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Every month we send out a newsletter, IF there is something new to tell most of the time there is. Here's the story so far:

• March 10 - Launching our new website! Lots of new features: classifieds, comments, open blog. And 4 artists with new work.
• February 10 - 6 new artists
• January 10 - Gum printing for beginners, and share your ideas.
• January 10 - Put yourself on our Google map, join our new Flickr group and see some inspiring work.
• December 09 - Some serious research - at molecular level - is taking place at the Getty Conservation Institute
• December 09 - Winners of the competition for the three books. New artists, and more work from "old" artists.
• November 09 - Robert Hirsch's third edition of Photographic Possiblities, and a chance to win a copy.
• November 09 - Brian Krummel's new pinhole book: The Pinhole Camera
• November 09 - Waiting for Polaroid film to re-emerge, well, here is how to do both image transfers and emulsion lifts using Fuji film.
• October 09 - Brand new galleries installed on the website - more ways to see art
• October 09 - Announcing the winners of the 2010 Calendar competition.
• October 09 - In memory of Peter Charles Frederick. 1935-2009.
• October 09 - Vote for your favorites in the 2010 Calendar Competition.
• September 09 - Mixed bag of goodies: Photopolymer gravure, heliography, book review and exhibition.
• September 09 - Call for entries to our Competition for the 2010 AlterantivePhotography.com calendar. Plus 4 new artists.
• September 09 - Loyalty discount. All our members and subscribers receive a discount on our latest book.
• August 09 - Your response to our survey - we love you too! And four new artists.
• August 09 - Holding a workshop? Here are some great books!
• August 09 - Building a UV printer and Gary Auerbach on Platinotype printing, and pinhole book on Roma people.
• July 09 - Follow us on the social media, Facebook, Twitter, Blogger and YouTube.
• July 09 - Gum negatives and their tones, and a peek on a workshop in wetplates.
• June 09 - Review of Diffusion magazine, volume 1 and new books
• June 09 - 4 new artists and new galleries in chemigrams, lumen prints, POP and photosynthesis.
• June 09 - Social alt. proc. network in South Africa and an insight into the paperbusiness.
• May 09 - Making digital negatives, a new digineg e-book and Siderotype e-journal from Mike Ware!
• April 09 - World pinhole day and a new Pinhole book coming up!
• May 09 - Liquid light on wax, interview with Tina Maas and a brand new alt. proc. magazine.
• April 09 - website survey and new camera obscura pinhole book from Jan Kapoor.
• April 09 - More gum working methods and alt. proc. in South Africa, request for feedback on books and alt. proc. competition.
• March 09 - Anthotype artist, two new books by Will Dunniway and a book discount
• February 09 - Making a cyanotype in camera? Book discount and Will Dunniway's portfolio
• January 09 - Polaroid news and new artists - and new work from "old" artists
• December 08 - A book for everyone
• November 08 - Diana Bloomfield and more artists
• November 08 - Gumprinting and lumen
• October 08 - Cyanotypes, silvergum and photosynthesis
• September 08 - 4 artists
• September 08 - Sizing survey, sizing formulas
• July 08 - New artists
• June 08 - New artists, including a 2 year old
• June 08 - Sizing survey, take part
• May 08 - Cyanotypes in vinegar, Carbon transfers and Polaroid 669
• April 08 - 4 artists join!
• April 08 - Get pinholing with Tom Miller and Tarja Trygg's Solargraphics
• March 08 - European Travelling Portfolio and Christopher James' new book
• February 08 - Wetplate collodion studio in SF and gum bichromate printing
• January 08 - 4 new artists
• December 07 special- New pinhole book
• December 07- Italian get-together
• November 07- Archival techniques
• October 07- Chrysotypes and the world's largest photo
• September 07 special- Alt. proc book
• September 07- Tricolour gum and Gordon Holtslander
• August 07 special- pinhole book
• August 07 - Hands on cyanotypes and anthotypes
• July/August 07- Washing cyanotypes on fabric, interview Carol Burton
• June 07 special- Summer book discounts
• June 07- Interview with Linda Stemer, review of Simple lenses
• May 07 - Newsletter and films from Tony, plus 6 new artists
• April 07 special - New dimensions in photo processes
• April 07 - Artists in focus
• March 07 special - Art and Artists book review
• March 07 special - John Evan's new book
• March 07 - Processes - dag's and vd's
• February 07 special - Cyanotypes - the movie
• February 07 - Two polaroid techniques
• January 07 special - Cyanotype on fabric book
• January 07 - European Travelling Portfolio
• December 06 - 10 new artists' work
• December 06 - Ideas for Christmas
• December 06 Special - Lots of good books for Christmas!
• November 06 Special - Finally here! The book of art and artists!
• November 06 - Hang it on the wall: Choosing and cutting a matte.
• October 06 - Cyanotype Pop-Ups and a dozen artists
• September 06 Special - Mike Ware's new chrysotype books
• September 06 - New polaroid recipe and pyro
• August 06 - Back to school! Interview Malin Fabbri and Tim Rudman's new book
• July / August - Cyanotypes, cyanotypes, cyanotypes
• June 06 special - Summer reading
• June 06 - Artists special, new artists and book
• May 06 special - Blueprint to cyanotypes booklaunch
• May 06 - Now over 200 artists!
• April 06 - Woodbury process and Ziatype process
• March 06 - Paper: Making it and making and album with it
• February 06 - Digital negatives and terms
• January 06 special - Christina Z. Andersson releases Alternative Processes Condensed
• January 06 - Results of The Big Cyanotype Exposure Survey
• December special - The Big Cyanotype Exposure Survey
• December 05 - Christmas shopping tips, Platinum & Palladium essay
• November 05 - Polaroid equipment to use.
• October special - Show your work on talk in New York
• October 05 - Kallitype and Vandyke special, articles and reviews.
• September special - Self-published books
• September 05 - Oilprint process and bromoils. Free issue of Post-Factory
• August 05 - Polaroids and infrareds. Palma Allen special
• July 05 - Download Photoshop curves. 4 new artists.
• June 05 - Doubleexposure and 3 new artists.
• May 05 - Photopolymer on a budget, Negatives overview and 3 new artists
• April 05 - Cyanotypes special: Cyanotype articles and 4 new artists
• March 05 - 5 new artists, article on Cyanotype quilting, paper negatives and a poll
• February 05 - 5 artists, article on Portfolio that Sells and Toy cameras
• January 05 - Looking forward AND back
• December 04 - The Alt. Chat forum is opened.
  
• November 04 Brushcoating - which brush to choose? Photo intaglio and 5 new artists.
  
• October 04 Nothing new to read but plenty of talented artists.
  
• August 04 Lithprinting, Photogravure, interviews and paperbasics. Plus 5 new artists! Enough to keep you busy until October.
  
• July 04 - Mike Ware's 3 recipes for Argyrotypes, the Cyanotype II process and the Platino-palladiotype is added and 2 polaroid artists too.
  
• June 04 - Results of The BIG Paper Survey - learn from other photographers' experience with papers. 2 new artists.
  
• May 04 - Satista prints, a complicated process gets a rundown. Take part in The BIG Paper Survey. 4 news artists.
  
• April 04 - How to make a Bromoil print and 2 new artists.
  
• March 04- SX-70 process recipe - try it and have fun, 4 new artists on the site and loads of workshops.