Wet Plate Collodion Tintypes

The Southwest Native American Tintype Wet Plates

Contemporary Wet Plate Collodion Tintype Photography Plates from the Hubbell Trading Post, Navajoland, and the Southwest United States at artist residencies at Native American owned artist's or their galleries

“It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.”
– Alfred Eisenstaedt

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Edison

In Memory of the Long Walk

Tulley Lincoln, Navajo

Tamara

Roberta

Ballet In The Antiquity XXIV

Mikala

The Navajo Bead Maker

The Navajo Hunter

Aubrielle

The Language Protector

Hopi Maiden

Profile of A Navajo

John Swiftbird

Shaundeen

Portrait of a Navajo Woman

Sierra III

No More Stolen Sisters

Ballet In The Antiquity XXVI

Chuugaa Hoewii-Greyhawk

Sierra

Kyle Johnson, Navajo

The History Maker-Deb Haaland

The Pueblo Madonna

In Two Worlds

Pretty Blue Water

The Navajo Runner

Miss Hopi

peter,sands,navajo,relief,worker,writer,actor,songwriter,indigenous,film,promotoer,wearestillhere,wetplate,collodion,tintype,we,are,still,herenavajo,renasissa — Navajo Renaissance Man

Native American Tintype — Smiling Destiny

Kyle Johnson II, Navajo

Contemplation of A Hopi

Taos Pueblo Woman

Navajo Woman

Tyler

8x10 Wet Plate Collodion Tintype — Muskogee & Mojave Woman

Little Warrior Spirit

Pa shuri kuii

Sierra IV

Tsali

Tintype of Lauren Grey Hawk

Joannika, Hopi Maiden

navajo,woman,portrait,wet,plate,collodion,tintype,8x10,we,are,still,here,wearestillhere — Chelsie Begoody

The Hendrick Family

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Sheiyanne

Native American Tintype — Starlyn Morning Star

Native American Tintype — Taos Pueblo Couple

mother,and,daughter,santa,clara,tewa,pueblo,khapo,owingeh,we,are,still,here,wearestillhere,bluff,utah — Tewa Mother & Daughter

we,are,still,here,woman,of,the,bears,ears,wet,plate,bluff,utah — Woman of The Bears Ears

Leroy

metis,woman,we,are,still,here,wearestillhere,wetplate,collodion,tintype — Otakwan In The Antiquity

Native American Tintype — Natasha

Eyes of Happiness

Windsong

Alicia III

Shaundeen

Native Rennaisance Man

Blood, Tribe, Siksikasiitapiisahkoi, blackfoot, blackfeet Native American — Urban Native

Pueblo Dancer

The Hoop Dancer

we,are,still,here,portrait,of,a,navajo,woman,wet,plate,collodion,tintytpe,bluff,utah — Portrait of a Young Navajo Woman

Native American Tintype — Navajo Woman & Wedding Basket

Eli

Eugene Brave Rock

Tiffany, Taylor & Terryn

The Archer

Native American Tintype — Sunbird

Geri

Against the Forces

Wes

The Professor

Tyler II

Matthew

Osage Father & Daughter

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white,mountain,apache,woman,we,are,still,here,wearestillhere, wetplatecollodiontintype,bluff,utah,wet,plate,collodion,tintype — White Mountain Apache Woman

Native American Tintype — Taos Pueblo Family

Navajo,woman,matriarch,bears,ears,wearestillhere,wet,plate,collodion,tintype,photograph — Matriarch of the Bears Ears

The Navajo Potter

Miss Hopi 2019-2020

Native American Tintype — Audrey, Navajo

marlon,footracer,navajo,wearestillhere,wetplate,collodion,tintype,we,are,still,here,Navajo,man,portrait — Marlon

Brooklin II

Navajo Hair

Raoul Max Trujillo II

Gothic

Tintype of Tiayrra

Native American Tintype — Sunbird

Amanda II

Sanura

Povi

Milen

Native American Tintype — Farrah

Native American Tintype — Audrey, Navajo

osage,man,veteran,artist,fashion,designer,bluff,utah,wet,plate,collodion,tintype — Dante, Osage

