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Book SynopsisPlatinotype: Making Photographs in Platinum and Palladium with the Contemporary Printing-out Process describes the mechanisms and chemistry of platinum/palladium printing in safe and practical ways. Clearly presented formulae allow the printer to work with platinum, palladium, or varying combinations of both. The printed-out image appears fully during exposure, and only requires simple and safe steps for clearing to a stable, archival state.
The authors explain what makes the image, how all necessary components are prepared and used, and the kind of paper and negative needed to make prints. More than just a technical manual, the book underscores the authors'' belief that printing is a creative, scientific, and philosophic way of working. The book presents an outstanding collection of prints by over 40 artists, all made with this printing-out process. The artists'' notes and comments offer insights into their methods and thinking, and a large number of full-page
Trade Review
'Simple formulae and excellent directions guide you through each step in the process. The book will be a valuable resource for a wide readership. More than a technical manual, Platinotype lays out a creative and philosophic practice – revealed from lens to paper.'
Meg Partridge, Director, The Imogen Cunningham Trust
'Elegantly written and explained for the novice, advanced amateur, or professional alternative process photographer.'
Jim Patterson, Photochemist and Experimenter in alternative photography
"Simple formulae and excellent directions guide you through each step in the process. The book will be a valuable resource for a wide readership. More than a technical manual, Platinotype lays out a creative and philosophic practice―revealed from lens to paper."
Meg Partridge, Director, The Imogen Cunningham Trust
"Elegantly written and explained for the novice, advanced amateur, or professional alternative process photographer."
Jim Patterson, Photochemist and Experimenter in alternative photography
Table of ContentsForeword by Mike Ware, Preface, Acknowledgements, PART 1, 1. Contexts and Expectations, 2. Chemistry of the Platinum/Palladium Print, 3. Safety, Workspaces, and Procedures, 4. Equipment, Materials, and Chemicals, 5. Preparation of Sensitizer and Processing Solutions, 6. Paper―Its Properties and Choice, 7. Negatives, 8. Making the Print, 9. Archival Processing, Presentation, and Documentation, 10. Looking and Seeing, PART 2 11. Contemporary Practices, Appendix I Troubleshooting, Appendix II Workflow Summaries, Appendix III Glossary, Appendix IV Equipment, Materials and Resources, Appendix V Bibliography and References, Index
