Blues musician on Wetplate

[François]

Boy it's been a while since I haven't posted anything here. But I must say that that confinement and this pandemic have taken the wind out of my cigar box building. Nowadays, getting hurt when working with power tools is not an option. So I had to divert my attention to other stuff.

Now I don't know if this will be of any interest to anyone, but I found it to be really a nice thing. There is a photographer named Timothy Duffy who is working on a project where he photographs non-famous blues musicians using the wet plate collodion process. For those not familiar with old photographic techniques, wet plate was a process popular at the end of the 19th century. When you see a photographer traveling in a horse drawn wagon in old movies, that is the process that was more than likely to be used by that photographer. It consists of floating a sticky layer on top of a piece of glass or blackened tin and then soaking it in a bath of a silver solution. When the plate is ready, the photographer has to expose it while it is still wet, hence the term wet plate.

So, for those interested, here's the link Timothy Duffy Photography

Enjoy!

[François]

You're welcome.

I especially like the picture with the accordion-guitar combo. I think this would have won CB Gitty's latest contest hands down!

[Southern Ray]

 I agree with Pick. Thank you.

[the anonymous pick]

This is truly beyond cool , Thanks for sharing ,  

The link is worth a look folks !!!