AMBROTYPE

Creating works using silver gelatin prints as a medium, I have always felt a certain limitation in photographs produced on paper. In other words, I have been somewhat disappointed and dissatisfied with the range of photographic expression achievable through silver gelatin prints. To compensate, I tone and hand-process my silver prints.
Yet I still wondered if a more perfect method existed, and it was then that I encountered the wet collodion process. The resolution of images produced with collodion, used as a light-sensitive emulsion, rivals the high resolution of contemporary digital technology. For me, the most important aspect is that glass serves as the support. The transparency of glass imparts depth to the projected image. It feels as if you are peering into another world through a small window.
I usually aim to convey how my subject exists within its space, rather than capturing the intrinsic value of the object itself. In other words, I am interested in the beauty of the object as it exists within a particular space, and I strive to express that space as an integrated whole. 

Ambrotype — a unique and rare photographic technique that was popular in the second half of the 19th century. Unlike modern digital photography, ambrotypes are created on glass or metal plates, producing singular, high-contrast images of unmatched character.