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TINTYPEBOOK_ A social portrait in the 21st century

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 A  portrait on a single metal plate with its marks and imperfections gives us a sense of uniqueness, one of a kind.  The photographers skill is not enough. An experience, a story to tell,  a compromise between portraitist and portrayed. A tintype is impossible to repeat. The  importance in recovering  these old techniques confronts the massification of digital imagery today.  “A will to give more than 8 seconds of your life and look beyond the camera.”

 I found that the work I was doing with tintypes had the expression I was looking for.
 A new strength, an urge to slow down the process, concentrate on the individual.
 We live in the paradox of being part of a globalized world, all connected threw social networks but more and more isolated in one’s self.  
 During one year and a half I took hundreds of portraits of people from all over the world in a small atelier in Lisbon.They lived this experience and saw the process, took part of the event. These portraits traveled in the physical form of a metal plate  to different countries and tell a story of a time that once was ours and takes the risk of being forgotten.





tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Jusssi from Finland 13x18 tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Emelie from Paris 9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Benji Van B from Australia_13x18 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Leonor from Lisbon_9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Luquebano Sansão Afonso_"Lucky" from Lisbon_9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Park Hye Min from South Korea_9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Patrick Knecht from Switzerland_9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Frederike from Germany_9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Karl from Canton_9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Lucia Mantovani from Italy_9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Horton Humble from New Orleans_9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Luis Gouveia Monteiro from Lisbon_9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Paulo Furtado from Portugal_ 9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Bruno Canas from Lisbon_9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Santos Cabral from Guiné__9x12 Tintype  
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Renaud Delcuze_ 9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Jean Michel Mezange_9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Sari Veiga_9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Jorge Rivotti_9x12 Tintype
tintype portrait Portraiture art black and white wet collodion process
Pepijn & Smittijsh_9x12 Tintype
TINTYPEBOOK_ A social portrait in the 21st century
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TINTYPEBOOK_ A social portrait in the 21st century

“There’s no smartphone or app that does what we do” 19 century portraiture_ an experience.

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