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I feel that with this tintype you’re able to look into the soul of the soldiers. You see not only a soldier, but the underlying emotions of these heroes. You see the triumph, struggle, pain, fear, courage, hope and strength … Continue reading →

Tintype illustrates a perspective that is authentic or realistic.  Capturing modern warfare infused with an ancient photography method makes it more nostalgic of the past war fares and they compliment each other. The whole process of transforming the photos is … Continue reading →

Photography is not as appreciated as it once was years ago. Technology has influenced the way we take photographs and interpret them. Many people do not consider photography as art because they don’t appreciate or understand the process. The wet-plate … Continue reading →

I believe that Ed Drew’s revival of the tintype is great for military pictures. To me this is good for two reasons. The first is that the grayish look of the tintype photos gives it a sort of gritty and … Continue reading →

I had the opportunity to read the article posted online in reference to Polidori.  While I believe some photographs should have people in it, I tend to believe that practice can only be incorporated into particular photographs.  If we are referring … Continue reading →

According to the film clips wet-plate photography it goes through an exclusive process to go make the pictures look authentic. It has it’s own quality which is hard to find in photography anymore. Wet-plate photography is worth doing, but it … Continue reading →

I think it’s a great thing that wet-plate photography is back because it gives the image a vintage look, which is more attractive than regular photos. Now a days everyone take photos and use Photoshop to make it look like … Continue reading →

I think some of the reasons for the return to the nineteenth-century processes are that the picture from this process is more in depth. You’re able to really capture a moment in depth and get something that is deeper in … Continue reading →

In my opinion, the reason why the photograph trend is now going backward to the civil war    era which is a reverse from simple point and shoot back to complex wet-plate process is that photographer found out that those … Continue reading →

Robert Polidori uses a large-format camera to take pictures of anything from the French palace of Versailles to the destruction that Hurricane Katrina caused or the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. In his photographs there aren’t any people present, which has … Continue reading →