This work shows my first tentative steps into the world of alternative process photography. For years I had experimented with old fashioned film cameras, however the opportunity to work in Mayo allowed me to experiment with a much more involved process - wet plate collodion.

Using a Victorian camera and processing my negatives in the very places they were made (using a mobile dark tent) I created photographs from silver, cyanide and glass. Among the very first of these are an image of Brian Polke and his dog Ailíse, who stood patiently outside the entrance to his shop and pub.          - Alex Boyd