ABSTRACT

Clear instructions and step-by-step photographs teach you how to mix chemicals and apply light-sensitive emulsions by hand, how to create imagery in and out of the darkroom, how to translocate Polaroid photos and magazine and newspaper pictures, and how to alter black-and-white photographs. A color portfolio highlights the work of internationally known artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Todd Walker, and most recently Doug and Mike Starn, and an invaluable list of supply sources (including e-mail addresses) from throughout North America and Europe is included at the end of the book.

Setting aside old distinctions between photographer and nonphotographer, New Dimensions in Photo Processes invites artists in all media to discover nonsilver imaging techniques. Painters, printmakers, fiber artists, sculptors, illustrators and photographers alike will find this a valuable, practical text outlining creative processes that require little or no knowledge of photography and chemistry.

part |2 pages

Part I Light-Insensitive Methods

chapter 1|17 pages

Transfers and Lifts

chapter 2|10 pages

Hand Coloring 20

chapter 3|11 pages

Toning

part |1 pages

Part II PREPARATION FOR LIGHT-SENSITIVE METHODS

chapter 4|20 pages

Creating the Photo-Printmaking Studio

chapter 5|33 pages

Making Negatives

part |2 pages

Part III Light-Sensitive Methods

chapter 6|10 pages

Cyanotypes

chapter 7|10 pages

Van Dyke Brown Prints

chapter 8|12 pages

Gum Bichromate Prints

chapter 9|7 pages

Casein Pigment Prints

chapter 10|13 pages

Platinum and Palladium Prints

chapter 11|16 pages

Bromoil Prints and Chromoskedasic Painting

chapter 12|10 pages

Enlargement Emulsions