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The Collodion Picture Company

Blumensteinstrasse 6, Wattenwil, Switzerland
Event Planning Service

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For your events, parties, wedding, bar, garden, terrasse, chalet! Bring a touch of uniqueness in your life, get a tintype studio to join the fun! The collodion company works with a 160 years old photographic technique producing stunning and unique images directly on a black metal plate or on glas.

The Collodion company comes with a full studio and darkroom and produces picture in front of the public. It takes about 5 minutes to create a picture...

For public events, we sell the portraits and pictures directly to the audience, generating no costs for the host. For private events, call us for a chat.


Here are the various possibilities and actions that we do:

The terrace Rally
We bring the studio to all the Cool bars, trendy restaurants, funky terraces, we are there... it gives a bit of a difference and animates nicely the place.

Festival Debacle
Same as above, we try to hit a certain amount of festivals. Not the big ones this year, maybe later. Check out the event page for more info!

Serious Stuff
Give an edge to your event! Your staff and clients will appreciate the process and take home a great souvenir of your event!

Cultural diversity
It is Mankind's heritage. Therefore we fit perfectly in cultural events such as: theatres, vernissages, galleries and museums.

Just married
Tired of digital images that will sit on a hard drive and never be looked at again? invite us and we will capture you and the crowd in a unique fashion!


Crazy ideas
Do you want a jacuzzi set up in a forest and want a unique photo to go along with it? Challenge us with your ideas. Let's make creative photos together!



THE TECHNIQUE

In a few words here is the explanation:

Wet Plate Collodion is one of the earliest photographic processes. Invented in 1851 by Frederick Scott Archer, it’s a complicated process involving the coating of either a sheet of glass (referred to as an Ambrotype) or a sheet of aluminium (referred to as a tintype) with collodion. Collodion is a thick and syrupy liquid made by dissolving nitrated cotton in a mixture of alcohol and ether. It was widely used by surgeons as a liquid bandage in the American Civil War due to it’s strength and adhesiveness.

To make collodion useable in a photographic process, it first must be mixed with sensitive salts such as potassium iodide and cadmium bromide. The collodion is then poured onto the “plate” and sensitised in a bath of silver nitrate. This forms a light sensitive compound of silver iodide on the surface of the plate. Once sensitised, the plate is exposed in the camera before the collodion has a chance to set and dry, hence the name “wet plate”. This allows a window of approximately 10 minutes to shoot the plate depending on the ambient heat.

After exposure in the camera, the plate is quickly returned to the darkroom where an acidic solution of iron sulfate is used to develop the plate. It is then rinsed with water and fixed in a mild solution of sodium thiosulphate.

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If your family Sunday roast drags on, if Netflix does not fulfil your needs, if you are just bored...if you ran out of red wine and beer... come tomorrow to the Vernissage of CHIMERES in Fribourg! opened from 2, vernissage starts at 16:00 and we will have a great concert from 2 japanese artists! Galerie Meovco, 5 rue pierre aeby, 1700 fribourg

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09 septembre 2016, collodion dans la distillerie Pierre Guy

09 septembre 2016, collodion dans la distillerie Pierre Guy
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10 septembre 2016, vernissage d'Images, au National, Vevey

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Ce soir à nouveau à la Jetée de la Compagnie pour une folle session de photo 100% chimique! Et une bonne nouvelle, nous acceptons maintenant les cartes de crédit!!!!!!! Donc plus aucune excuse de ne pas faire un portrait! À partir de 14:00!!! Pour l'apéro! A toute

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Atelier collodion au musée de l'Elysée, le 2 juillet 2016

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On y est!!!! Le Musée de l'Elysée et nous pour une nuit de portraits!!! Venez venez!

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