Ferrotype Atelier — On the Permanence of Silver

I

The plate resists time itself

Each collodion emulsion hardens onto japanned iron as a single, unrepeatable moment — no negative, no intermediate generation.

II

Exposure runs three to sixty seconds, demanding a stillness that the subject must inhabit rather than merely hold.

III

The plate is sensitised, exposed, and developed on-site — a direct positive that keeps exactly what the lens sees.

IV

Chemical streaks, bromide-edge artifacts, and tarnish are not defects but the honest residue of an unenclosed process.