Wet plates

Photography was revolutionized in 151 when Frederick Scott Archer invented the wet plate collodion process for making glass negatives. This new technique was about 20 times faster than previous methods and also free from patent restrictions. Exposures ranged on average from 1 to 3 seconds.



civil war re-enactor explaining about different types of 19th century photography.

Ny Times Slideshow documenting the life and work of upstate NY based artist John Coffer who both lives and produces his photography as if it were the 19th century. (well, minus the whole having a website thing.)