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Ethereal 3 – Platinotype: Platinum/ Palladium Platinotype photographs are distinguished by a matte surface and subtle tonal gradations, the image is embedded in the fibre of the paper.  Because of the tonal range and surface quality of platinum prints, many fine art photographers of the late 19th and early 20th century preferred the process over gelatin silver prints. The[…]

Graffiti Fantasia 1 – Cyanotype Traditional The Cyanotype process was presented by Sir John Herschel in 1842 to the Royal Society of London. A Cyanotype is based on combining ferric ammonium citrate with potassium ferricyanide. Working solutions are created from each of the chemicals. These are mixed in equal parts before coating onto the paper surface. The light sensitive[…]

Flower 1 – Salt PrintRain Hangzhou – Salt PrintTree 1 Tibet – Salt PrintChrysanthemum – Salt Print About Salt Printing Salt printing refers to the positive printing procedure invented by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1834. Talbot’s fascination with science and art, as well as his frustration at his inability to sketch, led him to develop the first negative/positive photographic process. The[…]

Body And Machine – Silver GelatinMountain – Silver Gelatin About Silver Gelatin: Silver gelatin prints were/are known as the standard contemporary monochrome print. Fibre based papers have been the conventional printing materials and are still recommended for maximum quality and permanence. Gelatin silver process was introduced by Richard L Maddox in 1871, Charles H Bennet in 1878 made considerable improvements[…]

Scarf Bromoil Transfer  About the Bromoil:  A black & white silver gelatin image is transformed into a pigment print by replacing the silver particles with oil-based printing inks. The print is treated chemically removing the silver creating a “matrix”. Oily inks are applied by brushes or rollers to re-create the original image. Different brush actions allow[…]

Fragment From a Crucifix – ArgyrotypeThe Argyrotype process is a development of the late nineteenth century processes of Kallitype, Van Dyke, Sepiaprint, and Brownprint. These all originated from Sir John Herschel’s Argentotype discovered in 1842, the first iron-based silver printing process. The Argyrotype process was developed in 1991 by Mike Ware.  He found that by using silver sulphamate[…]

Water Fall King Ravine  – Chrysotype The New Chrysotype process has tonal and surface qualities and permanence like Platinotype-Palladiotype, but the added feature of beautifully muted colours, controlled by the chemistry and physics of the process. The photographic artist should find here a whole new palette of non-literal colour to explore in printing archival ‘monochrome’ images. Herschel’s[…]

The Wonder Of Chemistry: Apples & Flask – Platinum PalladiumPoppy And Old Books – Platinum Palladium Platinotype: Platinum/ Palladium Platinotype photographs are distinguished by a matte surface and subtle tonal gradations, the image is embedded in the fibre of the paper.  Because of the tonal range and surface quality of platinum prints, many fine art photographers of the late 19th and[…]

Window Webs – Gum Bichromate  The Gum Bichromate process can resolve fine detail in numerous colours. There is a high degree of artistic control in this beautiful print making process. Ultraviolet light reacts with the solution of gum Arabic, pigments and dichromate coated onto cotton paper, hardening gum in proportion to the light passed through a negative.[…]

Vines Over Church – Cyanotype / Palladium Cyanotype printing over palladium/ platinum This is an effective method of using colour to built depth to enrich shadow areas.  Cyanotype over platinum/ palladium attracted photographic artist from 1900. Renowned users were Edward Steichen & Alfred Stiegliz. Edward Steichen’s Jean Simpson in Profile 1923 cyanotype over Palladium/Platinotype has attracted photographic artist practitioners since William Willis’s[…]