About

Christopher A Wright, BA, MA, PhD, Dr.Div.
Consultant to the Getty Museum's Project for the Preservation of the Traditional Chemical/Wet Darkroom;
Historic Photographer and Instructor, specializing in Calotype, Collodion, and Silver Gelatin negatives; Salted and Albumen Paper Prints; Non-Silver and "Alternative" Photographic Prints; Archivally and Split-toned Silver Prints;
Lecturer on the History and Art of Photography (esp 1826-1940):
Owner and Operator of Visions in Silver Photography, specializing in Large Format Fine Art B&W images for collectors: Portraits (Maternity, Children, Family, Individuals); Landscape, Still-Life; Abstracts; Prints from Antique Glass Negatives.
Independent Researcher/Scholar, Writer on earliest photographic processes.
Recipient of selected state and national Grants/Fellowships: (3) New York State Council on the Arts; New York State Fellowship for the Arts; National Endowment for the Humanities.
Buyer-seller of Photographica on eBay, 1997-present

Areas of Expertise

History of Religions: MesoAmerican Iconography; Western mysticism; Jewish- and Gentile-Christian sects after destruction of Second Temple; Ritual Use of Sacred Plants in World Religions;
History of Photography, 1839-1899: innovators, inventors, artists; early/primitive processes: calotypy, salt print , wet and dry collodion, albumen print; silver gelatin film (glass, roll and sheet), toned and split-toned silver gelatin prints.

Professional Affiliations

Getty Museum (Los Angeles) Project for the Preservation of Traditional Wet Chemical Darkroom;
Tompkins County Community Arts Partnership
APUG