Description
How did photography become an easy-to-use everyday practice?
Starting with dangerous developing methods using mercury in the 1800s, it's hard to imagine how photography technology has become so easy over the past 200 years. By looking at the practices of six different photographers with six unique photographic processes—Daguerreotype, Calotype, Wet Plate Collodion/Ferrotype/Tintype, Roll Film Photography, Instant Photography and Digital Photography—we can journey through history to see how photography became accessible. Thanks to the six photographers in this film, we can learn the science behind how photography tools and processes became accessible.
Credits:
Joaquin Paredes Piris - Photographer, specialized in historical processes (Analog Inside)
Jo Gane - Artist
Tia Bannon - Writer, Actor, Photographer
Timi Akindele-Ajani - Filmmaker and Photographer
Edoardo Capello - Film Lab Technician (Moderne Lab)
Kai Kwasi - Interdisciplinary Artist
Shahfaq Shahbaz - Commercial and Fashion Photographer
Chapters
Intro: 0:00
Daguerreotype: 1:27
Calotype: 11:09
Ferrotype/Wet Plate Collodion: 17:14
Roll Film: 26:00
Instant Film: 41:27
Digital Photography: 48:17
Conclusion: 56:50