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  • About
    • About
    • Facility Rentals
    • Highlight Studios
    • Library
    • Visit us
  • Education
    • Workshops
    • Online learning
    • Post/Keller Scholarship Program
    • School Tours
    • Policies
    • FAQs
  • Exhibitions
    • Upcoming Exhibitions
    • Project Gallery | Cheryl Mukherji
    • Previous Exhibitions | Exhibition Space
    • Past Exhibitions | Project Gallery
    • Members Gallery 2024
  • Programs
    • 2025 Workspace Residents
    • 2025 Risograph Residents
    • Fujifilm/Penumbra Foundation Internship Program 2025
    • Long Term Program The Photobook
    • A Lecture in Two Acts
    • Penumbra Artist Series
    • About the Workspace A-I-R Program
    • Publications
    • For movement, against reproduction.
  • Membership & Support
    • MEMBERSHIP
    • Photogravure Portfolio Opportunity
    • Shop
    • Donate
    • Subscribe
  • Tintype Studio
    • Book A Session
    • Tintype Studio FAQ
    • Tintype Services
  • Sign In My Account
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In 1851, Frederick Scott Archer introduced a wet plate process, sometimes referred to as the collodion process after the carrier material used. The process is simple: a bromide, iodide, or chloride is dissolved in collodion (a solution of pyroxylin in alcohol and ether).

A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the support for the photographic emulsion. 

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Penumbra Foundation's programs are made possible by our board of trustees, our members, and generous individuals and institutions in our community. And with major support from Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, Fujifilm, Charina Endowment Fund, New York State Council on the Arts, and the Joy of Giving Something Inc.

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