Frederick scott archer biography examples

Early Photographic Processes

Wet Collodion Process

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Discovery

Pioneers

Gustave le Gray, RJ Bingham and Frederick Scott Archer each considered creating a photographic plate by coating glass with collodion.

It was Archer  (), after discovering the process in , who published an account of it in , and is generally credited with the discovery.  [PCH], [Charles A Long]

An article entitled The Early History of the Wet Collodion Process appeared in The  British Journal of Photography,  on 8 Jan [p]. 

This article includes reference to a paper by Archer published in The Chemist, March   Further letters and articles on the 'Archer v.

Bingham' controversy appeared in the BJP during

Frederick Scott Archer

Seán MacKenna who lives and works in London is a practicing wet collodion photographer.  He describes himself as 'also poet and tragedian'. 

He has constructed a series of web pages to honour th