tintype

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Recent Examples of tintype Neither Drew nor Janisse could believe the 9-year-old boy’s resemblance to his ancestor in that black-and-white tintype photo. Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023 Passages Radcliffe Bailey, an artist whose sculptural assemblages included his grandmother’s tintypes, and who chronicled the narratives of Black life, has died at 54. Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2023 In 2014, the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D. C. acquired a tintype portrait. Nora Mathison, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023 But that tintype stands as a testament, not just to the life of Dr. Sarah Loguen Fraser, but to this small cohort of Black women who, in a fortuitous moment in history, became doctors just after the Civil War. Nora Mathison, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for tintype 
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Noun
  • Besides our own sun, Vega was the first star to be photographed, with a 20-minute daguerreotype exposure taken at Harvard College Observatory in 1850.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The daguerreotype was the first widely available photographic process, invented by its namesake, Louis Daguerre, in 1839.
    Torey Akers, CNN, 9 July 2024
Noun
  • Ironically, our new lioness recruitment episode takes us back to Iraq (or a facsimile of Iraq, only distinguishable from the faux-Mexico of the first episode via a slight change in sepia tone saturation) but just long enough to ensure their prospective asset into the program.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Chandler—flat, sprawling, in shades of sepia—extends out behind him.
    Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2018
Noun
  • In the absence of photographs and archival footage of his life, which have long defined the Burns family’s documentary style, the notebooks served as the filmmakers’ pole star, as McMahon calls it, to understanding an enigmatic man.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
  • In between tales of dinner parties in Copenhagen and wearing Christian Lacroix straw hats in Paris, Blair encourages us to wait for the moonlight to better illuminate our photographs.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Document the scene: Take photos of the injuries, skid marks, vehicles involved, and the surrounding area for context.
    Nia Bowers, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Gael Langdon, arkansasonline.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The cover—a monochrome portrait of Jobs, closed hand to chin, with a multicolor Fortune logo layered over it—has become an instantly recognizable icon of tech.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Pamela Anderson made the case for monochrome dressing this fall at the 2024 Miami Film Festival.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024

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“Tintype.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tintype. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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