If you are thinking of treating yourself or a photographer in your life this year:

GIFT AN EXPERIENCE

WET PLATE PORTRAIT TASTER        Give a taste of Wet Plate collodion & opportunity to capture their Victorian headshot during next Wet Plate Portrait Open Studio.

SAT 22 FEB 2025 | 11– 6 PM

60 GBP

THE GIFT FOR YOUR COLLECTION

01 (Nest-Close up)/Polymer Photogravure

£0.00

Original photographs (negatives) are produced of silver and light onto glass plates using a large format wooden camera and processed in a darkroom. Available below are edition prints created using photopolymer process with traditional ink & press.

Print in edition of 500, affordable range accompanying the release of my book 'Tales'.

Get in touch if you would like to preview the work in person first at my London studio.

Shipping world-wide.

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Photogravure prints
For those with a spare wall-space-A5 Photoengraving Prints for a handcrafted touch.

95 GBP

Tales/ Photobook

£0.00

Tales is the first book by Magda Kuca comprising a decade worth of work concerned with eastern European identity and storytelling, examining the relationship between the supernatural and folklore. Published by Lost Light Recordings.

The pictures threaded throughout this book weave strange and heartfelt tales. They are like visual fables, in which the world of humans, animals, plants and objects meet in a space where time is porous and suspended.

Martin Barnes, Senior Curator of Photography V&A, foreword fragments

Handmade and hand bound by Lee Elkins.

International shipping available.

Text in English and Polish.

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TALES PHOTOBOOK
For lovers of books & visual storytelling

70 GBP

Photography workshops & courses vouchers (London)

£0.00

Get vouchers for workshops and one to one sessions you can gift to yourself or a photographer in your life.

*Voucher link with downloadable pdf will be found at the checkout-payment confirmation page. You can download it, fill it up and send to the recipient/print as A4

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THE GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE

ALT PROCESSES TASTER SHORT COURSE VOUCHER SAT 25 JAN | 10 – 6 PM Taster short course in Historic Photographic Processes for those curious about crafting their own handmade pieces in a small group of 6 or vouchers for other courses in 2025.

95 GBP

THE GIFT FOR THE FAMILY

Wet Plate Portrait-Vintage Photoshoot Commission in London- Voucher

£450.00

PRIVATE PORTRAIT COMMISSION- WET PLATE PORTAITS ON GLASS

Private Commission offers a one-of-a-kind 8x10 portrait on glass for a family collection, passed onto future generations, preserving your values for the years to come. This vintage photoshoot takes you back in time to the Victorian era of photography, when each image was handcrafted with light and silver, producing a unique object.

Each shoot lasts about 2 hours, finishes with 2-3 portraits on glass which are then varnished which are available a week after for pickup or delivery.

I work as professional visual artist & dedicated last decade to explore & hone my skills in historic photographic processes full time. Each commission is approached individually & carefully crafted using precious metals such as silver.

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PRIVATE PORTRAIT COMMISSION- WET PLATE

Private Commission offers a one-of-a-kind 8x10 portrait on glass for a family collection, passed onto future generations, preserving your values for the years to come. 

450 GBP

Recent commission in progress for The Macallan Estate in Scotland, using their own whisky and plant species from the estate in Scotland to produce anthotype prints to be used in estate designs- yet to come. Made with plant juice, whiskey and cloudy autumn 7 day exposure with daylight.
With this ephemeral process, prints fade upon further exposure to light.

I’m excited to announce that I have been shortlisted in the Royal Photographic Society 165th
International Photography Exhibition with my wet plate from Slavic Bestiary series, depicting original folk costume of Turon-part of polish caroling tradition - shot in Muzeum im. Władysława Orkana in Rabka-Zdroj, PL.

The International Photography Exhibition has been held almost every year since 1854 and is the longest running exhibition of its kind in the world. In the early years, the exhibition included work from some of the world's most eminent photographers including Julia Margaret Cameron, Roger Fenton, Edward Steichen and Paul Strand.

I have been recently sent an instant back by Lomography, using it with my cambo large format. Results summed up in this interview for lomography magazine:

Visual representation of 'Les Vulnerables' album by Laertis https://laertismusic.com shoot using historic and alternative photographic processes of wet collodion: Album Cover (wet collodion, platinum print print & gold), two singles covers (wet collodion), music video (shoot on 8mm film), social Media content  (colour slides 6x6).

Solo show ‘Family Tales’ received Grand Prix at Vintage Photo Festival in Bydgoszcz.

The idea of the festival is to honour its photographic herotage-Foton was one of the largest polish manufacturers of photographic materials based in Bydgoszcz until the 90’s.

Excited to announce my collaboration with IONNYK e-paper frames. Works from The Grandmothers & Slavic Bestiary series are available as a part of their discover collection.

Breaking news ground with theirs tiny ink capsules technology, available only as monochromatic experience.