The Halide Project

Make tintypes outside!

Join us on June 9th and 11th for a two-day, hands-on tintype workshop. The format and materials used will mirror instructor Maurene Cooper’s work on tin and glass with natural light in Philadelphia’s historic park system.

Day one will cover the chemistry, practice, and process of wet plate collodion, as well as an orientation in large format camera use. Students will learn to shoot indoors on tin, practice pouring and processing plates in different types of darkrooms.

Day two will focus on “how to see and photograph natural light” in a range of outdoor locations at Orkney Park in Northern Liberties. Students will explore subjects from architecture to plant life and learn how color translates in the wet plate process. They will also prepare, varnish and develop plates using 19th century methods in table-top darkrooms suited for tintype making.

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