My name is Chuck Baker and I make images with light. I use many different tools and techniques including analog and digital cameras along with new and historic processes. Sometimes there’s a mixture of old with new and sometimes there’s homemade emulsions and plates married to digital output…I don’t discriminate.
Though working as a professional product/editorial photographer and webmaster was fun, I have retired to full time image making and analog shop ownership.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Current Exhibitions
I always have images displayed at my little film & chemistry shop: BCG Film & Photography | Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Exhibitions
2024 | Juried Group | 2024 International Krappy Kamera® Competition at SoHo Photo Gallery | New York City, New York
2023 | Juried Group | Somerville Toy Camera Festival | Somerville, Massachusetts
2023 | Juried Group | 2023 International Krappy Kamera® Competition at SoHo Photo Gallery | New York City, New York
2022 | Juried Group | Somerville Toy Camera Festival | Somerville, Massachusetts
2022 | Juried Group | 2022 International Krappy Kamera® Competition at SoHo Photo Gallery | New York City, New York
2021 | Juried Group | Somerville Toy Camera Festival | Somerville, Massachusetts
2021 | Juried Group | 2021 International Krappy Kamera® Competition at SoHo Photo Gallery | New York City, New York
2021 | with Pien Versteegh and Hans Baker – “Verf, Inkt & Licht | Expositie II” | Kerkje van Persingen | Persingen, The Netherlands
2020 | Juried Group | Somerville Toy Camera Festival in the Jones Gallery and the Franson Gallery | Somerville, Massachusetts
2020 | Solo – “Old Light & Reconstruction” | SoHo Photo Gallery | New York City, New York
2019 | with Pien Versteegh and Hans Baker – “Paint, Ink and Light” | Dorpsschuur Lent | Lent, The Netherlands
2019 | Juried Group – Honorable Mention | 2019 International Krappy Kamera® Competition at SoHo Photo Gallery | New York City, New York
2019 | 4 Photographers | Kerkje van Persingen | Persingen, The Netherlands
2018 | The Reconstruction of a Moment with Harry de Leeuw | Gallery 38 | Rheden, The Netherlands
2018 | 4 Photographers | Kerkje van Persingen | Persingen, The Netherlands
2017 | Art Fair | Kunstraffinaderij 2017 at Stevenskerk | Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2017 | Juried Group | Somerville Toy Camera Festival at Washington Street Gallery | Somerville, Massachusetts
2017 | Juried Group | “the imperfect lens” at A Smith Gallery | Johnson City, Texas
2017 | Juried Group | 8th Annual Plastic Fantastic Show at LightBox Photographic Gallery | Astoria, Oregon
2017 | Group Show | Ontmoetingskerk | Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2017 | Juried Group | 10th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show at RayKo | San Fransisco, California
2017 | Juried Group | 2017 International Krappy Kamera® Competition at SoHo Photo Gallery | New York City, New York
2017 | Together with Pien Versteegh | Kerkje van Persingen | Persingen, The Netherlands
2016-17 | Juried Group | fishing for iconography 2 | An Art in Public Project | by A Smith Gallery | Johnson City, Texas
2016 | Juried Group | Somerville Toy Camera Festival at Brickbottom Gallery | Somerville, Massachusetts
2016 | Juried Group | 20 Artists at Museum het Valkhof | Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2016 | Juried Group | 12x Nijmegen in beeld at Gallery Magazijn | Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2016 | Art Fair | Kunstraffinaderij 2016 at Stevenskerk | Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2016 | Juried Group | 7th Annual Plastic Fantastic Show at LightBox Photographic Gallery | Astoria, Oregon
2016 | Juried Group | 8th Annual Curious Camera Event 2016 at ArtsEye Gallery | Tucson, Arizona | Honorable Mention
2016 | Solo – “Hiding In Light” | “Hiding in Light” at Kerkje van Persingen | Persingen, The Netherlands
2015-16 | Juried Group | “Alternative Cameras: Pinholes to Plastic” at PhotoPlace Gallery | Middlebury, Vermont
2015 | Juried Group | Somerville Toy Camera Festival at Nave Annex Gallery | Somerville, Massachusetts
2015 | Juried Group | 5th Annual Holga Out of the Box International at TCC Photo Gallery | Longview, Texas | Honorable Mention
2015 | Juried Group | 6th Annual Plastic Fantastic Show at LightBox Photographic Gallery | Astoria, Oregon
2015 | Juried Group | “Monochrome” at Blank Wall Gallery | Athens, Greece
2015 | Juried Group | 7th Annual Curious Camera Event 2015 at ArtsEye Gallery | Tucson, Arizona | 2 Honorable Mentions
2015 | Juried Group | “Windows, Mirrors and Doors” at PhotoPlace Gallery | Middlebury, Vermont
2014 | Juried Group | 4th Annual Holga Out of the Box International at TCC Photo Gallery | Longview, Texas | Honorable Mention
2014 | Juried Group | Somerville Toy Camera Festival at Nave Annex Gallery | Somerville, Massachusetts
1995 | Group | Habitat Gallery | Belmont, Massachusetts
1994 | Juried Group | Griffin Museum of Photography | Winchester, Massachusetts | Best Of Show Landscape
1993 | Juried Group | Griffin Museum of Photography | Winchester, Massachusetts
1993 | Solo | Habitat Gallery | Belmont, Massachusetts
1993 | Solo | Powers Music School | Belmont, Massachusetts
1992 | Solo | Belmont Public Library | Belmont, Massachusetts
1990 | Group | Habitat Gallery | Belmont, Massachusetts
1989 | Group | Habitat Gallery | Belmont, Massachusetts
1988 | Group | Habitat Gallery | Belmont, Massachusetts
1988 | Solo | Belmont Public Library | Belmont, Massachusetts
Interests
I own and maintain The Brownie Camera Page, which has been a labor of love since 1994. It is my contribution to keeping this information alive and well for anyone seeking it out. Through this website I have met many wonderful people…some looking up information about a Brownie that was handed down to them…some photographers, like myself, who use these and other old cameras…and some people who are collectors.
This has now migrated to social media where I enjoy being referred to as TheBrownieCameraGuy!
Articles and News
2016 – Special Issue of Square Magazine
2015 – Podcast Interview with Thought Mixing Bowl
2015 – Regular contributor to Thought Mixing Bowl
2014 – Regular contributor to Thought Mixing Bowl
2014 – Article on PetaPixel about a homemade camera
2014 – Article on The Phoblographer about a homemade camera
2000 – ABC News segment about the 100th anniversary of the Brownie Camera
2000 – Article in the Dallas Times about the 100th anniversary of the Brownie Camera
Clients
Vormweijs – NL
Johnson String Instrument – US
Psychologiepraktijk den Hollander – NL
Toko Palee – NL
Mooradian Music Bag Company – US
Sky Publishing – US
Connell Publishing – US
Taste For Life Magazine – US
Practical Windows Magazine – US
Cobblestone Publishing – US
Odyssey Magazine – US
BCG Film & Photography – Analog Photography Supplies
BCG is my analog photography shop located in Nijmegen, Netherlands. I offer film, chemistry, darkroom supplies and more at low competitive prices. I ship to The Netherlands, EU and the world!
Secure online shopping is here: BCG Film & Photography
Workshops
I offer one-on-one workshops using analog, digital or a mixture of techniques. I can teach you proper darkroom techniques in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. If you don’t have a film camera it’s no problem, I’ll loan you a camera with film. Expand your photography experience or simply learn something new while having a lot of fun.