I haven't tried or researched alternative processes, but I know that some galleries exhibiting photography are especially interested in experimental printmaking processes WRT photographs they'd like to exhibit. Cheers, Christine
On Mar 30, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > I miss old school printmaking. But more than that, I'm becoming > increasingly fascinated by the Really Old School processes that are > today euphemistically called "Alternative Processes". These include: > Cyanotype > Kallitype (including Van Dyke brown) > Platinum prints > etc. > > What is interesting to me is that virtually all of these are contact > print processes. Now not a lot of people are shooting large format > film today. So what's up with the revival in interest in "Alternative > Processes"? Well, digital has done wonders for "old school" contact > printing. You can now print out large format "digital negatives" on > transparency film using ink jet printers. The larger format the > printer, the larger the transparency (negative) that you can produce. > > You probably already have a great library of images that you could > work from. Images that could take on a whole new life as a Platinum > print, or a Cyanotype, for example. Some of these processes can even > be used on fabric, meaning you could make some gnarly t-shirts to show > off your own images. > > For those interested in learning more, I recommend: > http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/processes > or the f295 forums: http://www.f295.org/Pinholeforum/forum/Blah.pl > (scroll down to the forums for "Hand Crafted, Historic Process, and > Non-Conventional Images") > > Ron Reeder is one of the recognized experts in creating digital > negatives. His process (used by many) is outlined in this inexpensive > eBook: > http://www.lulu.com/shop/ron-reeder/digital-negatives-for-palladium-and-other-alternative-processes/ebook/product-17429855.html > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
