Last week I began a discussion of the oldest photographs, all of which were produced as encased images. The daguerreotype was the earliest of these: it was a positive photographic image on a copper ...

The ambrotype, a photographic process invented in the 1850s, took its name from the Greek for “immortal” or “imperishable.” An underdeveloped positive on coated glass, the ambrotype image assumed full ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. P12521 This collection contains one 1/4 plate ambrotype depicting Chief Okemos [Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)], photographed by Henry H. Smith of ...

A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s forms of photo-making: daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes Kaila Philo Photography is an art that often gets taken ...

Giles Clement, 35, is bringing his old-fashioned photography to Raleigh on June 30. Clement has been practicing wet plate collodion photography since 2012. During his time in Raleigh, Clement will be ...

Husband and wife pair of clear glass ambrotype photographs, July 1854 ambrotype photographs Photography 12.7 cm Condition Estimate Realized Price +86% above mid-estimate Auction Venue/Sale Sale Date ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Funding for the digitization of this collection was ...