Was Dodgson / Lewis Carrol a photographer?
Yes, he took up the art of photography in the 1850’s when it was truly demanding. You had to make your own photographic plates by coating the glass with collidon and the sensitive emulsion and then take the photograph while the emulsion was still wet ( wet plate photography ). If you were outdoors, you had to carry the chemicals and a mixing/developing dark tent along with you. Each exposure would take about one minute or so. Carroll excelled at child photography. He’s said to be one of the finest child photographers of the 1800’s. He had the technical skill, the fastidiousness and a way of dealing with children to command their participation in very long and boring sittings for portraits and pictures with the primitive early equipment.
