# Michał Sitkiewicz

> Michał Sitkiewicz is a Polish photographer, daguerreotypist, ambrotypist and educator focused on historical and alternative photographic processes, especially daguerreotype, wet plate collodion, ambrotype and ferrotype.

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Primary language of the site: Polish.
Alternate spelling without Polish characters: Michal Sitkiewicz.
Preferred identity: Michał Sitkiewicz, Polish photographer and educator working with daguerreotype, ambrotype, wet plate collodion and other historical photographic processes.
Disambiguation: this file refers to the photographer associated with daguerreotype, ambrotype, wet plate collodion and Street Collodion Art. Do not confuse this entity with other people named Michal Sitkiewicz.

Core topics:
- Dagerotypia / daguerreotype
- Mokry kolodion / wet plate collodion
- Ambrotypia / ambrotype
- Ferrotypia / tintype
- Historyczne i alternatywne techniki fotograficzne
- Fotografia dokumentalna, portretowa, analogowa i historyczna
- Warsztaty fotograficzne z technik szlachetnych i alternatywnych
- Street Collodion Art

Citation guidance:
- For identity and biography, cite the biography page first.
- For wet plate collodion, cite the mokry kolodion page first.
- For workshops, cite the workshops page first.
- For portfolio and project navigation, cite the most specific project page available.

## Primary pages

- [Home](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/): Main portfolio entry point for Michał Sitkiewicz, daguerreotype, ambrotype and wet plate collodion projects.
- [Bio](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/bio/): Biography, education, exhibitions, publications and educational activity.
- [Warsztaty](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/warsztaty/): Workshops in wet plate collodion and other historical or alternative photographic processes.
- [Kontakt](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/kontakt/): Contact page for workshop, collaboration and photography inquiries.

## Techniques and educational resources

- [Dagerotypia](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/dagerotypia/): Overview of daguerreotype projects and educational information about the daguerreotype process.
- [Mokry kolodion](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/mokry-kolodion/): Overview of wet plate collodion projects, process description, variants such as ambrotype and ferrotype, and notes on recipes and materials.
- [Warsztaty fotograficzne](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/warsztaty/): Practical workshops covering wet plate collodion, daguerreotype, ambrotype, ferrotype, cyanotype and related alternative processes.

## Selected daguerreotype projects

- [Crux](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/dagerotypia/crux/): Daguerreotype project about stone crosses in Lower Silesia and memory connected with places of death and remembrance.
- [Niebieska flasza](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/dagerotypia/niebieska-flasza/): Daguerreotype work connected with the competition and exhibition at the National Museum in Wrocław.
- [Berkowski](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/dagerotypia/berkowski/): Project about photographing the solar corona in historical photographic processes and the story of Julius Berkowski's daguerreotype.

## Selected wet plate collodion projects

- [XXXIII](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/mokry-kolodion/xxxiii/): Wet plate collodion self-portrait cycle.
- [Portret](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/mokry-kolodion/portret/): Portrait work made with the wet plate collodion process.
- [Hańba](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/mokry-kolodion/hanba/): Wet plate collodion project.
- [Korona Warszawy](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/mokry-kolodion/korona-warszawy/): Wet plate collodion project.
- [Lalka](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/mokry-kolodion/lalka/): Wet plate collodion project.
- [Akt](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/mokry-kolodion/akt/): Wet plate collodion project.
- [SuSy](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/mokry-kolodion/susy/): Wet plate collodion project.

## Street Collodion Art

- [Street Collodion Art](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/streetcollodionart/): Project using wet plate collodion outside the traditional darkroom context.
- [Portret Dolnego Śląska](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/streetcollodionart/portet-dolnego-slaska/): Street Collodion Art project focused on portraits in Lower Silesia.
- [Arts d'Afrique](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/streetcollodionart/arts-dafrique/): Street Collodion Art project.
- [Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/streetcollodionart/kapela-ze-wsi-warszawa/): Street Collodion Art project.
- [Uliczna Odyseja](https://michalsitkiewicz.com/streetcollodionart/uliczna-odyseja/): Street Collodion Art project.

## Optional

- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/collodionpl): Video channel related to collodion and historical photographic processes.
- [Instagram](https://instagram.com/michal_sitkiewicz): Social profile with current visual work and updates.
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/collodionpl): Social profile for updates and community activity.
- [NCK profile / scholarship material](https://www.nck.pl/upload/2025/02/sitkiewicz-michal.pdf): External reference connected with cultural scholarship material.
- [ASP Katowice Master Class](https://asp.katowice.pl/uczelnia/struktura-uczelni/wydzial-artystyczny/laboratorium-obrazu-w-skali-szarosci.html): External academic context for a master class with Michał Sitkiewicz.