It’s still amazes me that I’m able to make film from raw materials. Then somehow an image appears!!
The imperfections and flaws are what makes, art, life and us beautiful! #filmphotography
A lot of times the things in life were looking for right in front of us.
Dare I say last shot? #filmphotography #wetplate
This photographic process is so old that it was almost forgotten. Now it feels like a new process.
Working with a 200-year-old photographic process on the side of the road!!
 It’s incredible.!! That people would fly from Europe and from across the US to see my work.!
“And, when you want something all the universe conspires and helping you achieve it “ the alchemist
It’s incredible to think I worked on this project for 15 years!
The beauty of the ambrotype! In 1850s photographic process. #filmphotography
What an amazing gift!
Sometimes it feels like it’s never going to work out. Then bam! all of a sudden it does!! #newbook
This seems more like magic than a photographic process!! #filmphotography
Sometimes I feel more comfortable working with trees than actual human beings. #wetplate
Can AI replace photography? To me cant if you consider the process. #newbook.
Making a camera out of a piece of trash. Simplifying photography with amazing results!!
Handmaid film, glass plate photography. I’m always amazed when it works.
Working with an incredibly delicate and beautiful process from the 19th century!! #filmphotography
I’m realizing that the process is more important than the actual photograph!! #photography #newbook1
How did they ever figure this out? One of the most beautiful processes in the world. #art #diy
I’ve waited 14 years for this package to come!! #photography #laketahoe
Turning a piece of trash into a camera!!
An incredible photographic process invented in the 1800s!! #photography
Turning trash into a camera! #pinhole #filmphotography
To think one kind gesture will lead to another kind gesture. Sometimes it can be that simple.
From a 19th century recipe making handmade film. Wet plate collodion. #filmphotography #wetplate
Transforming a negative in to a positive. The beauty of the Ambrotype!!! Newbook #wetplate #film
Handmade film over a sheet of glass simple yet complex, just like Mother Nature!
A nearly 200 year old photography process!! #ianruhter #filmphotography #wetplatephotography
It’s incredibly beautiful when people together for one common goal!!
Not every day is a good day for a shot or is it? #wetplatephotography #filmphotography #ianruhter
How to do wet plate collodion! #wetplatephotography #filmphotography #handmade
Handmaid film and a tailgate dark room!! #wetplatephotography #filmphotography #ianruhter
The rare opportunity to make wet plates in Yosemite #wetplatephotography #filmphotography #yosemite
Handmade film photography of my favorite Lake! #filmphotography #wetplatephotography #ianruhter
One single photograph has the ability to change our entire country!! #Yosemite #wetplatephotography
Film photography no developer no chemistry needed. #filmphotography #pinhole #film #darkroom
Wet plate collodion at my favorite lake. #wetplatephotography #ianruhter #photography #wetplate
Recycling a can and making a pinhole camera! #filmphotography #pinholecamera #recycle
Using handmade film on the tailgate of my truck! #filmphotography #wet plate collodion #photography
Making a camera out of trash!! #filmphotography #photography #diy #photographer
I find trash on the ground and make it into a camera!! #filmphotography #ianruhter
Turning trash into cameras!!
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About
Ian Ruhter - A photographer who created a giant camera out of a delivery truck. This massive camera has allowed him to create the worlds largest wet plate collodion photographic. Ruhter has been traveling through North America making photographic of the land and the people who call it home!!!
Joined 13 October 2008
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