Wet plate collodion photography seems to be having a bit of a revival these days, and I have a number of friends working with that media. I’ve tried it, taking a workshop from Alan Barnes, and there’s a lot of skill required. Beyond getting good chemistry, there’s an art to the pouring and exposure that can only be mastered by few. It’s rare to see a complete plate without flaws, and getting good dynamic range is hard. That’s why IRead more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56,234,105],"tags":[237,195,236,121,235],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analog-print","category-historical","category-photographers","tag-albumen","tag-art","tag-collodion","tag-famous-photographers","tag-history"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historic.camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/banner-fenton-fruit-flowers.jpg?w=640\")
<\/a>Roger Fenton\u2019s photographic still life Fruit and Flowers (1860) is among the last images he made before quitting photography for good at age 41.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"