Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Could you recognise a glass plate photo?

Photographer Jack McLain from PhotoAccess shares some of the aesthetic qualities of a glass plate photo and why some photographers still use the process today.

Discover photojournalism captured on glass plates in our exhibition, Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Photo Archive: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/fit-print-defining-moments-fairfax-photo-archive-selected-mike-bowers