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
  • Creating a daguerreotype was a delicate, sometimes painstaking process that involved several chemical treatments and variable exposure times.
    Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025
  • The settlement ends a 15-year battle between Lanier and the university to release the 19th-century daguerreotypes, a precursor to modern-day photographs.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 May 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
  • Riot Grrrl band Emily’s Sassy Lime will have an installation of archival music videos, photographs, zines and more from the 1990s; recent teenage punk band the Linda Lindas, who draw inspiration from Emily’s Sassy Lime, will also present their music videos, drawings and props.
    Alia Yee Noll, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
  • But now the asymmetry shone (sometimes, especially in photographs, literally: reflecting a spot of glare back at the camera).
    Alice Gregory, Vogue, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • One teenager unfurled and held up the national flag — red with a yellow star — for a photo.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
  • Apple Intelligence can summarize text messages, identify real-world surroundings with the iPhone’s camera, erase unwanted objects from photos, rewrite emails and prioritize notifications.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • The two other versions opt for a radically different monochrome display.
    Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 6 June 2025
  • Jenner, matching in monochrome with sisters Kendall Jenner and Kim Kardashian, attended the 2025 Met Gala with Ferragamo designer Maximilian Davis on her arm days before her Rome outing with Chalamet.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 8 May 2025

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“Tintype.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tintype. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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