Ferrotype? Huh? What's that? It's also known as a melainotype. Most commonly
called a tintype. You can think of it as the original Polaroid camera. It was
quick, cheap, and produced a positive directly without a negative, and as a
result, was very popular the last half of the 19th century.
Ferro refers to iron. There is no tin in a tin type. During the Civil War
steel was a scarce, expensive commodity. Railroads ran on wrought iron rails,
not steel. And for making unbreakable photographs wrought iron was rolled into
very thin sheets and jappaned. Onto that was flowed collodion syrup (first
cousin of gun-cotton) with salts dissolved in, sensitized, exposed and quickly
developed to give a positive.
8X10 AND TINTYPE PORTRAIT DAY AT PENUMBRA
Sat, December 7th
2013
12-8PM
Impossible is teaming up with with The Penumbra Foundation to offer 8x10 and
tintype portraits! We will be shooting in their North Light Studio using antique
brass lenses that produce effects as interesting as they are beautiful. We
tested many different lenses and hand-picked an Oscar Zwierzina Plasticca to use
for this special event. It's unique softness is a perfect fit for portraits on
Impossible film. We are very excited for this match made in analog heaven and
this is an event that no photography enthusiast should miss.
Center for
Alternative Photography
36 East 30th Street
10016 New York
NY
United States
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