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 daguerreotypes were commissioned by Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz, whose theories on racial difference were used to support slavery in the U.S.
    Leah Willingham, Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2025
  • Although the daguerreotype required a high level of expertise, the process made the medium accessible to a wider range of enthusiasts.
    Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • Tinting one series cobalt blue and the other a cloudy sepia, and leaving both unframed, Mikhailov emphasizes his prints’ rough physicality—an immediacy perfectly suited to the works’ immersion in urban despair.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Hermanus again shows highly polished craftsmanship, adding the subtlest hint of sepia tones to evoke the period in the early sections, but never to the point where the characters compete with the settings.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 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
  • The book includes lots of maps, photographs, drawings and diagrams to illustrate the regions and concepts that Professor Williams discusses in the text.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 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
  • By 2011, Jones was painting commercial acoustic panels like monochromes, suggesting visual as well as sonic absorption.
    Caitlin Woolsey, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • In typical Armstrong fashion, the characters are dressed in mostly beige or monochrome colors without a logo in sight — a signifier that for the rich, quiet luxury never dies.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 31 May 2025

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“Tintype.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tintype. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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