Wet PLate

Wet plate Silver Collodion at Street Level Photoworks taught by David Gillanders

Wet Plate Collodion is a very early photographic process which dates back to the 1850’s. The photographs are made directly onto a piece of glass or metal, using a mixture of chemicals.

The process required a longer exposure time of around 12 seconds, allowing me to create this long exposure self portrait, capturing the movement of my hands whilst trying to keep the rest of my body still…