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By his twenties, he had mastered complex photographic techniques like the collodion process, enabling him to develop large-format glass plates under harsh conditions.

The artist, who was born in Germany and raised in Ayrshire, came across collodion glass plate photography while working at museums in Dumfries and the Hebrides.

The aspect ratio changes into a square format and the lensing feels reminiscent of 19th century wet plate collodion photography.

As explained in an author’s note — one of the best moments in the book — the novel grew out of Palacio’s obsession with the wet collodion photographic printing process.

"For this project I used ordinary objects, like glassware, fruits and flowers and applied the wet plate collodion technique to turn them into something extraordinary."