Ch #4 Flashcards
Ambrotype
A modification of the wet plate collodion process, in which an underexposed negative was backed with black paper or velvet to form what was called an ambrotype, became very popular from the mid-to-late 19th century
Tintype
Lightweight, durable, and CHEAP; Made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark liquor or enamel and used as the support for the photogenic emulsion; They were quick to make and used mainly in the 1860s and 70s; Photo albums became a thing
Stereoscope
Is a device that was used to view a stereoscopic pair of separate images, depicting left-eye and right-eye views of the same scene and a single three-dimensional image
Wet Plate Image
Early photographic technique invented by Englishman Fredrick Scott Archer in 1851; Involved adding iodide to collodion and coating a glass plate with the mixture and developed by pouring pyrogallic acid over it and was fixed with sodium thiosulfate; The plate was wet when it was exposed to the camera and then it was immediately developed and fixed; The process was valued for the level of detail and clarify it allowed
Carte De Visite
A small photographic portrait of someone that is mounted on a piece of card; Patented in Paris by photographer Andre Adolphe
Nadar
He made photographic portraits; He wanted to cover the person’s hands and focus more on the other aspects of the person
Fredrick Scott Archer
Published it in ‘The Chemist’ which enabled photographers to combine the dine detail of the daguerreotype with the ability to print multiple paper copies like the calotype; The directions for this process had to follow them very precisely in order to process the solution and coat the print thoroughly to show the image but it wasn’t that expensive; The exposure went down as well as the shutter speed
Andre-Adolphe-Eugene-Disderi
Jay J. Hartman
Antoine Caludet
French photographer and artist active in London who produced daguerreotypes; Boy with a Parrot, 1846
What issues occurred from Archer’s attempt to patent the collodion process?
Trying to reduce the amount of texture and unevenness inherent in the paper used for calotype negatives, he tried spreading collodion on paper, but could not get the collodion to adhere to the paper after the necessary washing
What valuable lesson can be learned from Hartman’s Test Spirit Photograph?
A person is able to experiment with the how they shoot the photos
Why were stereo pictures considered a sensation?
Provide more realistic depth perception to the viewer than conventional two-dimensional imaging technology
