Wow! This is a throwback all the way to Maker Faire in 2017 when I was asked to shoot tintype portraits with Joseph Mougel for the BAM Camera Obscura. For those that aren't familiar with the project, take a look at some of my older posts and you can read all about this project. But to quickly explain what it was all about, the Betty Brinn Children's Museum went into some of the rougher neighborhoods in Milwaukee to offer free Tintype portraits to anyone who was interested in one. They would get to keep one, and we would take a second one in order to have something to display in the final gallery. The trailer seen in the above image was a teaching device used to show everyone how cameras and optics work. Visitors were invited to step inside this dark trailer to see what was on the outside world which would display upside down and backwards on our ground glass display.
At this particular outreach, I had the pleasure of chatting with hundreds of kids and sharing my passion for fading photographic techniques.
Here you can see the ground glass displaying the world outside upside down and backwards.
It was a beautiful day, but then again it is always a beautiful day when you have the opportunity to share your passion with others. It is even better when you don't have to worry about the finances and can put a smile on everyones face when you hand them their one-of-a-kind tintype portrait.
Stay tuned!
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