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Since its advent, the art of photography has been a process of artistic experimentation. Hundreds of processes have been invented since its inception, including gum bichromate, platinum/palladium, and wet plate collodion. These alternative processes don’t just still exist; they are thriving in the digital age. Discover 20 emerging and established photographers who use these and countless other processes to create unique and engaging photographic prints in a specially curated list by Christina Z. Anderson!

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Clément Marion’s series “Phoenix” features wet plate collodion photographs of severe burn victims that act as both hybrid artistic therapy for his models but also a commentary on important social constructs that influence their mental and emotional healing.

Recent recipient of CENTER’s Environmental Award, Ella Morton presents her ongoing body of work, “The Dissolving Landscape,” a series of experimental analog photographs that examine climate change in the Arctic and Subarctic landscapes of Canada and Nordic Europe.

Cary Norton and Jared Ragland’s collaborative series "Where You Come From is Gone" explores the history that occurred in the American South between Hernando DeSoto’s first exploitation of native peoples in the 16th century and Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act 300 years later.

Lynn Bierbaum’s work explores her search for belonging, and for a place, she can call home, by creating three-dimensional sculptures from a hybrid process of wet plate collodion and blown glass.

Kari Wehrs’ portrait project, “Shot”, examines gun ownership in the form of tintypes, some with bullet holes made by the firearm of the subject in the photograph. Read about her motivation for this series now!

Using the wet plate collodion process, McCullers & Montalvo create their body of work, “Where the Light Enters”. The images, made in South Florida’s barrier islands, represent a mysterious search for origins.

Take a journey into the fantastical imagination of printmaker Dan Herrera. Using a combination of archaic and modern photo techniques he creates a surreal alternate past full of spectacle and wonder.

Using wet plate collodion, Shane Balkowitsch has captured hundreds of 10-second stories of the indigenous people of North Dakota in his series Northern Plains Native Americans: A Wet Plate Perspective.

Ian Ruhter is a fine art photographer who has become internationally known for creating the world's largest portraits and landscapes with the wet plate collodion process using a converted van as a camera.