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Steve

@flusteredlibrarian.bsky.social

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Libraries, cameras, chimney swifts.

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Steve @flusteredlibrarian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Need to renew chemicals and bring lights closer. #largeformat #collodion #alternativephotography #gooddogs

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Steve @flusteredlibrarian.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

#alternativephotography #altprocess #gumdichromate Figuring it out

Gum dichromate monochrome picture of a kid looking at the camera

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Steve @flusteredlibrarian.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Tricolor #cyanotype ren faire #alternativeprocess Kiddo have the time of her life with wooden sword & shield.

Dream-esque photo with kid centered wearing a flower crown with a wooden shield and sword

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Steve @flusteredlibrarian.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Photo of a girl feeding a goat, but it gets more heavily distorted from tue center to upper left-hand portion of the pic.

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Steve @flusteredlibrarian.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

First attempt at tricolor #cyanotype Digital negatives, madder root extract for the magenta, bleached with washing soda.

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

americans, please: do not take the bait by resisting ICE yourselves. just give the democrats $20. they will give it to ICE so they can train more guys

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Steve @flusteredlibrarian.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

"On the Calculation of Volume: I" page 4

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Steve @flusteredlibrarian.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Chicago, IL 2025

Classic "flower power" Vietnam protest photo except the hippie is putting malort, a hot dog, and a rainbo cone in the military's gun barrels instead of flowers.

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Steve @flusteredlibrarian.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Back in the tintype lab after a break. First time using an elderly copper lens. All the veiling is from sloppiness and not a strained metaphor. #tintype #alternativephotography

Pocket watch on a tintype plate. Slightly out of focus because why not.

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Steve @flusteredlibrarian.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Juxtaposition!

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Steve @flusteredlibrarian.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Tintype. Fun stuff.

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Steve @flusteredlibrarian.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Tons of mistakes while I'm learning tintypes and this is incredibly fun. An extra flick of the wrist when you pour the developer or dropping the plate in the silver bath a little slower than before will completely transform the result. Like learning to drive stick on a go-kart. #largeformat

Tintype picture of a tiny waving bear doll next to a flower.

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Steve @flusteredlibrarian.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Was going through some boxes in my parents' basement and saw that an old frame was, in fact, an oddly-sized contact frame whose black background is instead an ancient LF negative. My dad said he found it in the basement of the IN house that they lived in in the 80s, and just held onto it. (1/2)