Mammoth tintypes and the magic of the meniscus

Yesterday I attended a rare demo of the 19th-century tintype photographic process by photographer Nathaniel Gibbons at (or at least just outside) Gallery Kayafas, where Gibbons’ “Mammoth Plate Tintypes” are on display. For those of you who are not...

Atypical tintypes at ICP

Thanks to the Connections program, I used my PRC membership card to get in to the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York city free.  There were three shows of serious photojournalism and documentary photography by Susan Meiselas, Cornell Capa and W....