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Local photographer takes "wet plate" photos of the park's crossing reenactment - Washington Crossing Historic Park
In the past century, photography has become so simple and accessible that anyone can take a decent photo and enjoy a print or digital version. But up until about the 1880s, this wasn’t the case. Instead, photographers relied on wet plate technology which was developed in 1851 and would come to replace the daguerreotype. Though wet plate photography had a relatively short lifespan before dry plate photography came along, it’s enjoying a comeback among photography enthusiasts, like Bucks County photographer Glenn Horan. Using a nineteenth century camera and development process, Glenn creates tin type images like the one seen here. Read More