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out of many, one

all of us have different aspects to our personality that are exposed to other people either through situation or over time. here i’m trying to represent those different facets in individual glamour portraits utilizing a historic photographic process. this slow method allows for a richer development of the concept and personality representations. 

these were all shot as a tintype on a large format camera using the wet plate collodion process. this method was most prevalent in the mid to late 1800s. 

mary: the painter poses

mary: the painter poses

mary: the woman about town

mary: the woman about town

mary: the lover considers

mary: the lover considers

mary: the winsome socialite

mary: the winsome socialite

mary: the goth dresses

mary: the goth dresses

mary: the business leader

mary: the business leader