Lisa Elmaleh

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Location: Paw Paw, WV

Nationality: American, Moroccan

Biography: Lisa Elmaleh’s work is an exploration of rural America. Using a portable darkroom in the back of her truck, Elmaleh photographs using the nineteenth century wet plate collodion process. Elmaleh is a West Virginia based photographer and... MORE

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Modern Tintypes of Folk Musicians at Berea College

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Oct 19, 2015

This past week, I dropped off my work, and spent some time at the Celebration of Traditional Music, which was a weekend-long celebration at Berea College in Kentucky. Berea is a great supporter of traditional music in Appalachia, and I am very happy to be exhibiting the original tintypes in their Appalachian Center Gallery. Visit here for more information.

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