Contemporary Ambrotypes

Maayan Kasimov and Rob Norton are two contemporary
photographers who work with ambrotypes, a photographic
process used commercially between 1852 and the early 1880s
that converts an under-exposed, wet-collodion glass-plate
negative into a positive by backing it with a dark-coloured
material.

Kasimov captures the communion that can occur between
people and animals in her series “Companions”, while Norton
offers an arresting glimpse into the personal world of two lovers
in his series “From a Distance”.

Curated by Alice Dixon