For my third project in ART 568, I was asked to make three prints using the wet Collodion process. This process entails using multiple liquid chemicals on a 4"X5" sheet of aluminum to produce a print. For my project, I wanted to allude to the history of the process (which was most popular during the mid 1800s), so I enlisted the help of one of my reenactor friends who does Civil War era reenactments.
As a way to take the images into modern times, I had my friend pose in the stereotypical Civil War pose, but rather than holding a period correct weapon, I had him pose with a modern FN SCAR assault rifle. The images are posted below as photographs taken of the print along with a digital version to show the image before printing.
