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Ghost Ranch Tin Types: Wet Plate in the West with WilL Wilson – G25070104

Jul 06 – 12 2025
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Will Wilson offers an exploration of the wet plate collodion process through the contemporary tintype. Participants will work with Will to develop a working knowledge of the tintype process from the equipment necessary to make tintypes to various options for final output, including the digital editing and printings of high resolution scans of the tintypes. We will focus on environmental portraiture and landscape photography, and use both natural and studio strobe as our light sources.

Supply list:
Large Format camera/lens and at least one film holder to convert to wet plate holder, if you have them.
Tripod if available
Digital camera if available
Laptop computer with photoshop or lightroom or equivalent if possible
Portable HD
Apron
Latex or Nitrile gloves
Respirator with P100 cartridges if desired for pouring collodion
Remaining tintype supplies will be provided by instructor

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Instructor

  • Will Wilson
    Will Wilson

    Will Wilson is a Diné photographer and trans-customary artist whose work transforms customary Indigenous cultural practices through innovative approaches to photography, performance, and installation. Wilson holds an MFA in Photography from the University of New Mexico and has received prestigious honors, including the Eiteljorg Native American Fine Art Fellowship, the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award for Sculpture, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant for Photography. His projects blend historic photographic processes with contemporary technologies, exploring complex histories of land, identity, and representation. This approach is exemplified in his Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange (CIPX), which reimagines the tintype process to center reciprocal engagement and disrupt settler-colonial visual narratives. Currently he is Associate Professor of Photography and Media at the University of Texas at Austin, where he continues to redefine Indigenous photography.

PRICE

$775.00