Matthew Brady-style tintype photography on the modern day battlefield

A nit to pick

Setting aside personal views on the war, a very interesting approach to capturing images of modern day fighting men and women, using Civil War-circa techniques.

Life on the battlefield: A U.S. Air Force gunner's incredible tintype photos of fellow soldiers fighting in Afghanistan | Mail Online

I'm new to forums, I hope I do this right.

First, thanks for the links to the fascinating articles!
In no way do I wish to diminish the difficulty involved, the dedication of the photographer, or the intrinsic interest of his project. However, the iconic Mathew Brady photos of the civil war were taken using glass plate negatives, they were not tintypes, so there is no reason to mention Brady in connection with this story.

" The war photographs, made with the new wet-plate collodion negative process, were widely exhibited, and pictures such as Union Casualties at Gettysburg (1863) revealed to civilians the true horror of battlefield death. In October 1862 the New York Times said of Brady’s photographs taken at the Battle of Antietam, “If he [Brady] has not brought bodies and laid them in our door-yards and along our streets, he has done something very like it.”

Expecting that both the government and individual collectors would eventually buy his war photographs, Brady went deeply into debt, eventually spending more than $100,000 on equipment and staff. In the years following the war, his images lost their appeal with a public eager to forget the conflict, and his portrait business was hurt by an economic recession. Brady sold his Washington gallery at auction in 1868 to pay debts. He continued to operate a succession of smaller Washington studios, photographing many official visitors and delegations, but he was forced to file for bankruptcy in 1873. Two years later Congress awarded him a token $25,000 for his Civil War negatives and prints. " a quote from https://www.courses.psu.edu/art/art090_wkw5/Web_2/BradyArticle.htm

The same mistake was made on national news, and as tintypes were used during the civil war, it's a minor point.
 
RubySusan, I enjoyed the main article, but I also appreciate the correction. Thanks so much for posting, and welcome to SC. Thanks PenFan for the op, as well. Good reading!
 
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