I miss doing wet plate. These photos were shot at the cemetery dad is buried in and where I will be buried. The camera is a 24x24 inch Chamonix, that cost around $11000 CAD (with extras) second hand. The darkroom trailer (FREDDY) before additions was $7600 CAD the truck (THE.BEAST) with a couple of repairs around $9000-$10000 CAD.
Wet plate photography is very expensive but I love the creativity, history and most importantly the wonderful timeless beauty of the finished plates. Ambrotypes have a subtle power that I have not seen in any other art form.
I will continue the AMBROTOS KANATA wet plate projeect when I return to Canada Making Ambros till I die, is a good way to go out! Am 61 now, I hope I can continue working on the project, slowly but deliberately into my 80s.
