Joshua Yehenara
Nirvana
8X10 film ,no photoshop ,I created a device that can give the illusion that the subject is floating Nirvana ,the concept is most commonly described as a state of the liberation , perfect quietude, a place of peace such as heaven.Some one describes as be release – such as of a horse from its harness.
Awards
Black & White Photo Contest
2025Nominee
Conceptual
Professional
Nominee
Film/Analog
Professional
Nirvana
8X10 film ,no photoshop ,I created a device that can give the illusion that the subject is floating Nirvana ,the concept is most commonly described as a state of the liberation , perfect quietude, a place of peace such as heaven.Some one describes as be release – such as of a horse from its harness.
About Artist
Joshua Yehenara
Joshua YeheNara, known as Wet Plate Colonel, is an American photographer based in NY & CT, He is an Award-Winning Fine art photographer,specialising in the wet plate collodion process and Ultra large-format film photography. His debut series, Organic Photography For The Digital Age, has received international recognition, including first place in the Professional – Analog/Film – Fine Art category at the 2026 International Photography Awards (IPA), as well as Best of Show and a Jury Top 5 selection in 2026;And also the International Photographer Of The Year; Photographer Of The Year; People's Vote Awards at the Exposure One Awards2026. Working without digital tools, YeheNara relies on custom-made equipment, careful lighting, and in-camera techniques to create images shaped by patience, precision, and the physical process of photography. He collects, restores, redesigns, and builds antique wooden cameras.he is currently the only known photographer to own both an 8×20-inch and an 11×28-inch panoramic Deardorff studio camera. he also designed and built the world's only 8×20-inch and 11x28-inch ultra-large-format 3D Deardorff studio camera.
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