@rebeccalawrence, reclining.  8×10 wet-plate on aluminum (tintype).  Copyright 2016, William Lawrence.

I recently put this tintype of Rebecca up to my Etsy Store – Check it out!  I was recently having the conversation about digital content, and while I do post to tumblr and instagram to let people see my work (and did I mention I have a website at Lawrencesview.com?), I’m not a prolific producer of digital content.  In a typical afternoon tintype shoot, I will get about 6-7 tintypes, and either maybe 1-2 8×10 Impossible project shots or maybe a few digital shots (both of the latter usually thinking towards cyanotype prints).  Generally, my work is about the physical object – the tintypes I produce are unique objects that you can hold in your hand.  That aluminum plate sits in the camera for the photograph and is developed immediately to get the print, making tintypes the nineteenth century’s answer to instant film.  These plates if treated at least modestly correctly should last a lot longer than I do – my wife has one in a family album from the 1860′s.  So do check out my Etsy Store.  It’s not only a way to support your humble photographer and the talented models I work with, but it’s a way to get a piece of art that was developed from the beginning to be about the physical print, whether a tintype on aluminum, or a cyanotype on watercolor paper.  For the tintypes, this is a way to get a completely unique piece of art – the tintypes are one-of-a kind!