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packman

(16,296 posts) Sun Jun 23, 2019, 11:19 AM Jun 2019

The rebirth of the Tintype

Article with photos about professional photographers rediscovering the tintype photo process and why:

https://www.popphoto.com/rebirth-tintype-an-old-photographic-medium-is-revitalized/

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The rebirth of the Tintype (Original Post) packman Jun 2019 OP

Loved it - thanks for sharing RainCaster Jun 2019 #1

Chemical photography is one of my sadly neglected hobbies. hunter Jun 2019 #2

Nice. n/t area51 Jun 2019 #3

RainCaster

(10,832 posts)

1. Loved it - thanks for sharing

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sun Jun 23, 2019, 12:19 PM

Jun 2019

hunter

(38,302 posts)

2. Chemical photography is one of my sadly neglected hobbies.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sun Jun 23, 2019, 12:47 PM

Jun 2019

It's possible I might not have the attention span for wet plate processes.

Those photographs are gorgeous.

I was especially intrigued by Ian Ruhter's giant cameras, inside of which he is camera mechanism.

area51

(11,896 posts)

3. Nice. n/t

Reply to packman (Original post)

Mon Jun 24, 2019, 11:05 AM

Jun 2019

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