Jenny Sampson

Jenny Sampson, born and raised in San Francisco, is a Berkeley-based photographer. She earned a B.A. in Psychobiology in 1991 at Pitzer College and has since dedicated her time to her photographic endeavors. Sampson’s focus is with wet plate collodion (tintypes), traditional black and white photography, and commissioned portraiture. She teaches high school darkroom photography, writes and photographs for WithItGirl, is a member of the Rolls and Tubes Collective, and is Board President of the East Bay Photo Collective. Her monographs, Skaters and Skater Girls were published by Daylight Books in 2017 and 2020, respectively. A History of Photography, by Rolls and Tubes, was published in 2021.

Please refer to the "about wet plate collodion" page to learn about the Wet Plate Collodion process historically and Sampson's process in particular.