tintype

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Recent Examples of tintype The sepia print, which appears to be a techno advance just a small step above tintype, was cut to fit an oval frame. Denise Snodell, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025 The exhibit includes tintype photographs that honor the legacy of Black families and highlight the richness of the Black community in Elgin, according to the department’s Facebook page. Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025 Comparing an 1860s tintype with an 1890s gelatin silver studio print shows the evolution of photographic processes. Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 6 May 2024 The tintype is its opposite in every aspect: Its flattened quality and narrower tonal range are hallmarks of this less technically advanced photographic process. Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 6 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for tintype
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Noun
  • The book details the way daguerreotypes, lithographs, cartes de visite and steam printing presses enabled artists to advocate for social reform, including the Abolitionist movement.
    Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2025
  • The Portrait Gallery features daguerreotypes of U.S. Senators Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun, as well as a lithograph of the latter.
    Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • The mono photo in our suite was a little brown rather than neutral gray, but not by as much as a standard sepia print.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 5 June 2025
  • Dramatic piano chords are stuck alongside sepia title cards that are pleasantly full of exclamation marks.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • On Reading, a slender and elegant volume, contains sixty-six black-and-white photographs Kertész took of people engrossed in books and newspapers around the world between 1915 and 1970.
    Donna Seaman June 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
  • Police search warrant returns from DoorDash contain photographs, a list of deliveries to 1122 King Road that date back to 2019 and also a spreadsheet of communication between the person ordering the food and the DoorDash driver, the defense detailed in another filing.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • If Newsom’s podcast supplied the most humiliating audio of the new Trump era, the most humiliating image was surely a photo of Whitmer physically hiding in the Oval Office as Trump signed orders to investigate a pair of first-term officials who went on to criticize him.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 20 June 2025
  • Nick and Stuart are the sons of Leeds United legend Eddie Gray (main photo: Stuart on the left, Eddie in the middle, Nick to the right).
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Try a monochrome moment For the design-savvy, pistachio green shines in a tone-on-tone, monochrome look.
    Jacorey Moon, Architectural Digest, 21 June 2025
  • These pieces mark a pivotal moment in Fontana’s evolution from monochrome spatial cuts to a more architectural framing of space and void.
    Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025

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“Tintype.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tintype. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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