Rocky Mountains on Wetplate Collodion 2025

• Prize
  Gold in Analog/Nature
• Photographer
  Bill Hao, Canada
• Date of Photograph
  Oct 2025
• Website
  https://billhao.com
• Instagram
  hao.bill

Bill Hao made an Ultra Large Format Camera(32X48inch)and using Wetplate Collodion Process take picture on huge glass plate.He converted a 50 seats tour bus into an off grid mobile darkroom because this process requires immediate development after exposure.He has photographed the Rocky Mountains hundreds of times over the past decade,his works may last for two hundred years,but some landscapes may not,they are disappearing and face severe damage from wildfires, melting glaciers,and tourism pressures.Bill Hao used the oldest form of photography to warn the world to protect the precious natural.

Bill Hao made an Ultra Large Format Camera(32X48inch) and using Wetplate Collodion Process. He converted a 50 seats tour bus into an off grid mobile darkroom because this process requires immediate development after exposure. He has photographed the Rocky Mountains hundreds of times over the past decade, his collodion glass plate may last for two hundred years, but some landscapes may not,they are disappearing and face severe damage from wildfires, melting glaciers,and tourism pressures. Athabasca Glacier has retreated 1.5 kilometers in past century. Jasper National Park closed due to wildfire

Awards Critical Mass 2026 Top 200
IPA Professional 2026, Analog/film Photographer of the Year
TIFA Professional 2025, Analog/film Photographer of the Year
Analog Sparks Professional 2025, Technique Photographer of the Year
PX3 Paris Professional 2025, Gold of Analog, Nature
IPA Professional 2026, First Place of Analog, Nature
IPA Professional 2025, First Place of Analog, Nature
IPA Professional 2025, Jury Top 5 Selection
TIFA Tokyo Int'l Foto Awards 2025, Gold of Analog, Nature
Analog Sparks Professional 2025, Gold of Technique, Wet Collodion
ND Awards 2025, Honorable Mention of Fine Art, Landscape
Denis Roussel Awards 2025, Special Recognition
Artexpo New York 2025, Spotlight award