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Alternative photographic processes - Learn & inspo

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The cuprotype is a process that uses similar chemistry to a cyanotype and a relatively forgiving, inexpensive and flexible process. Frank Gorga shares his working method for cuprotype.

Cuprotype process

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In 1843, Anna Atkins published the first book illustrated with photographs. This calendar is a tribute to her. 12 cyanotypes were created by 12 different artists in honour of Anna Atkins to illustrate the calendar.
Apart from being a brilliant scientist and botanist, Anna Atkins was also an artist. She created numerous prints from plants, lace and feather arrangements. This is how you can print your own cyanotypes in Anna Atkins’ style.
I came across a beautifully illustrated book called 'The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the first book of photographs' and naturally became intrigued. I wanted to know more and set up an interview with the creator Fiona Robinson.

Anna Atkins

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Mitch Eckert pairs his photographic equipment, process and materials with the concept and express it though kallitypes.

Kallitype artists

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WARNING: This is for experienced and advanced users only. Read the safety sheets before attempting to use chemicals and use the correct safety equipment. Hazardous chemicals are used. Lexy Xiao finds a way to get around the expensive shipping costs of chemicals necessary for Chromoskedasic painting. She shares her process on how to prepare her own here.
A Cuprotype is a photographic print of Copper II Ferrocyanide on paper or fabric. Jim Patterson gives us a history of the Cuprotype process.
Kelp carbon is not for the beginner. The kelp carbon process is a direct positive carbon photographic process. Jim Patterson shares his process.

Miscellaneous art

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Michele Pero is an Italian photographer with many irons in the fire. He runs a blog, is a founder of a photography school and works in a variety of processes.

Ambrotype artists

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Entry from World Cyanotype Day 2022. All the artists in the gallery here:
Check out all 333 artists' cyanotypes
Entry from World Cyanotype Day 2022. All the artists in the gallery here:

World Cyanotype Day 2022 - our Supporting Members

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Mordancage process

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This was Anthotype Day 2022... The FIRST EVER World Anthotype Day is now over, and I must say it was a success! 103 artists (!!!) from 31 countries (!!!) took part. Go make a cup of coffee, and take your time to enjoy all the wonderful work - and explore even more on the links below: To get more info on the images in the video, go to this year's gallery: 👉 https://www.alternativephotography.com/gallery/gallery-by-process/world-anthotype-day-2022-gallery-hope/ See you next year?

Anthotype Day 2022 - Hope

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Christina Z. Anderson from Montana, USA shows her gallery with very personal prints of several alternative photographic processes, from Casein and Chrysotype to Palladium and Salted paper prints.
Leanne McPhee is an Australian fine art photographer working with Chrysotype and Salt Prints to investigate identity in living and still life forms. Take a look at her gallery!
Having completed her BA at Montana State University, Alyssa McKenna pursues alternative photography and shows her Chemigrams, Chrysotypes, Gum and Mordancages.

Chrysotype artists

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Simon Ashmore is an artist from Kent in Southeast England who combines a range of photographic techniques and processes, often including alternative printing processes, to create expressive and sometimes abstract images.
Robert Poole, a retired University Professor living from UK with a passion of photography shares a wide range of alternative photographic process work.

Argyrotype artists

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Christina Z. Anderson gives us her best tips for chrysotype papers.
Christina Z. Anderson gives us all we need to get started with the chrysotype process as well as tips for experienced printers.

Chrysotype process

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Give the gift of knowledge. Here is a list of more great books:
Advent calendar from AlternativePhotography.com For those who have patiently been following this advent calendar and wondered where it's going. Here it is. The Photographer's Friend Almanack and American Yearbook of Photography. All the way from 1872. And it's yours to read. Happy Holidays, just go to the link and read - free of course:
The Photographer's Friend Almanack and American Yearbook of Photography. All the way from 1872. And it's yours to read. Happy Holidays, just go to the link and read - free of course.

