When he gets the chance, a dispatch is sent to City Gallery for inclusion in this exhibit. Even in this wired world, updating from reenactment locations is difficult. Through the lens and with electronic pen in hand, Kirsch brings the stories home. Kirsch takes pains to ensure his wagon and photographic equipment matches the period of the event as closely as he can. Even setting up the wagon and the cameras is a major undertaking to replicate the working conditions of Mathew Brady, Sam Cooley, Timothy Sullivan and Alexander Gardner.
Every reenactment brings with it the artist's excitement at new images to make.
The images that were so enjoyable to strike from behind the camera result in orders that must be fulfilled by long hours in the dark chamber and at the printing frame. By now they are drying in the darkroom and I am about bushed. I only wish I had time to make more. One dare not put them off. Fritz Kirsch's work has been featured on the Civil War Reenactor's web site in an article he wrote regarding John Coffer's Workshop .