Mind-Bending Reflection Portraits Shot Using a Wet Plate Camera
Last week we issued a challenge asking readers to shoot a creative mirror self-portrait using an alternative style of photography. Reader Agustin Barrutia took us up on that challenge, and created a pair of wet plate photographs that take the concept of “mirror self-portrait” to a new level (they’re unlike anything we’ve seen before). Both photographs are straight-out-of-camera wet plate photos that weren’t manipulated digitally. Barrutia simply used “mirrors” (one doesn’t involve a mirror, per se) and “reflections” in clever ways.
The wet plate above is a self-portrait of Barrutia shooting the wet plate. That camera in the frame is the camera that captured the wet plate.
You can click either of the two photographs above to see a larger version.
Can you figure out how these mind-bending photographs were captured? Leave a comment with your explanation! (We may update this post with diagrams later.)
Image credits: Photographs by Agustin Barrutia and used with permission
