Master wet-plate photographer Luther Gerlach
Master wet-plate photographer Luther Gerlach made the trek from Southern California to Santa Fe on July 8 in his travelling darkroom bus. Just like the 19th century photographer Matthew Brady, the bus was a complete photography studio on wheels. Only Luther’s was horse-powered, not horse-drawn. Luther was in town as part of the exhibition Past is Present: Alternative Processes in Contemporary Photography at the David Richard Gallery on Pacheco Street. The bus was a specia