Collodion darkroom on a bike

<p>Dear all,<br /><br />This is just a LF curiosity. A guy over here in Sao Paulo adapted a bicycle to carry his camera, darkroom and all that is needed for collodion shooting and development. This is a link with pictures that show him when he was making Ferrotypes and Ambrotypes in an cultural event last Saturday. I found it awesome.<br /><br /><a href="http://apenasimagens.com/en/wet-plate-bicycle-roger-sassaki/" target="_blank">http://apenasimagens.com/en/wet-plat...roger-sassaki/</a></p>

I think the writer of that linked article is ignorant of

the difference between ferrotypes (aka tintypes) and ambrotypes or wet collodion.

 

Tintypes, ferrotypes and ambrotypes are all direct

positive processes requiring no printing stage.

Unlike true wet collodion or any other negative

producing process.

 

Tintypes/ferrotypes were commonly offered by itinerant portrait photographers using a portable darkroom or in-camera processing. So the "darkroom on a bike" (or handcart) is nothing new; simply a revival of a very old practice.

 

If he pedalled a dynamo to power a digital camera and dye-sublimation printer, would it warrant an essay?

 

Some people do like to make things difficult for themselves. Are their pictures any better for it I wonder?

<p>Rodeo,<br>

Try reading again the linked article. Maybe a in a second try you will understand it better.<br>

Wagner </p>

Thanks, but the poor English was hard enough

going the first time.

<p>nice article<br>

it reminds me of nicholas nixon and his 8x10<br>

i wouldn't want to crash a bike filled with collodion!<br>

i've read it is hard to source some of the materials used for doing wet plate photography in brazil.</p>