In 1851 Fredrick Scott Archer was credited with inventing the wet plate collodian process. How many failed attempts before he succeeded? How excited when his first image appeared?
I have made countless Ambrotype since the one pictured above, and each one is still thrilling to watch as it becomes visible. I keep this small Ambrotype at my work station as a small reminder.
A New York based photographer who still shoots film. Born, and raised in New England, and living the last thirty years in midcoast Maine, I took a job as Shipkeeper aboard the Wavertree at South Street Seaport Museum in the Winter of 2016/17. On my off days I find myself exploring the City with a camera at hand. At the moment I am shooting with a Mamiya RB67, but recently acquired an 8x10 Kodak Master View, with the hopes of doing some wet plate portrait work. View more posts
Webster’s Wet Plate
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