Imaging recource: Bringing the past into the future: Ian Ruhter works from within his camera to create one-of-a-kind collodion photographs

    For Ian Ruhter, photography is a very hands-on activity. He captures photographs using a wet plate collodion process. Wet plate collodion photography began in the mid-19th century. The nature of the process requires that images must be exposed and developed in a matter of minutes, or else the collodion will dry. As he is a landscape photographer, this means that he must have a portable darkroom. In his case, his darkroom is a converted delivery truck. Ruhter's truck is not just a darkroom, however, it's also his camera. While wet...
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