This method greatly improved image quality and reduced exposure times, becoming the standard until the advent of dry plates. Dry plate photography was developed by Richard Leach Maddox in 181.

Traditional cameras at the time used a wet plate process, but a new dry plate process was coming into vogue. Eastman developed his own dry plate method and also figured out how to scale up plate ...

Wet plate photography has been making a serious come back lately, but this Kickstarter from Galaxy wants to bring back dry plate, large format photography in a relatively accessible way. If you’re ...

While most photographers have transitioned from film to digital photography, Harry Taylor decided on a different route—one that led him to the mid-19 th century and the world of wet plate ...