Alternative Process Photography for the Contemporary Photographer: A Beginner's Guide

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A comprehensive textbook, Alternative Process Photography for the Contemporary Photographer explores the ways in which the materiality and science of photography and aesthetic concepts of contemporary photography can work together in an accessible way. The book explores processes such as calotype, wet plate collodion, cyanotype, platinum and palladium, gum bichromate and digital. It explains not only the historical context behind these processes but draws on examples from contemporary practitioners to show how the processes can be used within the field of contemporary photography. Author Morgan Post exemplifies the creative ways in which a contemporary photographer can engage with alternative process photography as a beginner and includes contributions from Takashi Arai, Alida Rodrigues, Binh Danh, Diana H. Bloomfield and many others from around the world. The textbook is accompanied by a companion website offering accessible step-by-step video instructions that demonstrate the processes explored. Bridging analogue and digital media, the textbook is ideal for students of photography and amateur photographers with an interest in alternative methods to photography. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction Acknowledgments 1 Contemporary Artists and Methods Part I: Lens(less)-Based Imagemakers The Pinhole Effect Heather Oelklaus Stephanie L. Paine Jennifer Crane Silver-Salt: Calotype Dan Estabrook Wlodek Witek Silver-Amalgam: Daguerreotype Binh Danh Jerry Spagnoli Takashi Arai The Niepceotype/Hyalotype Process: Dror Maayan Silver-Salt: Wet Plate Collodion Quinn Jacobson Rashod Taylor Luther Gerlach Silver-Salt: Gelatin Dry Plate Amy Burke Nejc Urankar Artist Biographies and Supplemental Information: Part I Chapter 1: Part II Print(less) Contemporary Imagemakers Silver Halide: Salt Printing Melitte Buchman Gary Edward Blum Silver Halide: Albumen Alida Rodrigues Silver Halide: Silver-Gelatin Kimberly Anderson John Beaver Maria Martinez-Cañas Iron-Iron: The Cyanotype Diane Deery Richards Kümei Kirschmann Iron-Uranium: Uranotype Bob Kiss Nick Russell and Charles Witherspoon Iron-Platinum and Palladium: Platinotype, Palladiotype and Ziatype Anne Eder Antonio Turok Pradip Malde Iron-Silver: Brown Print Roberto Huarcaya Rosario Martinez-Cañas Hexavalent Chromium Diana H. Bloomfield Rodney F. James Tony Gonzalez Digital Capture and Reproduction Alan Greene Luciana Quagliato McClure Artist Biographies and Supplemental Information: Part II 2 Introduction to Radiant Energy Waves and Color Characteristics of Photographic Spectral Sensitivity Chemical and Material Considerations Colloids Covalent and Ionic (Electrovalent) Bonds Photographic Specific Terms Additive Primary Colors Positives Negatives Exposure Developers Silver Halide: Calotype Making a Calotype Substrate Iodizing Exciting Exposure Development Fixing Post-processing Options Conservation and Image Degradation Silver Amalgam: Daguerreotype Process in Protest Making a Daguerreotype Substrate Buffing Chemical Fuming Options Exposure Development Fixing Gilding Conservation and Image Degradation Silver Halide: Wet Plate Collodion Fundamentals of Wet Plate Collodion Substrates Components of the Salted Collodion Solution Silver Bath Exposure Developing Agents Washing Fixing Digitizing Varnishing Conservation and Image Degradation Silver Halide: Gelatin Dry Plate Genesis of Silver-Gelatin Technology Genesis of Silver-Gelatin Developing Agents Gelatin Dry Plate Considerations Substrate Making the Colloidal Suspension Precipitation Ripening Part I Application With Nitrates Noodling Ripening Part II Coating Speed and ISO Exposure Development Fixing Conservation and Image Degradation Digital Media: Light-Based Technologies Digital Light Capture Technology Types of Digital Sensors Digital to Analog Print Media Internegatives Aspect Ratios and Resolving Power Digital Negatives Concepts of Making Digital Negatives and Positives Making a Digital Negative Base and Fog (B + Fog) Establishing White and Black Points Correction Curve Option Ink Output Option Conservation and Image Degradation 3 Introduction to Print Media Condensed Timeline: Early Western Experiments With Light-Sensitive Materials Reactions Single Salt Combinations Double Salt Combinations Redox Transition, Noble and Base Metals Iron Compounds Other Metal Compounds Silver Iron Palladium Platinum Gold Chromium Sizing Additional Photo Specific Terms Subtractive Primary Colors Positives Exposure Silver Printing Out Processes (POPs), Salt Albumen, Collodio and Gelatin Chloride Separate Solutions of Chloride and Silver Single Solution of Silver Chloride Technological Advancements of Salt Printing Technological Advancements of Albumen Printing Technological Advancements of Collodio Chloride Technological Advancements of Gelatin Chloride Sizing: Pretreatment of Absorbent Substrates Chloride Salts Salt Printing Methodology Application of Sizing Material Application of Silver Albumen Printing Methodology Ripening and Surface Types Application of Sizing Material Application of Silver Collodio Chloride: Silver Chloride in an Organic Colloidal Dispersion Considerations of Collodion Collodio Chloride Methodology Sizing Application Gelatin Chloride: Silver Chloride in a Hydrolyzed Collagen Colloidal Dispersion Consideration of Gelatin Chloride Precipitation Ripening Sizing Coating Processing Baths for Salt, Albumen, Collodio and Gelatin Chloride Characteristics of Silver Chloride Toning Noble Metal Toning Before Fixing Gold Fixer Toning Conservation and Image Degradation Iron-Iron: Cyanotype Genesis of the Cyanotype Cyanotype Methodologies Characteristics of Traditional Cyanotype Sensitizing Solutions Characteristics of Ware Cyanotype Sensitizing Solution Application Exposure Processing Setup Toning Reducing Agents Redeveloping Agents Tannic Acid Types Combination Printing Possibilities Conservation and Image Degradation Iron-Platinum, Palladium: The Platino, Palladio and Associated Types Genesis of the Platinotype and Palladiotype Characteristics of Platinum and Palladium Processes The Traditional Platinum and Palladium Developing Out Process The Sensitizing Solutions Application Exposure Developers Processing Setup Toning Combination Printing Possibilities Conservation and Image Degradation Iron-Silver: The Argentotype, Brown Print, Argyrotype and Kallitype Genesis of Iron-Silver Processes Characteristics of the (Van Dyke) Brown Printing Out Process Kallitype Process Considerations Characteristics of the Kallitype Developing Out Process Sensitizing Solutions Application Exposure Processing Setup Characteristics of Silver-Iron Toning Combination Printing Possibilities Conservation and Image Degradation Hexavalent Chromium in a Colloidal Dispersion: Gum Dichromate Early Evolution of Chromium-Based Processes Gum Dichromate Characteristics and Process Considerations The Sensitizer Sizing With Paper Registration Application Exposure Development Clearing Combination Printing Possibilities Conservation and Image Degradation Digital Reproduction Condensed Timeline of Photographic Transmitted Reproduction Concepts of Digital Printing File Management Color Management, Color Spaces, Color Profiles and the RGB Color Model Common Substrates Other Types of Substrates Output Options Post-printing Surface Treatments Conservation and Image Degradation Chapter 3: Sources 4 Photography and Community Ryann Casey Riham Majeed Kong Nai Thomas Werner, Thomas Werner Projects Pablo Farias, Bats´i Lab Geoffrey Berliner, the Penumbra Foundation Elizabeth Greenberg, Maine Media Workshops + College Works Cited Index