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Alternative Process Photography for the Contemporary Photographer 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. Morgan Post is Adjunct Professor of Photography at Fairfield University, USA. He con- ducts workshops and research at The Penumbra Foundation in New York City and lec- tures nationally and internationally. Alternative Process Photography for the Contemporary Photographer A Beginner’s Guide Morgan Post Cover image: © Roberto Huarcaya 2018. NIÑOS DANZANTES DE TIJERAS. FOTOGRAMA First published 2023 by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2023 Morgan Post The right of Morgan Post to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this title has been requested ISBN: 978-0-367-60903-0 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-367-60902-3 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-10245-8 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003102458 Typeset in Baskerville by Apex CoVantage, LLC Access the companion website: http://contemporaryaltphoto.com Exercise caution in the handling of all photographic chemicals. Use of any such chemicals constitutes some risk, and some are poisonous. The publisher and author accept no responsibility for injury or loss arising from the procedures or materials described in this book whether used properly or improperly. The workplace should be well ventilated. Chemicals should be mixed only in the manner described. Avoid contact between the chemicals and eyes, skin, clothing, and furniture. Do not eat or drink while using chemicals. Keep them away from pets and children. Wear protective eye wear and gloves if necessary. In short, be mindful of all safety procedures for yourself and others. For Mom, Unc and Xavier Contents Introduction xiii Acknowledgments xv 1 Contemporary Artists and Methods 1 Part I: Lens(less)-Based Imagemakers 1 The Pinhole Effect 3 Heather Oelklaus 4 Stephanie L. Paine 7 Jennifer Crane 10 Silver-Salt: Calotype 13 Dan Estabrook 14 Wlodek Witek 17 Silver-Amalgam: Daguerreotype 19 Binh Danh 20 Jerry Spagnoli 24 Takashi Arai 28 The Niepceotype/Hyalotype Process: Dror Maayan 33 Silver-Salt: Wet Plate Collodion 35 Quinn Jacobson 36 Rashod Taylor 40 Luther Gerlach 44 Silver-Salt: Gelatin Dry Plate 46 Amy Burke 47 Nejc Urankar 50 Artist Biographies and Supplemental Information: Part I 52 Chapter 1: Part II Print(less) Contemporary Imagemakers 55 Silver Halide: Salt Printing 55 Melitte Buchman 56 Gary Edward Blum 58 Silver Halide: Albumen 60 Alida Rodrigues 61 Silver Halide: Silver-Gelatin 64 Kimberly Anderson 65 John Beaver 69 Maria Martinez-Cañas 72 viii Contents Iron-Iron: The Cyanotype 74 Diane Deery Richards 75 Kümei Kirschmann 78 Iron-Uranium: Uranotype 79 Bob Kiss 81 Nick Russell and Charles Witherspoon 84 Iron-Platinum and Palladium: Platinotype, Palladiotype and Ziatype 87 Anne Eder 88 Antonio Turok 91 Pradip Malde 93 Iron-Silver: Brown Print 96 Roberto Huarcaya 97 Rosario Martinez-Cañas 99 Hexavalent Chromium 101 Diana H. Bloomfield 102 Rodney F. James 106 Tony Gonzalez 110 Digital Capture and Reproduction 113 Alan Greene 114 Luciana Quagliato McClure 118 Artist Biographies and Supplemental Information: Part II 121 2 Introduction to Radiant Energy 126 Waves and Color 127 Characteristics of Photographic Spectral Sensitivity 128 Chemical and Material Considerations 131 Colloids 132 Covalent and Ionic (Electrovalent) Bonds 135 Photographic Specific Terms 136 Additive Primary Colors 136 Positives 137 Negatives 138 Exposure 139 Developers 141 Silver Halide: Calotype 142 Making a Calotype 144 Substrate 144 Iodizing 146 Exciting 147 Exposure 147 Development 147 Fixing 149 Post-processing Options 149 Conservation and Image Degradation 149 Silver Amalgam: Daguerreotype 151 Process in Protest 153 Contents ix Making a Daguerreotype 154 Substrate 155 Buffing 155 Chemical Fuming Options 156 Exposure 156 Development 157 Fixing 157 Gilding 157 Conservation and Image Degradation 159 Silver Halide: Wet Plate Collodion 159 Fundamentals of Wet Plate Collodion 160 Substrates 161 Components of the Salted Collodion Solution 162 Silver Bath 163 Exposure 164 Developing Agents 164 Washing 166 Fixing 166 Digitizing 167 Varnishing 167 Conservation and Image Degradation 167 Silver Halide: Gelatin Dry Plate 170 Genesis of Silver-Gelatin Technology 170 Genesis of Silver-Gelatin Developing Agents 171 Gelatin Dry Plate Considerations 173 Substrate 174 Making the Colloidal Suspension 175 Precipitation 176 Ripening Part I 176 Application With Nitrates 176 Noodling 177 Ripening Part II 177 Coating 177 Speed and ISO 177 Exposure 178 Development 179 Fixing 181 Conservation and Image Degradation 181 Digital Media: Light-Based Technologies 183 Digital Light Capture Technology 183 Types of Digital Sensors 184 Digital to Analog Print Media 185 Internegatives 186 Aspect Ratios and Resolving Power 186 Digital Negatives 187 Concepts of Making Digital Negatives and Positives 188
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