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    The White Rabbit – Make Your Choice
    Nov 9, 2025 Markus Hofstätter

    Life is full of choices, each leading to unknown outcomes sometimes bringing joy and positivity, other times disappointment. Yet, to achieve something meaningful, risk is…

    Rare Portraits of Ill-Fated Arctic Expedition Leaders Set for Auction
    Aug 30, 2023 Alex Baker

    A collection of daguerreotype portrait photographs showcasing renowned Arctic explorers captured shortly before the tragic Franklin expedition will be auctioned in London next month. The…

    It’s Time To Say Goodbye – A story about an ending and a new beginning
    Jul 13, 2023 Markus Hofstätter

    In today’s post, I’ll use photography to make memories of the cherry tree that I grew up with since I was a little boy. Many…

    Victorian death portraits

    The Victorian death portrait: a family photo guaranteed to send shivers up your spine
    Jan 13, 2023 Alex Baker

    At a glance, this image looks like an old photograph of five somewhat bored children posing for a family photo. And indeed, it is. However,…

    Lomography brings back the Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 lens with new silver and black paint jobs
    May 25, 2022 John Aldred

    Lomography’s Art Lens series has grown with the addition of the Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 lens in both Onyx Black and Silver Graphite finishes. The lens…

    I built a Frankenstein large format wet plate camera from scratch for photographing ghosts
    May 6, 2022 Markus Hofstätter

    Corrine at Corrine West Photography booked a wet plate workshop with me before the pandemic started. Two years later we were finally able to do…

    Shooting high end food photography on wet plate large format looks amazing
    Sep 23, 2021 Markus Hofstätter

    Everybody knows that I work exclusively on collodion wet plate portraits. So what’s the reason for food photography now? Let me try to explain. Many…

    Is wet plate photography dangerous? Well, yes, it is
    May 3, 2021 John Aldred

    Wet plate photography’s one of those mythical analogue photography processes to most of us. All we know is that some liquid gets poured onto a…

    How to make your own 35mm daguerreotype safely and cheaply
    Dec 4, 2020 Dunja Đuđić

    Did you know that you can make your own 35mm daguerreotypes without using dangerous substances (such as mercury)? Also, you can do it without expensive…

    How I shot a portrait of two people 7,000km apart on a single wet plate photograph
    Nov 16, 2020 Markus Hofstätter

    This is not about a technical perfect wet plate. This is about building connections from thousand miles away. Overcoming obstacles and being there for each…