Hi: Yes you can contact print them. But you don't _have_ to limit yourself to printing on b&w paper. You could delve into one of the may alternative processes cyanotype, gum bichromate etc ...
I have been doing a lot of cyanotypes from 8x10 negatives. see http://duke.usask.ca/holtsg/photo/faq.html There are lots of different processes one can use once you are working with a large negative. Another really interesting technique: ... A friend of mine read about etching linoleum blocks with oven cleaner with a photo sensetive resist. Lino blocks are often used to teach children basic printmaking. The lino block is carved with a variety of tools. The block is inked and printed by placing a piece of paper over the inked block and pressed down. Where the block was cut away no ink is deposited on the paper Apparently you can coat a lino block with a mixture of gum arabic and a dichromate. (Common alt photo stuff). This makes a photo sensetive resist. This is developed in water. Where the gum bichromate was exposed to light hardens and forms a resist. Where the light did not expose the gum washes away in the water. The lino plate is then sprayed with oven cleaner. The hardened gum forms a resist and prevents the oven cleaner from etching the lino. Where the negative was "unexposed" becomes etched out on the plate. If one worked from a postive image ( a contact print of the neg) you could make a lino block that prints an image of some sort of your pinhole shot. I have absolutely no idea of how well this works. I hope to try it out in the next few weeks. Gord On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, R Duarte wrote: > Hi, > > I am building a wooden camera that will take 4x5 film backs. I was planning > on just loading the film backs with 4x5 pieces of RC paper. If I were to > load it with 4x5 sheets of FILM instead, what can I do with the film > negative once I've exposed and developed it? Can I still only contact print > it? It's obviously too big for the enlarger unless I wanted to "crop" it > right? Sorry if this is a silly question. > > Thanks, > Rob > > > _______________________________________________ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ > --------------------------------------------------------- Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology hol...@duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2 ---------------------------------------------------------
