Ambrotype portrait of a smiling man in a cap and polo shirt, one hand blurred with movement, against a brick wall.

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