History of the colloidon process
Writer / Sean Mackenna A history Wetplate collodion process and the different products produced: Ambrotypes, Ferrotypes and the Negative process. Fox-Talbot’s Calotype process was the first successful...
View ArticleAn Ironic History of the Alternative Processes
Writer / Mike Ware Photography / Mike Ware Mike Ware introduces us to the iron based alternative processes – from it’s birth to present time. In the dawn of photography, it was far from obvious which...
View ArticlePlatinum Palladium Printing – Roots that bare many Branches?
Writer / Eric Neilsen Photography / Eric Neilsen, Ed Stanton and Kevin Bubriski Eric Neilsen gives us a brief history of Platinum Palladium Printing and explains how it has branched out. There has been...
View ArticleHistory of Photographic Words and Slogans
Collator of information / Malin Fabbri A list of photographic words and their origin. The article is a work in progress and any historians out there with their finger on the facts should feel free to...
View ArticleSplit-Toning: Background and Historical Antecedents
Writer / Jonathan Bailey.Photography / Jonathan Bailey, R.C. Clifford, Suzanne Izzo, Jerry Spagnoli Jonathan Bailey defines split-toning and tells it’s history. Image left: Oaxaca, Mexico, 1999;...
View ArticleHistory of the bromoil process
Writer / David W. Lewis The history of the bromoil process and an excerpt from the David W. Lewis’ book “The art of Bromoil and Transfer”. The bromoil process was invented in 1907 be Englishman C....
View ArticleWhat’s wrong with Daguerre?
Reconsidering old and new views on the invention of photography. Hans Rooseboom Select shipping Ship this book to Europe $12.00 USA and Rest of world $14.00 Sold directly by the author. Price...
View ArticleA remarkable affair involving a major auction house, an eminent...
Writer / Hans Rooseboom An excerpt from What’s wrong with Daguerre? – by Hans Rooseboom. In 2008 the photohistoric community witnessed a remarkable affair involving a major auction house, an eminent...
View ArticleSalt prints and cyanotypes: a short history of printing processes
Writer and photography / Brian Young Brian Young tells the fascinating story of salt prints and cyanotypes – photographic printing processes from the 19th Century. “Iron Bridge, Chiang Mai” by Brian...
View ArticleThe history of anthotypes
Writer / Malin Fabbri Photography / Sir John Herschel, Julia Margaret Cameron An excerpt from Anthotypes – Explore the darkroom in your garden and make photographs using plants. How the anthotype was...
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