Rocky Mountains On Wetplate Collodion 2025

Photographer

Bill Hao

Category

Film Photography - Nature

Company

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2026

Country / Region:

Canada

Bill Hao made an Ultra Large Format Camera(32X48inch)and using Wetplate Collodion Process.He converted a 50 seats tour bus into an off grid mobile darkroom because this process requires immediate development after exposure.He has photographed the Rocky Mountains hundreds of times over the past decade,his collodion glass plate may last for two hundred years,but some landscapes may not,they are disappearing and face severe damage from wildfires, melting glaciers,and tourism pressures.Athabasca Glacier has retreated 1.5 kilometers in past century.Jasper National Park closed due to wildfire damage