Frustrated by the ease at which digital photos can be taken and doctored, some artists are kicking it old school: They’ve revived wet plate collodion photography, a medium invented and popular during ...
The collodion process, invented by Frederick Scott Archer in 1851, revolutionized photographic printing in the 19th century by introducing glass negatives that provided unparalleled clarity and detail ...
FARGO — Watching Kary Janousek take a photograph is like stepping back in time. She photographs her subjects (often in vintage clothing) while wearing a Victorian dress herself. From beneath the ...
Gutierrez became eager to learn about this form of photography after they had a wet-plate portrait taken of them. That portrait led Gutierrez to join the Western Photographic Historical Society, where ...
Let's imagine that you're hiking with friends to the summit of a nearby mountain or hill, and you'd like to capture the excursion on film. Today, you would just need carry along a small camera — the ...
A 9-year-old Jeff Schotland stood transfixed as the film negative swirled in the developer solution. Slowly, silhouetted faces began to appear: the curve of an ear, a nose. Then more fully formed ...
That portrait led Gutierrez to join the Western Photographic Historical Society, where they learned how to take wet-plate collodion photos with the group. Since joining last April, Gutierrez has taken ...