Wet-Plate Collodion on Glass

Malta – Wet Plate Prints

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Malta's landscapes, captured as they would have been seen in the Victorian era. Each image is made on location with a large-format camera: a glass plate is hand-coated with collodion, sensitised in silver nitrate, exposed for a few seconds and developed while still wet. The result is a direct positive on glass, with soft highlights, deep shadows and an almost three-dimensional depth that digital photography cannot replicate. There is no negative and no copy, so every plate is one of a kind.

Process

Wet-plate collodion (ambrotype)

Medium

Direct positive on glass

Edition

One of a kind, no negatives or copies

Finish

Hand-varnished with shellac