Frederick Scott Archer

Frederick Scott Archer was a 19th-century British photographer best known for inventing the collodion process in 1851. This photographic technique used glass plates coated with a light-sensitive chemical mixture, allowing for clearer images with finer detail compared to earlier methods. The collodion process revolutionized photography by making it faster and producing high-quality pictures, facilitating artistic and documentary photography alike. Archer's innovation laid the foundation for modern photographic techniques, significantly influencing the development of the medium during its early years.