A collodion wet plate image. This is a tintype and is produced on black aluminum plate. This 6in x 6in image is of a piece of metal art produced by Not What It Was.

Tintypes are one of a kind images produced by an historic process. Wet plate collodion dates back to the mid 1800’s and was the first widely used photography method. The best known examples are from the American Civil war. Wet plate gave way to dry plate and then modern film photography. All of these methods have the same basic chemistry. Silver salts react with sunlight to produce metallic silver.

This plate is for sale and can be purchased at Collodion Prints

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