Robyn Hasty (AKA street artist Imminent Disaster) has hit the road in pursuit of her Homeland project, a photographic journey through the margins of the Great Recession United States.

Austin, TX (photo © Robyn Hasty)

In these images from Austin, Texas and New Orleans, she begins her portraiture series with what we hope will be many dispatches from the road between now and June, when she expects to complete this exploration of places and people.  When looking at these images, it is helpful to recognize that they are not from an app on an Iphone – the wet-plate process was invented around 1850 and begins with bromide, iodide or chloride salts dissolved in collodian – and gets more complicated from there.  The laborious process requires a thoughtful approach to the subject, and the results can be stunning, mythic, or even heroic in character and atmosphere in Hasty’s  hands.

This cross country “Homeland” trip is financed by donations to her Kickstarter project. While she has reached an initial goal in the first phase, the needs will most likely be double what was originally estimated. Please continue to donate to Robyn’s kick-starter campaign at this link – she still has about 12 days to go before it expires.

Austin, TX  (photo © Robyn Hasty)

New Orleans (photo © Robyn Hasty)

Robyn Hasty. New Orleans (photo © Robyn Hasty)

“Rusty” (photo © Robyn Hasty)

Please click on the link below to donate:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1222154967/homeland-a-wet-plate-collodion-photo-essay/posts/61807?ref=email&show_token=003d03d23ab5e949

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