Advent calendar

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Palle Lindgaard-Jørgensen shares his method of transferring a photo from paper to metal in a few easy steps.
Palle Lindgaard-Jørgensen shares his method of transferring a photo from paper to metal in a few easy steps.

Transfers and printing

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Xerolithography is a lithography process but simpler than using plates. It’s an easy process to experiment with and has the option to add colours with different inks.

Lith print processes

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An entry for World Cyanotype Day 2021 on the theme "Rejuvenation".
An entry for World Cyanotype Day 2021 on the theme "Rejuvenation".
An entry for World Cyanotype Day 2021 on the theme "Rejuvenation".

World Cyanotype Day 2021 - Rejuvenation

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"Consider this book as a springboard to immediately and easily propel you into the world of anthotypes with a minimum of equipment, time, and expense. Others will find the book a resource to build upon..."
If stuck on a desert island, John Marriage chooses to keep himself amused with anthotypes, since plenty of pigments and an abundance of time would be at hand. He shares his experiments with in-camera anthotypes.
Using this notebook, or another to document your anthotypes means you learn from your prints and experience. Get it here:

Anthotype process

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White spots have become an ever-increasing issue when making Bromoil prints, and this is not limited to one paper manufacturer. This is how you solve it.
George L. Smyth gives us a rundown on which Bromoil papers to use and what to consider when choosing paper for printing Bromoils. Updated in May 2021 since the world around us, including papers change.

Bromoil process

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Renato Ferreira, teaching Bromoil from his studio in Portugal, has worked with photography since childhood. He shows his Bromoils and silver gelatins here.

Silver gelatin artists and photographers

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Want to find a substitute to store-bought developer? Here is a Seaweed developer for black and white 400 ISO.
Have you ever wondered if the size of a drop is always the same? Well even if you haven't, the answer is really interesting. Read on.

Chemistry of alternative Photographic processes

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Intaglio print artists and photographers

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There are many variations to how artists work with their processes, here Carol Hayman describes her process when working with photo intaglio plates – also called photo etching and photogravure.
Hervé Sachy has been working with Copper photogravure etchings for over 40 years, but was, due to the ban of dichromate forced to find a new way to do etchings. This resulted in a chrome free copper photogravure process - better for both the artist and the environment.

Photogravure process

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Carmen Ayala discovered a world of creative possibilities in photography when she learned the cyanotype process in 2015. She has now expanded her work to other photographic processes and also works in liquid emulsion.

Liquid emulsion artists and photographers

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Fiona Robinson: Anthotypes Fiona Robinson finds the low environmental impact of the anthotype process to be the key attraction. See her work.
Martine Marie-Anne Chartrand is on a zero-waste journey and is exploring processes such as anthotype and chlorophyll alongside her work in cyanotypes and pinholes.
Kimberly Halyburton Fuster is a visual artist and workshop teacher from Chile, she uses organic shapes in her anthotypes, chlorophyll prints and cyanotypes.

Anthotype photographers and artists

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Nina Adler, a self-taught photographer, born in Denmark, but lives in France takes photographs from her travels and prints them in the cyanotype or vandyke process or makes xerox liths of them.
Ivan Bernal Palli is a Spanish photographer living in Edinburgh, he has been working with Lith printing since 2010, and also works in cyanotypes. See his work here.
Ivan Bernal Palli is a Spanish photographer living in Edinburgh, he has been working with Lith printing since 2010, and also works in cyanotypes. See his work here.

Lith print artists and photographers

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Yaroslav Golubchyk is an Ukrainan artists in search of “non-standard” techniques and has been working in alt. proc. for 15 years and shows a range of processes.
Having completed her BA at Montana State University, Alyssa McKenna pursues alternative photography and shows her Chemigrams, Chrysotypes, Gum and Mordancages.
Forrest Zerbe is a photography graduate, artists, educator and adventurer who uses the Mordançage process as an expression of his art.

Mordancage artists and photographers

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