In 2014, portrait photographer Victoria Will arrived at Sundance Film Festival for the fourth time in her career with the intent of trying something different.
So she turned her temporary digital studio into a tintype photography studio and invited her celebrity subjects to experience a more old-fashioned portrait shoot.
Tintype photography was introduced in 1856 as a cheaper alternative to the daguerrotype, and remained a popular photographic medium through the early twentieth century.
Will told Mashable that she discovered the method years ago at a photo festival thanks to a demonstration from the Penumbra Foundation, and knew that she'd be able to recreate the process herself.
Since then, she has successfully brought the tintype method to Sundance twice. At Sundance 2015, she photographed the likes of Kristen Wiig, Nick Nolte and Spike Lee in her unique digital studio.
"One of my favorite parts of making wet plates is actually the subject’s reaction when they walk in the studio, smell the chemistry from the dark room and realize we are doing something different," Will said.
"It is a festival of actors, artists, writers and directors -- all creatively minded, so they tend to really embrace the fact that we are making something together. With such interest from the subject and the slow nature of the process, we are able to take a breath from the breakneck pace of the festival to collaborate and truly make a portrait."
You can find more of Will's celebrity tintypes on her website, and check out more of her work on Instagram and Twitter.
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