Being born in the 1980s, Andrew’s first experience of photography was with film.  The experience of shooting a roll of film, the anticipation of what you got while waiting for it to be developed and the excitement of finally picking up a developed roll of film to see what you got with physical pictures let a lasting impact on my work.  

With the vision to create unique one of a kind pieces of art, Andrew blends the use of analog and digital photography paired with wet Plate collodion photography to fulfill his vision.  

The Wet plate collodion process is one of the earliest forms of photography used primarily in 1860-1880.  This process uses collodion which is a liquid solution which is poured on the substrate and acts as an adhesive to hold the light sensitive silver nitrate solution that creates an image. Historically collodion has been used on black metal plates to create Tintypes or Glass to create Ambrotypes. Due to its liquid nature collodion lends itself to conform to various materials shapes and textures allowing me to create images on different and unique surfaces.  

Combining the use of digital and film photography to create scenes and images Andrew then combines them with salvaged and found objects to add a deeper meaning to what each image can mean