Navajo Resilience

Pregnant Shaudeen

Brooklin

Terryn and Taylor

Native American Tintype — Shauna

Povi II

Tintype of a Hopi Maiden

Sierra V

Randy Herder

Matilda James

Woman Brings Blessings

Randy

Sheyenne

Mescalero Apache Man

Native Amerucan — Amber Morningstar

hopi,woman,we,are,still,here,bluff,utah,snake,clanwet,plate,colodion,tintype — Ellycia, Hopi

Taos Pueblo Artist With Painting

Felysha

Paige

Navajo Mother

hopi,siblings,bluff,utah,snake,clan,wearestillhere,we,are,still,here,8x10,wet,plate,collodion,tintype — The Honwytewa Siblings

Native American Tintype — Mona, Taos Pueblo

Casey

navajo,choctaw,nativeamerican,portrait,wearestillhere,wet,plate,collodion,tintype,photograph — Portrait of Nizhoni

Native American Tintype — Tlingit Woman

Native American Tintype — Mescalero Apache Actress

Native American Tintype — Naiyahnikai, Navajo Woman

Shauna

Navajo Girl

navajo,bluff,utah,wearestillhere,we,are,still,here,wet,plate,collodion,tintype — Kayla, Navajo

Teejay

Native American Tintype — Shayai and Aaron

Native American Tintype — Laurel, Navajo

The Matriarch

Ballet In The Antiquity XXV

Mathus Winney, Navajo

Nambe Pueblo Mother & Daughter

Native American — Povi V

Tewa Mother & Daughters

San Ildefonso Pueblo Woman

Navajo Mother & Daughter

Native American Tintype — Nicolle, Navajo Midwife

Woman Brings Blessings

Patricia

Hubbell's Guardian

Native American Tintype — Navajo and Shoshone Bannock Mother and Son

Native American Tintype — Osage Woman

Ohkay Owingeh Girl

Treaty

Native American Tintype — Naikyahnikai

Amanda

Shauna

Taza

Wawetseka

Cody Ayze, Navajo

Tintype of Zeke Argeanas

navajo,woman,we,are,still,here,wearestillhere,bluff,utah,wet,plate,collodion,tintype — Gabrielle, Navajo

Miss Navajo Nation 2018-2019

kylee,hopi,woman,snake,clan,we,are,still,here,wearestillhere,bluff,utah,8x10,wet,plate,collodion,tintype — Kylee, Hopi

native american tintype — Liv

Ehren

navajo,silversmith,bluff,utah,wearestillhere,tintype,wetpplate,collodion — Jeff Dement

Tiffany

Portrait of a Navajo Mother

Young Warrior

craig,navajo,weaver,wearestillhere,bluff,utah,wet,plate,collodion,tintype,photograph — Craig

Charity, Navajo

navajo,woman,wearestillhere,we,are,still,here,Bluff,utah,wet,plate,collodion,tintype — Lillie Roanhorse

Edison Eskeets, Navajo, Sante Fe, New Mexico

Ten Gallon Hat

Monique

navajo,woman,portrait,wet,plate,collodion,tintype,8x10,we,are,still,here,wearestillhere — Shoshina

The Navajo Hunter III

dante,biss,grayson,osage,man,artist,veteran,bluff,utah,we,are,still,here,wearestillhere,wetplate,wetplatecollodion,wet,plate,collodion,tintype — Dante, Osage Artist

peter,sands,navajo,relief,worker,writer,actor,songwriter,indigenous,film,promotoer,wearestillhere,wetplate,collodion,tintype,we,are,still,here — Pete Sands

navajo,activist,woman,bears,ears,bearsears,bluff,utah,wetplate,collodion.tintype,bluff,utah — A Woman of The Bears Ears

Former Miss Navajo Nation

Monique

Brandon Sanderson

Navajo Woman

Ganado Middle School Princess 2018-2019

Yaya

Native American Tintype — Native Couple

Contemporary Wet Plate Collodion Tintypes of Navajo, Hopi & Pueblo Native Americans

"To wear the clothes of our ancestors is to wear their stories." - Unknown

"By dressing like our ancestors, we pay homage to their struggles, triumphs, and cultural heritage." - Unknown