One and many: Wet-Collodion and Woodburytype

Klein, Susanne; Elter, Paul

Abstract

The invention of photography in the 19 th century changed our perception of reality for ever. Without the interpretation of an artist, an image could be recorded within minutes representing 'unfiltered' reality. Besides the scientific challenge how to capture the light and make the image permanent, the distribution of the image material became a scientific and commercial endeavor at the same time. We will present modern reincarnations of two technologies practiced by Walter Woodbury, the inventor of the first commercially successful photomechanical reproduction method: Merging Wet-Collodion photography and Woodburytype.

Citation

Klein, S., & Elter, P. (2021). One and many: Wet-Collodion and Woodburytype. In Printing for Fabrication Online 2021 Final Program and Proceedings (37-40). https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2021.37.37

• Conference Name: Print for Fabrication
• Conference Location: Online
• Start Date: Oct 11, 2021
• End Date: Oct 12, 2021
• Acceptance Date: Sep 13, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Oct 10, 2021
• Publication Date: Oct 10, 2021
• Deposit Date: Oct 4, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 4, 2021
• Pages: 37-40
• Book Title: Printing for Fabrication Online 2021 Final Program and Proceedings
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2021.37.37
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7885131