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Tintype portrait studio

The Penumbra Tintype Studio is a wet plate collodion portrait studio located at 36 East 30th Street, New York, NY 10016.

We are now open on Saturdays AND Sundays from 10am-6pm.

For events, commercial inquiries, special requests, or assistance, please email tintype@penumbrafoundation.org or call 917-288-0343.

All proceeds from the Tintype Studio go toward supporting our programming.

Image © Geoffrey Berliner/Penumbra Foundation

What is a tintype?

Considered by many to be the Polaroid of the 19th century, the tintype is made almost instantaneously through a process that uses hand poured chemicals on an enameled sheet of metal. Tintypes, often found today in near original condition, were passed down as family heirlooms and valued for their time-tested archival stability.

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Select your desired tintype size, date, and time of session.

Scans are now included in each session. For a digital copy of your tintype, please check off High Resolution Retouched Scan when booking your session. Turnaround for retouched scans is 7-10 days.

Plates must be picked up within 30 days of our session or they will be discarded.

Please note that prices have been adjusted up due to increases in material and chemistry costs.

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