Live wet-plate silver portraits
Watch a portrait emerge from silver in a portable darkroom.
Justin Borucki / NYC Tintype
Justin Borucki brings an antique camera and portable darkroom to events, coating and developing metal-plate portraits in front of guests using the historic tintype process.
Current location note / listed area: Brooklyn, NY; Pine Barrens, NJ
The event page estimates eight to eleven tintypes per hour, not instant photo-booth volume. Confirm guest allocation, setup, flash suitability and final handling or delivery. Studio sessions and event packages have different formats.
Public-source research · 2026-10-29 · Not vendor-confirmed or independently vetted.
Original research sources
- https://borucki.com/nyctintype-events
- https://borucki.com/tintype/gc
- https://borucki.com/new-jersey-tintype-studio
Documented state connections
Geographic evidence is retained historical research, not current service availability.
- New York · based
Official event page offers portable tintype service and references the Brooklyn studio; studio page gives 67 West Street, Brooklyn.
- New Jersey · based
Official current second-studio page offers bookings during the first week of each month at the artist’s farm studio in the New Jersey Pine Barrens.