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  • Name: Robin Wait
  • Processes used: Palladiums.

    Robin WaitRobin Wait is a university teacher and researcher in biochemistry by day. About five years ago he returned to photography after a long absence (due mainly to work commitments), in the belief that the convenience of digital cameras would mean that it was a feasible hobby again. However the lure of film proved impossible to resist, and a classic addict’s progression from 35 mm, via 6 x 6 , then  6 x 7, to large format ensued. For the last two years he has used mainly 4 x 5 and 8 x 10 view cameras to produce images suitable for printing by alternative processes.  His interest in alternative processes was fuelled by a love of nineteenth and early twentieth century photography. After a flirtation with cyanotypes and various iron /silver processes he settled on palladium and since May 2011 he has been learning to make prints using the  Ware  / Malde  process. Although he does sometimes print   7x 5 and 8 x 10 negatives directly, he is not especially purist, and frequently converts them to digital negatives first, valuing the consistency that can be obtained by applying a curve tailored to the process and paper.

    "To me the platinum print is incomparably the most beautiful of all photographic artefacts.  Each print is a new exploration of the possibilities of tonality"



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    • Email: robin.wait (at) kennedy.ox.ac.uk
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