Instructors

  
Shelby Lee Adams

We are proud to have this year as our keynote presenter, one of the premier photographers working in the world today. In his new works, Adams introduces us to families who have moved out of the remote mountain areas into trailer parks, where electricity and satellite dishes dominate the landscape. Whether photographing a father and child surrounded by their cows, a family gathering on a porch during Halloween or an older couple posing with their dog in front of a new satellite dish, Adams's images are so raw we want to both turn away and stare. That Adams returns to the mountains year after year is a testament to his dedication to show their challenging existence while maintaining their dignity. Although he now lives in Massachusetts, Shelby Lee Adams's heart is forever in Appalachia.

daguerreotype by Mike Robinson 		Sandy King

A photo historian and landscape photographer working primarily with large and ultra large format cameras, Sandy prints primarily with alternative processes. A recognized master of the carbon transfer process, he is also the author of "The Book of Carbon and Carbro: Contemporary Procedures for Monochrome Pigment Printmaking". Sandy has a Ph.D. in Spanish Language and Literature and taught for many years at Clemson University. His research focused on the history of photography in Spain, and he has published several books in the area of Pictorialism. Recently retired from Clemson University, Sandy still lives in South Carolina. It is an honor to have him as an instructor at this year's event.

photograph courtesy of Eben Ostby		 Kerik Kouklis

Kerik Kouklis is a California-based fine-art photographer, with a reputation that reaches far and wide. Specializing in 19th century alternative processes, specifically gum over platinum as well as  the wet-plate collodion process, Kerik brings not only his excellence as a photographer, but high marks as a photographic educator as well. Having taught workshops from Yosemite at the Ansel Adams center to the wilds of Scotland, we are lucky to have him for his first (and hopefully not the last) Photostock. An amazing and patient teacher, he is a lot of fun to work with as well. To learn more about Kerik and to see more of his work, check out www.kerik.com.
David "Ike" Eisenlord

David Eisenlord or "Ike" as he prefers to be called, is a Minnesota based photographer primarily working with the landscape. Freshly back from the honor of a 5 week Artist Residency at Sirius Art Center, Cobh, County Cork Ireland, Ike's gum over platinum waterscapes have been getting a lot of attention lately. A veteran of 2 previous Photostock gatherings, this is Ike's first year in the role of instructor where he will be assisting Kerik Kouklis with the Digital Negative and Gum Over workshops. We certainly hope it will not be his last working with us as we have big plans for him in the future. See more of Ike's work and purchase his very special first book "Boundaries, Light, Land and Water" on his website at  www.davideisenlord.com.
Bill Schwab (me)

I am a Michigan based landscape photographer and the founder and host of this annual Photostock event. I've been very fortunate to have had my work shown, published and collected the world over and for that I am eternally grateful. My work is part of many corporate, private and public collections including The Detroit institute of Arts, Cincinnati Art Museum, George Eastman House among others. Among my publication credits are 2 monographs, "Bill Schwab: Photographs", 1999 and "Gathering Calm: Photographs 1994-2005", 2005. It pleases me a great deal to be able to produce this annual event and I have big plans for it and the other workshops based upon my Northern Michigan property in the years to come. Come join me! To see more of my work, I invite you to my website at www.billschwab.com.

Joe Smigiel

Joe returns to us as an instructor for a second year having run an excellent workshop at last year's Photostock 2008 and we couldn't  be happier to have him back. He hails from Kalamazoo, Michigan where he is employed at Kalamazoo Valley Community College as a photography instructor and facilities manager.  He has been teaching college-level courses in several disciplines since 1982 and is the author of the popular online guide to "Getting Started In Wetplate Collodion Photography." In a relatively small amount of time, Joe has made a respected name for himself after first learning the collodion process from Michael Mazzeo and later reinforcing that knowledge through study with master tin typist John Coffer.  Primarily working with the figure, Joe has worked almost exclusively in the wet plate process ever since and has even converted a Class-C motorhome into a mobile wetplate darkroom, dubbed "The Magic Bus",  for on-location work.

 

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