Karmen Meyer 1/26/26 Karmen Meyer 1/26/26

Diptych Project #21

Still in the depths of winter, wishing I was here.

A door is partially opened creating the shadow of the sun on a mid-century modern apartment at Ocotillo Lodge in Palm Springs. Photographed on 35mm with Kodak Gold. — **FRIENDS TRIP.** Ocotillo Lodge, Palm Springs.

Two sunbathers relax on loungers in front of mid-century apartments and a champagne cork pool at ocotillo lodge in Palm Springs, California. Photographed on 35mm film. — **LOUNGERS.** Ocotillo Lodge, Palm Springs. Looked up from my my book in the shade to see these two synchronized sunbathers and couldn’t grab my camera fast enough. Clours, Shapes, and immaculate vibes.

Karmen Meyer 12/8/25 Karmen Meyer 12/8/25

Diptych Project #20

Black and white film photograph of dad and daughter using a ladder to pick apples in the fall. Photographed on HP5 and home developed. — **APPLE PICKING.** October 2025. We bought our home in the dead of winter, and were pleasantly surprised when spring revealed two enormous apple trees. For years we have been saying that we will make something from them and this year we finally did.

Black and white film photograph of a girl holding rinsing apples in a large kitchen sink. Photographed on Ilford Hp5 and home developed and scanned. — **APPLE PICKING.** October 2025. This kid loves nothing more then making a big mess in the kitchen.

Karmen Meyer 11/17/25 Karmen Meyer 11/17/25

Diptych Project #17

A colour film photograph of Lake Louise in Banff National Park. Red Canoes float on a turquoise lake, divided by a pine tree in the foreground. Mountains tower in the background. 35mm Porta 160, Home Developed and scanned. — **Lake Louise.** The Icon.

Bright red canoes float on a turquoise lake. Clouds are reflected. Photographed on 35mm film at Lake Louise in Banff National Park. Portra 160 developed and scanned in my kitchen. — **Canoes on Lake Louise.**‍ ‍A study in colour.

Karmen Meyer 10/7/25 Karmen Meyer 10/7/25

Diptych Project #15

A bare tree stands in solitude, branches raised in a frozen prairie landscape. Alberta Prairies, 2024. Photographed on medium format film. — **WINTERING.**

A black and white multiple exposure of a woman standing in a lake. Her arms raised and her figure is exposed as mulple versions of herself arelayered upon one another. Photographed on 35mm film. Great Salt Lake, Utah 2024. — **SURRENDER.**

Karmen Meyer 9/29/25 Karmen Meyer 9/29/25

Diptych Project #14

A red Bronco cruises the strip in Sylvan Lake. Framed by lush tree's and a path filled with tourists. The reds pop and higlights glow, a quirk of the film. Harman Pheonix, the first time I have used it. 35mm developed and scanned at home. — **Sylvan Lake, Summer 2025**. Photographed on Harman Pheonix and, as always, developed in my kitchen.

A red railing frames a little girl on s bike, a red bucket and a women and her dog in different panels of the fence. Boats and sylvan lake are in the background. All the reds pop, a quality of the film, Harman Pheonix. Developed and scanned at home — **Sylvan Lake, Summer 2025**. Photographed on Harman Pheonix and, as always, developed in my kitchen.

Karmen Meyer 9/23/25 Karmen Meyer 9/23/25

Diptych Project #13

There is always something new to learn. And damn am I happy I got to learn Wet Plate, in the West Virginia mountains, from the talented, permissive and all around kind human Lisa Elmaleh. The first plate below was taken on the first day, the second on the last. Safe to say I learned a whole lot.

Nerds, proceed here —> Wet plate photography is a historic photographic method invented in the mid 1800s. Long story short you coat a metal plate (tin type) or glass plate (ambrotype) with collodion, sensitize it in a silver bath, expose your image and then develop your photograph. All while the plate is still wet. The process is somewhat complicated, sure. But it requires you to operate on intuition in a way that keeps you so magnificently present. Plus watching your image appear in the fixer is basically some kind of magic.

I’ve got to say I didn’t attend this workshop with any sort of ambition to continue making wet plates at home. I just wanted to dig deeper into understanding the history of photography. But I sure don’t feel finished with this. And the hunt for a 4x5 camera and chemicals has begun.

A nude bum sits on a stump, it's roots a tangle below. The photo was made using a historic photographic process called Wet Plate or Tin Type photography. Taken with Lisa Elmaleh in West Virginia. — **ROOTED I.** Photographed on 4×5 aluminum plate using the Wet Plate process in Paw Paw, West Virginia. My thumbprint obscures the centre of the frame.

A women sits on a log with her dress lifted over her head. Exposing her bum which mimics the shape of the stump. It's roots tangled below and the forest surrounds. The photo is a Wet Plate / Tin Type. Taken with Lisa Elmaleh in Paw Paw, West Virginia — **ROOTED III.** Photographed on 4×5 aluminum plate using the Wet Plate process in Paw Paw, West Virginia.

P.S. Lisa is doing powerful work at the US/Mexico border. I highly recommend you check out her work and workshops! https://www.lisaelmaleh.com/promised-land