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Borut Peterlin

Photography Workshop with Borut Peterlin

Borut Peterlin

Workshop, Workshop

October 16, 2025 9:00 am

Wet Plate Collodion on Glass

In an era when photography mostly exists as pixels on a screen, the analogue wet collodion process offers a physical experience of slowness, patience, and direct engagement with the materiality of the image.

This full-day workshop introduces participants to a historical photographic technique developed in 1851. Preserved today as a distinctly artisanal and meditative practice, the process involves preparing a glass plate, applying a light-sensitive emulsion, exposing it using a vintage bellows camera, and developing the image in an improvised darkroom.

The workshop is intended for anyone interested in hands-on photography, the history of the medium, and creating images without digital technology—including artists, photographers, and curious beginners.

Each participant will create their own portrait on glass to take home. Due to the delicate and time-sensitive nature of the process, the workshop is limited to a small group, allowing for individual mentoring and a focus on presence and concentration.

Workshop language: Slovenian and English

Date: 16 October 2025, 9:00–18:00

Location: TNP Center Bohinj, Stara Fužina 38

Group size: 6 participants

Registration deadline: 5 October 2025

Early bird price (until 18 September 2025):
– €170 + VAT

Regular price (from 19 September – 5 October):

– €220 + VAT

Tickets can be purchased via the official Bohinj website:
https://www.bohinj.si/en/prireditev/borut-peterlin-wet-collodion-on-glass/

For any technical issues or further information, please contact us at: [email protected]

Artist Bio:

Borut Peterlin is a photographer and artist whose work bridges historical processes and contemporary expression. He studied photography at the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague (1994–1998) and earned a postgraduate degree from The London College of Printing (2002–2003). In 2000, he received a scholarship to Fabrica, Benetton’s communication research center, where he collaborated with renowned art director Oliviero Toscani.

In recent years, Peterlin has been deepening his knowledge of 19th-century photographic techniques through workshops at the George Eastman House, under the mentorship of Mark Osterman. He specializes in the wet plate collodion process and often describes his practice with the term “Antiquarian Avant-Garde.”

With over two decades of experience, Peterlin has built a sustainable artistic career—earning the majority of his income from the sale of his artworks and photobooks. His work has been exhibited internationally, including in Tokyo, London, Berlin, Izmir, Kraków, Shanghai, Luxembourg, Kaunas, and Ljubljana.

Artist Bio:

Borut Peterlin is a photographer and artist whose work bridges historical processes and contemporary expression. He studied photography at the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague (1994–1998) and earned a postgraduate degree from The London College of Printing (2002–2003). In 2000, he received a scholarship to Fabrica, Benetton’s communication research center, where he collaborated with renowned art director Oliviero Toscani.

In recent years, Peterlin has been deepening his knowledge of 19th-century photographic techniques through workshops at the George Eastman House, under the mentorship of Mark Osterman. He specializes in the wet plate collodion process and often describes his practice with the term “Antiquarian Avant-Garde.”

With over two decades of experience, Peterlin has built a sustainable artistic career—earning the majority of his income from the sale of his artworks and photobooks. His work has been exhibited internationally, including in Tokyo, London, Berlin, Izmir, Kraków, Shanghai, Luxembourg, Kaunas, and Ljubljana.

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