From Film An Ode To

Photography has come a long way since its inception in the 1800s, from images made on metal and later glass plates, to shooting on film and today's instant digital snaps. Its power to capture fleeting moments and preserve memories has stood the test of time. To mark World Photography Day in August, photojournalists from The Straits Times' Picture Desk share some of their favourite images, shot using different photography styles and formats.

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An 8 inch by 10 inch ambrotype that Ong Wee Jin made of his wife Jean Ong in 2019. It was made using the wet-plate collodion process. This 19th-century technique required a glass plate to be coated, sensitised, exposed and developed in about 15 minutes, while the plate was still wet. Photos produced on glass are known as ambrotypes.