a collodion dark room

i am sure you can picture in your mind the camera.

a nineteenth century view camera.

(it is shaped kinda like this)

but what were we working out of?

 on this trip we had the luxury of working out of two dark room spaces. 

one was a trailer that had been outfitted as a proper 21st century darkroom. spacious, kinda. definantly a luxury in the field.

and then our second darkroom was a beautiful, period accurate, field dark box.

and it looks like this:

this is the inside:

very simple really.
just collodion, wet plate holder, silver bath, developer and water baths needed.
(fixer is kept on the outside)
i am already sketching designs for a box of my own