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In the age of the iPhone, what’s the appeal of a photograph without filters, outtakes, or touchups? Perhaps just that—a one-of-a-kind physical image that captures a moment as it is, without revision. Will Harlan Campbell, an instructor of photography at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, has been practicing tintype photography, a historic technique that produces one such unique image, for thirty years.
Invented in the 1850s, tintype photography produces an image by applying emulsion to an iron sheet coated with dark lacquer or enamel. The process didn’t require a lab and was speedier than previous methods, thus making portraiture more broadly accessible. On Thursday, in conjunction with the Nasher Museum of Art’s Coming into Focus photography exhibition—which closes in January—Campbell will demonstrate the process; attendees can register in a raffle for the chance to take a portrait home.
—Sarah Edwards
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Onyx Benefit Show
Onyx Williams may be the most popular and interesting person in North Carolina right now. In recent weeks, he’s assistant-coached in the Dean Dome for NC Central, fielded pregame questions from reporters at the Hornets’ Spectrum Center, and been illustrated alongside Spider-Man in a Marvel comic. The other day, he graduated from Duke as an honorary alumnus…