Anyone in the Western New York Area should consider attending the VSW gallery showing of the latest work by my friend and colleague Willie Osterman. The one of a kind wet plate collodion images he produced during his wife Michele's illness are beautiful, heart wrenching and powerful. They are about love, caring and relationship. They are about the devastating effects of cancer and its treatment. They represent the trauma and life changing experience caused by a dreadful disease and its treatment.
Gallery Showing - ChemoToxic, I Am That and Other Stories - Visual Studies Workshop
"ChemoToxic, I Am That and Other Stories – representing photographer Willie Osterman’s documentation of his wife Michele’s chemotherapy and his fears that the disease might be lurking within his own body – will be presented at the Visual Studies Workshop beginning with an opening reception and fundraiser on May 3, 2013 from 6-9pm. The wet plate collodian process used by Osterman, an antiquated photographic technique developed in the 1850s, resulted in one-of-a-kind images printed on glass plates known as ambrotypes. You can shave your head and be photographed as part of Osterman's project as well as pledge money to support cancer patients. Proceeds from the opening event will benefit patients at Pluta Cancer Center, Rochester, NY.æ" - Visual Studies Workshop
Please contribute to this crowd funding effort: ChemoToxic | Willie Osterman's Fundraiser on CrowdRise
ChemoToxic – Willie Osterman | fotosavant
ChemoToxic - RIT: College of Imaging Arts & Sciences - See Images and read Willie's story about his wife Michelle.
Willie Osterman - artist - Through This Lens gallery - Durham, NC ...ChemoToxic | Willie Osterman's Fundraiser on CrowdRise
ChemoToxic, I Am That and Other Stories - Visual Studies Workshop
