SILVER & LIGHT from Ian Ruhter : Alchemist on Vimeo.
American Dream from Ian Ruhter : Alchemist on Vimeo.
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WHAT IT IS: "Collodion process" is usually taken to be synonymous with the "collodion wet plate process", a very inconvenient form which required the photographic material to be coated, sensitized, exposed and developed within the span of about fifteen minutes, necessitating a portable darkroom for use in the field. The Wiki link. CLICK HERE.
WHO & WHEN: The collodion process is said to have been invented, almost simultaneously, by Frederick Scott Archer and Gustave Le Gray in about 1850. During the subsequent decades of its popularity, many photographers and experimenters refined or varied the process.
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