Main entry:

Webb, Randall.

Title & Author:

Alternative photographic processes : a working guide for image makers / Randall Webb & Martin Reed.

Edition:

1st North American ed.

Publication:

Rochester, N.Y. : Silver Pixel Press, 2000.

Description:

160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-157) and index.
Using the manual -- Historical notes -- Old vs. current processes -- Equipment -- Papers -- Chemicals -- Coating techniques -- Exposing the print -- Making contact nagatives -- Salt printing -- Albumen printing -- Printing-out paper -- Van Dyke prints & kallitypes -- Cyanotype -- Pellet prints -- Platinum & palladium printing -- Bromoil -- Bromoil transfer -- Oil printing -- Carbon printing -- Gum printing -- Casein printing -- Photo mechanical printing -- Photo etching -- Photo gravure -- Photo silkscreen printing -- Cliche verre -- Bleach-etch -- Solvent transfer -- Printing on other materials -- Combination printing -- Presentation & editions.

Summary:

"...Amply illustrated...provides an overview of alternative printing processes, including several nearly forgotten traditional processes, such as salt printing and photo etching....takes a straightforward, how-to approach to each of these unique and often complicated processes in a series of short chapters. Each chapter provides some historical background, discusses advantages and disadvantages of the technique, provides a shopping list, and then outlines the method of making prints....Valuable to anyone who wishes to make photographs safely and competently using these varied processes, the book will also appeal to those who want to learn more about these methods. Recommended for both public and academic libraries..."--Library Journal.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

1883403707 (pbk.)
9781883403706 (pbk.)

Subject:

Photography Processing.
Photography Printing processes.
Photographie Traitement.
Photographie Procédés d'impression.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
Writings.
Manuals (instructional materials)

Added entries:

Reed, Martin.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room photo 215118
Call No.: TR140.W367.A35 2000
Status: Available