The Department of Art and Art History will hold an opening reception 7-9p.m. Sept. 6 for its exhibit "Old Processes, New Meanings: the Wet-Plate and Pinhole Photography of Jody Ake and Derrick Burbul," at the Rice Gallery in McDaniel's Peterson Hall.

The exhibit, which runs through Oct. 7, is free and open to the public. For gallery hours, call 410-857-2595.

Jody Ake is a contemporary New York photographer whose work has been featured in "Photography Antiquarian Avant-Garde" by Lyle Rexer and "The Book of Alternative Photographic Process" by Christopher James.

Ake creates his photos using a wet-plate collodion process that was first used in 1851 and requires a large-format camera that takes pictures on custom-cut glass planes coated with chemicals Ake himself mixes.

The time-consuming process results in shadowy evocative landscapes and portraits. Ake also uses the technique for fashion photography.

Derrick Burbul sends his homemade pinhole cameras to people around the world. They capture an image and return the cameras. It results in foggy ephemeral photographs. Barbul, who also uses pinhole cameras to take photographs of the same subject from many view-points says his work has always focused on themes of journey and perspective.