The First Modern Collodion “Reenactor.” , 1960's
Silver gelatin print
19.40 x 24.20
Unsigned
1016.01.00096
The First Modern Collodion “Reenactor.” Ira Currant worked in the Ansco Photographic Company Research Lab. In the 1960s he convinced the Ansco Company to let him set up a darkroom...
The First Modern Collodion “Reenactor.”
Ira Currant worked in the Ansco Photographic Company Research Lab. In the 1960s he convinced the Ansco Company to let him set up a darkroom wagon and demonstrate the wet collodion negative process at Civil War reenactments advertising the company‘s connection with photography during then American Civil War. Ansco was a combination of the Anthony and Scovill companies, major American camera and chemical suppliers in the early days of photography.
Ira Currant worked in the Ansco Photographic Company Research Lab. In the 1960s he convinced the Ansco Company to let him set up a darkroom wagon and demonstrate the wet collodion negative process at Civil War reenactments advertising the company‘s connection with photography during then American Civil War. Ansco was a combination of the Anthony and Scovill companies, major American camera and chemical suppliers in the early days of photography.