Ambrotypes
Ambrotypes – a beginner’s view
Emma Bjorndahl has recently learned a new skill – making ambrotypes. She shares her passion and frustrations with this process.
Sean MacKenna (1932 – 2012)
From: Born Ireland, lived in London, UK
Shows: Ambrotypes, Tintypes / Ferrotypes, Wet plate collodions
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Ellie Young
From: Trentham East, Victoria, Australia.
Shows: Albumen prints, Ambrotypes, Carbon prints, Gum bichromates, Salt prints, Wet plate collodions.
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Gene Bagdonas
From: Gungahlin, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Shows: Cyanotypes, Vandyke browns, Gum bichromates, Gum over cyanotype, Cyanotype/Vandyke over inkjet, Platinotypes, Ziatypes, Photopolymer gravures, Polaroid image transfers, Albumen prints, Tintypes – modern, Ambrotypes, Salt prints.
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Wet-Plate Collodion Process – Ambrotypes
Alexey Alexeev talks us though the wet plate collodion, or ambrotype process. From history to final print.