Civil War-era camera goes to Afghanistan

Civil War-era camera goes to Afghanistan

The Civil War was the first American conflict to be recorded photographically. Back then, photographers used a technique called tintype to create an image on a chemically treated sheet of metal.

Sgt. Ed Drew, an aerial gunner with the California National Guard, and a student at the San Francisco Art Institute, is bringing the old-fashioned technique back on the modern-day front lines.

Using an antique tintype camera on his recent tour in Afghanistan, Sgt. Drew photographed the soldiers in his air combat unit. The result is a unique and intimate look at men and women in combat.

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Credit: Ed Drew/courtesy of the Robert Koch gallery