This year, the wet plate supply brand Modern Collodion ran its first annual Wet Plate Competition. The 2018 contest received over 200 submissions from 75 wet plate photographers based in 19 countries.
The grand prize winner is the photo above, titled “Aristolochia Pods,” by Paul Barden. Here’s Barden’s description of the photo: I’ve had a […]. petapixel.com
The Accademia del Disegno (“Academy of Design”), which opened in 1563 Florence, Italy was the world’s first academy of art. Prior to that time, to succeed with a career in the arts, a would-be artist either apprenticed in a respected Master’s atelier or was self-educated. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-01-12 23:50
For the past five years, I have organized an annual photographic Tableaux Vivant based on classic paintings. I have included anywhere from 15, or in the instance of my 2021 construction, No Vaccine for Death, 90 collaborators. petapixel.com »
2021-08-06 22:54
It hasn’t been easy being a portrait photographer during a pandemic. I opened my tintype portrait studio in February of 2020 with visions of goofy vintage photo remakes and smiling families gracing my lens. petapixel.com »
2020-12-02 20:54
Greta Thunberg exploded into the public consciousness last month after the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist gave an impassioned and scathing speech to world leaders at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York. petapixel.com »
2019-10-15 18:31
If you've been following the work of Markus Hofstaetter with us for some time now, you'll know that you can trust him to come up with the craziest and most surprising wet plate photography projects. thephoblographer.com »
2019-04-24 19:00
Modern Collodion has just announced the winners of the 2019 Wet Plate Competition, the second annual contest for wet plate collodion photographers around the world after launching last year. This year, over 220 photos were submitted by 90 photographers based in 19 different countries. petapixel.com »
2019-04-11 21:31
Just when we think we've seen everything from Austrian portrait and wedding photographer Markus Hofstaetter, he manages to surprise us each time. He's pushed the boundaries of wet plate photography and what can be done for the craft. thephoblographer.com »
2019-03-25 10:00
Here’s something you may not have known about the 1800s wet plate collodion photography process: it can make certain tattoos disappear in photos. It’s a curious phenomenon that photographer Michael Bradley used for his portrait project Puaki. petapixel.com »
2018-07-09 21:48
There are fewer than 1,000 wet plate collodion artists practicing around the world, and as far as I know, I am the only one in the state of North Dakota. 5 years ago, I didn’t own a camera and knew nothing about photography. petapixel.com »
2018-01-12 00:21
New York-based photographer James Weber recently shot a series of portraits of WWE wrestling superstars using the 1800s wet plate collodion process. The photos were shot over two days in two different arenas where the stars were wrestling: one day it was at the Sun National Bank Center in New Jersey, and the second was […] petapixel.com »
2017-06-26 21:25
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2017-06-16 21:33
Recently I have been seeing a lot of people having problems identifying the signs of their plates being either overdeveloped or overexposed, so I decided to do the following simple exercise that should make it easier for folks with a discerning eye to see if one of these troubles may be possibly plaguing them at the moment. thephoblographer.com »
2017-01-16 08:02
The World Photography Organization has announced the overall winners in the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards 2023 competition. [Read More]
Brazilian wildlife and landscape photographer Ary Bassous was documenting the COVID-19 pandemic at a hospital in Rio de Janeiro when he photographed a doctor taking her lunch break after 8 hours of continuous work in the emergency room.
HIPA has announced this year’s winners of its prestigious international photography contest. This year’s theme was “Water,” and Australian photographer Jasmine Carey won the $120,000 grand prize with an ethereal photo of a mother humpback whale sleeping next to her two-week-old baby.
Red Bull Illume has announced the winning photos of its prestigious 2019 action sports photography competition. French photographer Ben Thouard was named the Overall Winner with his underwater surfing photo (shown above) shot in Teahupo’o, Tahiti.
The Kennel Club has just announced the winners of the 2019 Dog Photographer of the Year competition celebrating the best dog photos from around the world. This year, the 14th edition of the contest, nearly 7,000 entries were received from 70 countries around the globe.
National Geographic has announced the winners of its 2019 Travel Photo Contest. Photographer Weimin Chu won the $7,500 grand prize for his Cities photo “Greenlandic Winter,” which shows the fishing village of Upernavik in Greenland.
The prestigious Sony World Photography Awards has announced the winners of the 2019 photo contest. Italian photographer Federico Borella was named Photographer of the Year (and the 1st place winner in Documentary) for his project Five Degrees, which focuses on male suicide in the farming community of Tamil Nadu, Southern India, which is experiencing its […]