Wet plate collodion - searching for Alice

16 Mar 2026
Analogue Stage
Photography
Dave will take you through the origins of wet plate collodion, how it works, and how seeing wet plate pioneer Julia Margaret Cameron's portrait of Alice Liddell led him to fall in love with the process instantly. Dave spent the next six years searching for his own 'Alice', before winning the Portrait of Britain, and embarking on a solo exhibition 'Searching for Alice'. Finally, he'll detail why he's finding a huge resurgence and fascination with this historic, otherworldly process in this increasingly disposable and AI world.
Speakers:
Dave Shrimpton
Dave Shrimpton, Wet Plate Collodion Photographer