From reenactment tintypes, to still life ambrotypes, to studio portraits, photographers have embraced the ethereal look, handmade process, and arcane yet simple materials of wetplate. Wetplate photographers can be artists, engineers, wilderness travelers, studio operators or backyard hobbyists. But they all have been deeply impacted by this beautiful technique.
(from the old Website restored)
May 9th 08:01am
May 9th 08:09am
May 9th 08:15am
May 9th 08:22am
May 9th 08:32am
May 9th 08:33am
May 9th 08:34am
May 9th 08:35am
May 9th 08:36am
May 9th 08:37am
May 9th 08:38am
May 9th 08:38am
May 9th 08:39am
May 9th 08:40am
June 15th 07:48pm
June 19th 11:32pm
August 27th 09:26pm
April 27th 11:48pm
May 1st 03:35pm
May 4th 11:42pm
June 6th 09:28am
May 6th 07:05pm
May 10th 06:57pm
May 3rd 01:43pm
May 10th 06:21am
3 Comments
This is a process that changed my way to see and approach the world, for the last 5 years has been my main process, the results are very unique, photography is king!
WPC is a great hobby for someone like me who is interested in chemistry, optics, and making real, unique things with your own two hands.
I started photographing when I was thirteen. I’m fifty-five now. Of those years, more than twenty belong to the collodion. Every morning after waking up, I go into my studio, look at my plants (I grow roses and bonsai), my cameras, and grab a bottle of collodion. It may be ridiculous, but it is. It’s not fun, hobby, it’s a way of life. There is no other way for me. Am I writing poorly in English? Maybe because I’m Hungarian.