Posts Tagged ‘wet collodion’
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Hiawatha: Photographer
1November 24, 2014 by Lydia Syson
As some of you may know from my most recent post on The History Girls, I’ve been doing a lot of research this year into nineteenth-century photography for my new book, Liberty’s Fire. One day, just as I was despairing that I would ever get my head round the different processes involved in wet, as opposed to dry, collodion, or daguerreotype and tintype, or remember exactly how long each stage might take, or which chemicals would have what effect, let alone weave this seamlessly into a gripping narrative, I came across a wonderful poem by Lewis Carroll which made me laugh out loud. Since I am deep in edits, I thought I’d share it with you now. keep reading
Category News | Tags: 19th century, Hiawatha, Hiawatha Photographing, Lewis Carroll, Longfellow, photography, Victorian, wet collodion
