One of my first wet plate collodion images, a magical 19th century process for producing images, that is slow, beautiful and precious. I love it. Thanks to Carl Radford for his teaching and support, and to fellow explorer & photographer Jodie Chapman for sitting so very still. The start of what promises to be a long love affair….
Jodie Chapman says
I’m on Polly’s blog – ooh! I’m on Polly’s blog – aah! 🙂
Debs @ Belle Amour says
Wow! Jodie and this image are so, so beautiful!
Carl Radford says
It was great to share the process with you both. You both learnt very quickly despite our initial setback with the power pack blowing up – I now have two replacements! This is a great image and shows the depth of the images that wet plate collodion produces – an attractive model is always a bonus too 🙂
David Jenkins says
Really cool, like a crackly record! Only the jacket is giving the period away.
Lucy says
This is an unbelievable photograph, hauntingly beautiful – it really draws me in x
melissa says
beautiful 🙂 i’ve heard about this process before and would love to try it some day
Kirsten Mavric says
That is VERY beautiful. I’m just squinting at it murmuring “wow”.
Marianne Taylor says
So so beautiful (both the model, and the picture!). One of my heroes, Sally Mann, works a lot with wet plate collodion and I’ve always loved the images this technique produces, especially knowing the amount of work that goes into them!
Ibiza Weddings says
Very nice work.. Really does look like an old time photo.
Miss Pickering says
Gosh, that image is captivating. Brava.
kjrsten says
Polly!
Magnificent! this image is totally blowing my mind right now!
Kristin says
I am smitten with this process! I love it! one of my favorites photographers is Julia Margaret Cameron. I hope to learn it myself one of these days… this is so striking, beautiful artwork!!