Tag: alt process

Matthew Larkin’s wet plate collodion suspension project

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Santos Elbow - black glass ambrotype by Matt Larkin (used with permission)

Photographer Matt Larkin is working on a book of wet plate collodion ambrotypes documenting people doing ritual body suspension. While some may find the subject matter challenging, I find the photography incredibly compelling—it captures both the intensity and the peace that I’ve heard can come from the suspension experience.

You can see more of Larkin’s wet plate photographs in his gallery at AlternativePhotography.com.

Nate Coma - black glass ambrotype by Matt Larkin (used with permission)

 

Photos © copyright 2007 Black Barn Editions. Used with permission.

 

UPDATE: The book is out, I’ve posted a review and ordering information here.

San Antonio, TX, US alt-process and pinhole bonanza

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"Exploring Alternative Processes: Photography Exhibits, Installations, Events and Classes" at the Southwest School of Art & Craft, 300 Augusta St., San Antonio, Texas, United States

DATES: Thursday, 24 August – Sunday, 22 October, 2006

RECEPTION: Thursday, 24 August, 2006 at 5:30pm

Loads of alt-process and pinhole exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and classes: rawk! See the Pinhole Visions event page for details.

New cyanotype book from AlternativePhotography.com

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(The book is called Blueprint to cyanotypes: Exploring a historical alternative photographic process and costs US $34.)

Alternative Photography press release:

Malin Fabbri and Gary Fabbri have written a clear and well illustrated step-by-step guide to making cyanotypes. It is easy to follow for the beginner and an inspiration for the more experienced photographer.

The cyanotype is often the first alternative process that people try. Digital photography has given this historical process new life, now you can create negatives in your computer and develop the prints in the sun, combining one of the earliest photographic techniques with the latest. The cyanotype process is a perfect compliment to today’s digital photography, whether you are making creative prints or fine art. It gives experienced photographers and artists a great excuse to take their eyes off the computer screen and get their hands dirty. Blueprint to cyanotypes is all you need to get started with cyanotypes. It is full of information and tips. It is also inspiration to see samples of 19 artists currently working with cyanotypes.

Blueprint to cyanotypes is published by AlternativePhotography.com – a website and information center for alternative photographic processes, dedicated to education and research. The website currently represents over 200 artists and continues to grow.

Information About the Book

Publisher: AlternativePhotography.com (2006)
Printed by: Lulu.com
Format: Paperback, 68 pages, full color
ISBN: 978-1-4116-9838-3
More information: http://www.alternativephotography.com/BlueprintToCyanotypes.html

Blueprint to Cyanotypes is available for purchase at www.lulu.com/alternativephoto, a print on demand service.

About the Authors

Malin Fabbri, from Sweden, has over 8 years of printing experience in cyanotypes and teaching workshops. Blueprint to cyanotypes is a result of a Masters thesis from Central St. Martin’s School of Design in London, in "alternative photography". The research for the thesis involved a lot of work with cyanotypes and also sparked the idea for the book. Malin also started the website, AlternativePhotography.com – an information centre for historic photographic methods in use today. She is still actively managing its expansion as the editor. Gary Fabbri is from Rhode Island, USA. An early interest in writing and drawing led him to pursue both fine art painting and writing. His paintings have been exhibited throughout the east coast. His master’s thesis lead him to find work in the television industry and he moved to London to work as an editor and writer/director. As a director Gary has made numerous shortfilms, television adverts, programmes and documentaries. Gary and Malin moved to Stockholm in 2004 where Gary runs his own company, and continues to write, direct, paint and make cyanotypes.

More info and buy from AlternativePhotography.com

Polaroid emulsion transfer tutorial

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Check out this well-written Polaroid emulsion transfer tutorial, with examples, by Sarah Wichlacz:

Polaroid transfers have a unique visual style that is a little ghostly, a little impressionistic, and often very moody. Needless to say, it’s a fun way to spice up found slides and staged photos. With a few readily-available supplies, we can make a whole bunch of transfer prints.

Continue reading at SarahWichlacz.com

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How to easily etch images in copper

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Check out this tutorial for etching images in copper onto circuit boards!

I suspect that there’s a lot more that can be done with the plates than meets the eye. Things that immediately come to mind are a variety of chemical tarnishings, using it as a printing plate on paper, several possibilities for magnetically aligning ferrous powders (think chaotically textured relief prints!), or any combination of the above. There’s got to be more, what did I miss?

Read instructions at Instructables

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Woodburytype and ziatype alt process how-tos

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AlternativePhotography.com have two new how-tos up, one each for woodburytype and ziatype printing.

Woodburytype

"The woodbury type/woodbury process by Nicolai Klimaszewski is an interesting take on carving. Read and learn."

"Woodburytype images are made by pouring a translucent mixture of pigments suspended in warm gelatin onto a relief surface, then transferring this pigment layer onto paper. In this case, the thick and thin areas of gelatin, along with the white of the paper produce a wide range of beautiful tones. I state that the tones are beautiful because the thickness and translucency of the pigment layer provides a remarkable kind of color that a conventional flat deposit of ink cannot achieve…"

Continue reading the woodburytype how-to at AlternativePhotography.com

Ziatype

"The Ziatype process is an extract from Christina Z. Anderssons book Alternative Processes Condensed. The article here has been illustrated by Carl Weese‘s beautiful prints."

"The ziatype is a variation of the Pizzighelli POP process that uses lithium palladium chloride (lithium chloropallidite) as the primary metal and ammonium ferric oxalate for the iron compound to produce a continuous tone print. Color and contrast are controlled chemically, unlike other Pizzighelli processes where color and contrast are controlled by humidity…"

Continue reading the ziatype how-to at AlternativePhotography.com

(POP is Printing Out Paper, where the image becomes visible as it is exposed, as opposed to the standard Developing Out Paper, which is exposed and then needs to be bathed in liquid developer before the image becomes visible.)

Cheap DIY UV light source for alt process printing

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f295 Pinhole Forum user Marv has instructions for and photos of how to build a cheap UV light source for alt process photo printing. Sweet!

Marv writes, "How I did it was as simply, and cheaply, as possible. I used recycled wood and only had to buy the black light lamps. This is a beta version and I made it to be easily modified. I figured I would experiment with distances to the bulbs, number of bulbs etc. and simple was better K.I.S.S. if you know what I mean…"

Continue reading at f295.

Ingo Guenther pinhole/alt process exhibition at NWZ-Galerie im Pressehaus, DE

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This exhibition, "Camera obscura – Bilder von Oldenburg", features gelatin silver, cyanotype, and salt prints of pinhole photography by Ingo Guenther.

The show runs 1 April–28 April, 2006, at NWZ-Galerie im Pressehaus, Peterstr. 28–34, 26121 Oldenburg, DE.

Gallery hours are from Monday–Sunday 9am–6pm.

Opening on Friday, 1 April, 2006 at 6pm.

Via the Spitbite Pinhole Discussion List