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02Pilot

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Modern glass plate photos of the RNLI
« on: May 01, 2016, 03:08:15 PM »
An ongoing project. Pretty cool stuff.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-36169468
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Re: Modern glass plate photos of the RNLI
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2016, 10:53:24 PM »
Thanks for posting this link! Yes those plates are fantastic!
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Re: Modern glass plate photos of the RNLI
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2016, 02:14:43 AM »
It's great stuff, and has a website here: http://lifeboatstationproject.com/
Also Jack Lowe has more tintypes on a website here: https://jacklowe.com/

Marvellous.
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Re: Modern glass plate photos of the RNLI
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2016, 09:59:05 AM »
superb stuff isnt it!
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Re: Modern glass plate photos of the RNLI
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2016, 12:52:14 AM »
Thanks for posting, the converted ambulance puts Sally Mann's Surburban/mobile darkroom to shame! This has to be about the most ambitious wet plate project out there.
The website is great and you can support the project from there as well.

Dave.
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