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  • Name: Diana Bloomfield
  • Processes used: Cyanotypes over platinum and palladiums, Gum bichromates, Gum over platinum and palladiums, Hand painted photographs, Gum tricolor, Platinum and palladiums

    Diana began photographing back in 1981 when she left a job and - as a parting gift - was given a 35mm Rollei camera. She immediately enrolled in some classes and realized that she not only loved photographing, but was actually pretty good at making decent images, too.

    After a number of years, she returned to school, finishing up a Masters in English literature and creative writing.

    Diana is a native North Carolinian who lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is currently in the process of having her detached 1920 ºs garage and potting shed transformed into nearly 600 square feet of incredible studio/ofFIce space, where she will finally have some long-awaited elbow room and a big big sink. She is beyond thrilled.

    "For me, writing and photographing are very similar. All the while I was writing, though, I thought about photographing and saw images everywhere I looked. Now that I ºve returned to photographing and printing, mostly full-time, I tend to think a lot about writing."

    "While I always liked the actual act of going out and photographing, I never enjoyed printing or working in the darkroom. But when I started to get interested in ‚"alternative‚" ways of printing, everything changed. I felt like a whole new world had opened up to me, and with every new ‚"alt‚" printing process I learn, my image-making world gets just a little bit bigger and a little bit better. The ability to create one-of-a-kind images with hand-applied processes offers much more creative freedom and opens endless avenues for interpretation. Combining 19th century processes with digital technology, too, is like a dream come true."

    Photographer is also featured in:
    Alternative Photography: Art and Artists, Edition I

    Contact
    • Email: dlhbloomFIeld (at) gmail.com

    • Website

  • Tags: Gum bichromates, Gum tricolor, Hand painted photographs, Gum over platinum and palladium, Platinum and palladiums, Silver gelatin prints, Diana Bloomfield

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