Celebrate Wet Plate Day with Glens Falls Art

Each year, on the first Saturday in May, Craig Murphy, along with wet plate artists around the world, celebrate Wet Plate Day by making collodion images the same way they were created in the 19th century. World Wet Plate Day is a day to applaud the artists that continue to practice this original 19th century photographic method. Modern day collodion photographers are encouraged to make wet plate images on the first Saturday in May.

Craig Murphy travels with his Glens Falls Art® traveling tintype studio to locations in upstate NY to make heirloom portraits and scenics using this historic photographic method. These unique images can be passed on from generation to generation. Here are Craig’s five favorite handmade photographs created over the last decade on World Wet Plate Day:

glens falls art tintype of glens falls city park gazebo chair and bench

Glens Falls City Park Gazebo, chair and bench in Glens Falls NY

mother daughter tintype by Craig Murphy and glens falls art

Adirondack Artist Kate Boyle and her mom, Peggy.

north river ny tintype by craig murphy and glens falls art

The Hudson River in North River, NY

glens falls art tintype of civil war monument in glens falls

The Civil War monument in Glens Falls, NY

glens-falls-art-tintype-of-cranall-public-library-made-on-wet-plate-day

Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls, NY.

Check back for more wet plate collodion photographs made on Wet Plate Day!