19th Century Mobile Photography

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Published April 23, 2008

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Check out this amazing time-lapse video that shows a photographer setting up
a wet-plate collodian, large-format photo shoot. The wet-plate process was
state of the art in the latter part of the 19th century. Today a select
group of fine-art shooters like Jill Enfield still use and enjoy it. The
process certainly is a far cry from the immediacy of digital cameras! You
can also see the video here: http://blip.tv/file/1710363

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