Tag Archives: tintype
The tintype and modern soldiers
Ed Drew’s photographs truly bring a sense of beauty to the viewer. When looking at the slides, one can definitely feel like looking back to the past where tintypes were very common. For Ed, it must be very accomplishing because … Continue reading
The Civil War Tintype and Modern Soldiers
The tintype has a very distinct look which is memorable, I think Sgt Drew’s use of this process brings something to the photographs that a modern digital camera cannot. It is through the imperfections and thought which needs to go … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: The Civil War Tintype and Modern Soldiers
Frederick Scott Archer’s wet-plate collodion process dominated photographic production in the mid-19th century. There were three options with the wet-plate process, you could produce a glass negative or an ambrotype (a glass negative with dark backing) or a tintype (also … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Civil War-era Processes, New Advertising
Many photographers today are reviving the photographic processes of the Civil War era. A California news article reports on several photographers in San Francisco who are producing photographs with the wet-plate process. Even Louis Vuitton highlights wet-plate photography in his … Continue reading
