Vibhav Kapoor

In the Delhi region of India, I make wet plate collodion photographs – tintypes – of the local community in the backyard of my studio, also my house. This is an organic photographic process where the photograph is made on the spot using a large format camera and darkroom. Embracing all its imperfections, caused by the dynamic weather of North India and volatile chemistry, the process results in a one-of-one unique image on a sheet of metal. The act of giving and receiving through sight – darshan – is at play in the process of making the photograph. I like to think of these as aura pictures.