Woman exposing old-school photo technique from old North Dakota schoolhouse
Kary Janousek is now one of a handful of photographers who operate collodion wet-plate studios in North Dakota. She is the newest of the lot and the only female. Her business, High Hat Portraiture, is based out of a classroom-turned-studio in an old schoolhouse in Mapleton, N.D. 11:00 am, Mar. 3, 2021 ×
Kary Janousek readies to take a view camera plate image in her studio space in Mapleton.
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MAPLETON, N.D. From the moment that wispy outline of her friend’s face emerged on the glass, Kary Janousek was hooked.
Woman exposing old-school photo technique from old North Dakota schoolhouse
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As Janousek trips lightly down the steps of the old Mapleton school to greet me, she makes a striking first impression: tall, willowy, dressed all in black and with a sweep of red hair colored in varying hues of scarlet. With her high cheekbones and ivory skin, it’s easy to see why she is sometimes recruited by her fellow ambrotypists to model.
Kary Janousek is a photographer who specializes making images using the historic wet plate collodion process.
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Ironically, it was a session in front of the camera that moved Janousek to the spot where she really wanted to be: behind the camera, taking portraits of others.