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"The Pond - Moonlight" and the Gum-Bichromate Process
Hey, all.
I was most interested to see a photograph sell for more than $3 Million CDN, but after seeing an on-line copy of the image I can understand why, at least to some extent. Quite apart from its historial value, it is a beautiful print, and given that it is a multiple-printed gum-bichromate print involving various pigment layers, the production of the print is quite an artisitic feat by itself. I would be interested in trying the process myself, just out of curiousity. I have a book that details the process, as well as many other artistic but now-antiquated printing processes, but one of the biggest problems is that gum-bichromate is a contact-printing process, meaning the final image is only as large as the negative used to print it. I would like to know the most efficient means of producing a large negative (ie: 8x10, or 11x16 if possible) from a 35mm negative. If anyone has any suggestions or can refer me to any resources, either printed or online, I would be most greatful. -Brian. |
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"The Pond - Moonlight" and the Gum-Bichromate Process
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at 04:12 PM, "B. Anthony Cutteridge" said: If anyone has any suggestions or can refer me to any resources, either printed or online, I would be most greatful. Go to the Photographer's Formulary. They hold workshops in Montana in alternative processes. They also supply materials via mail order. - ----------------------------------------------------------- les clark / edgewater, nj / usa ----------------------------------------------------------- |
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"The Pond - Moonlight" and the Gum-Bichromate Process
B. Anthony Cutteridge" said:
If anyone has any suggestions or can refer me to any resources, either printed or online, I would be most greatful. The Keepers of Light: A History and Working Guide to Early Photographic Processes William Crawford http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/...+light+crawfor d & most libraries/inter-library-loan -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics. To reply, remove spaces: n o lindan at ix . netcom . com Fstop timer - http://www.nolindan.com/da/fstop/index.htm |
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"The Pond - Moonlight" and the Gum-Bichromate Process
"B. Anthony Cutteridge" wrote in message news Hey, all. I was most interested to see a photograph sell for more than $3 Million CDN, but after seeing an on-line copy of the image I can understand why, at least to some extent. Quite apart from its historial value, it is a beautiful print, and given that it is a multiple-printed gum-bichromate print involving various pigment layers, the production of the print is quite an artisitic feat by itself. I would be interested in trying the process myself, just out of curiousity. I have a book that details the process, as well as many other artistic but now-antiquated printing processes, but one of the biggest problems is that gum-bichromate is a contact-printing process, meaning the final image is only as large as the negative used to print it. I would like to know the most efficient means of producing a large negative (ie: 8x10, or 11x16 if possible) from a 35mm negative. If anyone has any suggestions or can refer me to any resources, either printed or online, I would be most greatful. -Brian. A Google search for "gum bichromate" returned lots of sites. The basic process is simple but there are a great many variations. I also recommend the alternative processes mailing list. There is an archive of the list with subsciption instructions at: Archives: All the messages sent to this list have been saved in an archive. They are available in two ways: A browseable index on a web site at: http://www.usask.ca/lists/alt-photo-process There is "web mirror" of the current months messages at: http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg/photo/current In fact, there is an on-going discussion of the best methods of gum printing on the list now. -- --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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"The Pond - Moonlight" and the Gum-Bichromate Process
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:17:13 -0500, Robert Feinman wrote:
Many people make "digital" negatives these days for contact printing processes. Basically you scan your original and print it out at the needed size on transparent film using an inkjet printer. You can do all sorts of tonal corrections on the digital image that were difficult or impossible with the all-film workflow that used to be the only option. Of course! You know, that possibility have never occured to me, but now that you mention it it is certainly the most sensible as well as the most practical method. Not only would it be easiest way to make a full-sheet negative from a small one, but it also naturally makes it possible to also produce a suitable full-sheet negative when one has no negative at all of the desired picture but only a positive print. Thank you very kindly for the brilliant idea! -Brian. |
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