wet plate
Photographer explains how to create and shoot wet plate photography
May 12, 2016
John Aldred
In the modern digital world, what is it that fascinates us about photography techniques that died out maybe a hundred years or more ago? Whatever…
The ABC of photography ‘types’
Apr 23, 2016
Daniela Bowker
Fox Talbot: Dawn of the Photograph opened at Media Space, part of the Science Museum, in London last week. Using a mixture of images, artefacts,…
Lomography unveils Daguerreotype-inspired Achromat lens for modern-day DSLRs
Apr 6, 2016
Gannon Burgett
Lomography is at it again with Kickstarter. This time, they’re reviving the world’s first photographic optic lens from 1839, the Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 Art Lens.
A Journey Through The History of Photography in Kodak’s Technology Vault
Dec 9, 2015
Liron Samuels
From a complicated, time-consuming and expensive process to the simple press of a button, photography has come a very long way since the first cameras…
Photographer Creates Tintype Portraits Of Miners Using Silver They Dug Themselves
Jan 13, 2015
Tiffany Mueller
Sean Hawkey is go-getter. The type of photographer so motivated by his convictions and interest, he doesn’t think twice about undertaking a new endeavor, a…
The Idlozi Is A Hand Made Talbotype Camera That Looks Into Your Soul
Jan 26, 2014
Udi Tirosh
Polish photographer Emil Stankiewicz crafted this amazing Talbotype camera by hand. It is called Idlozi – the word comes from Africa and it means a…
World’s Smallest Wet Plate Camera
Nov 20, 2011
Udi Tirosh
Photographer Kevin Klein set out to build the world smallest wet plate camera. Not only it is beautifuly crafted, it actually works. The camera takes…