TINTYPES

In late 2019, I began researching the possibility of doing tintypes using the original techniques developed in the 1850s. Having long been a collector of antique photographs, I’ve tried to emulate their look in some of my previous design and illustration work. It took me years to acquire the necessary antique gear and the right people to help me with the techniques. I am in great appreciation to the early assistance and guidance of Anton Orlov and Eric Baillies who gave me the confidence that this could be done. In 2024, my darkroom was completed and I became a graduate of John Coffer’s Camp Tintype in Dundee, New York. Mr. Coffer’s teaching and techniques were an immense leap forward towards my goals and gave me the confidence to move forward independently.

My cameras are an 8x10 Korona View, by the Seebold Invisible Camera Co., Rochester, NY, circa 1920s, and a Century No. 2, circa 1903. I have several antique lenses, including a Dallmeyer 3A, London, ENG, 1900-01, a Darlot barrel lens, Paris, FR, circa 1860, a Bausch and Lomb Optical Zeiss Plantar Series 1A, Rochester, NY, 1918, and a Voightlander No.6 Heliar, Germany, 1902.

All tintypes are of original sculptures and are not created using a photo editing program.

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