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.

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