SALT PRINTING WORKSHOP IN NEW YORK CITY
Penumbra Foundation
36 East 30th Street, NYC
June 22–23, 2019, 10am–6pm
In the 1830s, well before daguerreotype, wet plate or albumen, Fox Talbot
invented salt printing, arguably the most romantic 19th Century process. In
this two-day workshop we will cover all of the basics of the process: paper
selection, salting, sensitizing, toning and waxing. Using your own negatives,
or ones provided by the instructor you will explore this inexpensive and
elegant photographic process.
The technique combines NaCl (table salt), silver nitrate, and gelatin. Sunlight
or UV lamps are used for exposure. The prints are monochrome and range from
black, sepia, purplish to a warmer red. Once you understand the idiosyncrasies
of this technique all you will need is sunlight, a contact frame, and a few
chemicals to continue the practice at home. The practitioner can by varying
aspects of the process to create an emotional language for their own aesthetic
needs.
Additionally making prints by hand will clarify many of the considerations of
their ongoing care and archival needs.
The instructor, Melitte Buchman, has been an active practitioner of both salt
printing and wet plate collodion for over a decade. As a professional
photographer of cultural heritage materials she is also knowledgeable about
digital technology and creating appropriate digitally made negatives for
alternative photography practices.
Contact Melitte Buchman at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> for more
information.
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