Maximilian Zeitler – handmade photography

Maximilian Zeitler – wet plate collodion photographer in Berlin

Collodion chloride print ‘Die Kiefer’ from the series holocene, 27x35cm, 2021
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Handmade photography in the wet collodion process. Each image is unique…

I photograph in Berlin exclusively with 19th-century processes: every plate is made in my studio in Berlin or on the road in the mobile darkroom. Every silver image on glass or aluminium exists only once and is exposed in the camera.

Projects

All projects

Available works with prices can be found in the shop

Maximilian Zeitler focusing a historic wooden large-format camera in his studio

Collodion portraits in Berlin

Tintype on aluminium or ambrotype on glass. You are there when your image is created in the darkroom, and you go home with a unique piece.

 Mobile darkroom on the terrace of an alpine hut, with mountains and spruce forest behind

Live tintype portraits at weddings and events

I come to you with my mobile darkroom. All plates are developed on site, and your guests go home with a handmade one-of-a-kind piece, not a photo on their phone.

 Workshop participant pouring collodion onto a glass plate

Wet plate collodion workshops in Berlin

Handmade photography on glass, aluminum and paper. You learn the processes from the early days of photography at the studio, with your own plates and your own prints.

Upcoming dates