AlternativePhotography

Malin Fabbri grew up in Sweden, and in her early twenties moved to London to study. She earned an M.A. in Design at Central St. Martin’s School of Design, but publishing her thesis felt more like a beginning than an end. Malin decided to combine her academic and practical experience and started AlternativePhotography.com in 2000. The website still maintains its origins as a source of information and research for alternative photographic processes and represents almost 400 artists. Malin actively manages the expansion of the site as editor. She researches alternative photographic processes, makes her own prints and runs workshops. Malin has also worked professionally with big media names like Time magazine and CNBC Europe. Malin is the co-author of Blueprint to cyanotypes and From pinhole to print, the editor of the alternative photography art book Alternative Photography: Art and Artists, Edition I representing 115 artists working in alternative photographic processes, and the author of Blueprint to cyanotypes – Exploring a historical alternative photographic process, a beginners book on cyanotypes, Anthotypes – Explore the darkroom in your garden and make photographs using plants, which is the only book dedicated to the anthotype process, Anthotype Emulsions, Volume 1 which contains the anthotype research of 100 artists from World Anthotype Day, and creator of two notebooks Anthotype notes – Document your anthotype process, and Cyanotype notes – Document your cyanotype process. She has a strong interest in all alternative processes. Malin now lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden and has two sons, Maximillian and Ruben.

World Cyanotype Day 2026 gallery – We are adding the last ones shortly, keep checking!

World Cyanotype Day (WCD) is celebrated on the last Saturday of September. Since 2015, it has brought together our global community of artists to share prints and celebrate the cyanotype process. Beginners and experienced artists: don’t hesitate to take part! Theme: GLOBAL BLUEPRINT – People, Place, and Environment Date: 26 September 2026 until 2nd of October, midnight in your own timezone Entry fee: Free Share your work: Submit to AlternativePhotography.com and/or … Read more

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Cyanotypes on Glass – for the Advanced User

Cyanotype on glass combines photographic chemistry with the unique qualities of glass, but it is a demanding process that requires careful handling and a good understanding of the materials involved. Daniel Zilbersheid describes the preparation, chemistry, exposure, development, and finishing of cyanotypes on glass, including different approaches for controlling the final result. The process is intended for advanced users with experience in photographic chemistry and laboratory-style procedures. It involves hazardous … Read more

Workshop: Lumen Printing in the Woods with Bridget Conn, Experimental Photo Kitchen, Nashville, Indiana, USA, Saturday October 10, 2026, 1-4pm

This workshop covers how to use traditional black and white photo paper to make colorful prints from plant life. Lumen prints are developed by sunlight, and then either chemically-fixed for permanency, or documented digitally to be made into pigment prints. We will cover both of these methods as well as look at examples of contemporary artists using lumen printing. This will also be an opportunity to explore largely-untouched land and … Read more

Workshop: Cyanotype Under the Sun with Bridget Conn, Experimental Photo Kitchen, Nashville, Indiana, USA, Saturday November 7, 2026, 1-5pm

This workshop covers how to mix and use traditional cyanotype chemistry. We will coat paper with the chemistry and then make prints in the sunlight with plant life or flat objects. We will also discuss contemporary cyanotype artists and look at experimental ways of working with this process. Participants will leave with 5-10 prints, depending on available sunlight. This can also be an opportunity to explore largely-untouched land and identify … Read more

Workshop: Chemigrams: Cameraless Photography with Bridget Conn, Experimental Photo Kitchen, Nashville, Indiana, USA, Saturday November 21, 2026, 1-5pm

Chemigrams are a playful way to gain an introduction to the world of cameraless photography. Invented by Pierre Cordier in 1956, he called it “mostly likely, the ultimate adventure of gelatin silver bromide”. Our workshop will take place outdoors in The Patio, as chemigrams do not require the safelight of a darkroom. After a brief introduction with examples, students will learn how to use resists that create shapes, lines, and … Read more

Workshop: Pinhole Photography in Nature with Bridget Conn, Experimental Photo Kitchen, Nashville, Indiana, USA, Saturday October 24, 2026, 1-5pm

In this workshop, participants will learn how to make photographs in nature with simple wooden pinhole cameras. We will discuss a little bit of history and how the pinhole camera works with black and white darkroom paper. Participants will work outdoors and be able to wander our woods, incorporating the natural setting into their images if desired. We will discuss ways to determine proper exposure and control composition, and how … Read more

The Entries for World Anthotype Day 2023

Call for entries: World Anthotype Day – open for entries! Take part!

The initiative of World Anthotype Day was started here by us, and the first event took place 2022. This will now (hopefully with your support) be an annual event on the 3rd Saturday in August last Saturday in October. It is a global event, and everyone who is an experienced or aspiring anthotyper is invited to take part.  The FIFTH World Anthotype Day will open in August. It seems like a … Read more

Anthotypes - The Complete Guide

Anthotypes – The Complete Guide to Making Photographs with Plants and Sunlight

All you need to know about anthotypes – NOW AVAILABLE BOTH AS PAPERBACK, COILBOUND PAPERBACK and EBOOK! – expands the original publication into a more complete technical and educational reference. Building on several years of continued testing, teaching, and revision, this edition addresses chemical, material, and process-related questions that could not be fully covered in an introductory format.   Edition 2 of the “how-to” book on anthotypes by Malin Fabbri … Read more

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Colour calendar

Our Colour-themed calendar features 12 beautiful alternative photographic prints in alternative photographic processes. 12 images were selected in our yearly calendar event to brighten your wall.   Colour in alternative photographic processes calendar – works for any year 2027 Calendars ★ Starting MONDAY and ships to USA and CANADA – buy on Etsy ★ Starting SUNDAY and ships to USA and CANADA – buy on Etsy ★ Starting MONDAY and … Read more

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Vandyke Brown: Extending the Life of Your Chemistry and Reducing Waste

Vandyke Brown is a relatively simple and accessible historic photographic printing process. Could a small change in the way you prepare and store your Vandyke Brown chemistry help it last longer and reduce waste? Brittonie Fletcher revisits this familiar photographic process and offers a simple rethink of the traditional workflow. Rather than mixing a larger batch that may eventually go to waste, this approach keeps things separate and mixes only … Read more

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Pure Inspiration, volume 2: Colour – Got yours yet?

Discover how 140+ artists bring colour to traditionally monochrome processes. This book explores pigments, chemistry, layering, and experimentation through real working examples. From anthotypes and cyanotypes to hand-coloured, gum bichromates, and hybrids, each print includes insights into methods and creative choices. A rich source of both inspiration and practical learning.   Pure Inspiration #2: Colour “Both the Pure Inspiration books are must-haves at the very least in digital form, not … Read more

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One Glacier, 200 Pieces: Making a Tiled Cyanotype

How do you make a cyanotype that is over 2 metres wide? Elizabeth Bourne broke her photograph of the Eqi Glacier into 200 individual sections, creating a tiled paper negative. She carefully numbered, printed, exposed, and assembled each piece to create one huge cyanotype measuring 209 × 109 cm. Using seal blubber oil, glacial runoff, and the Arctic midnight sun, she also found a way to connect the materials and landscape … Read more

Cyanotype by Sandi Daniel

Sandi Daniel

Sandi Daniel is an experimental photographer whose playful approach and distinctive sensibility run throughout her ever-changing work. Based in Freeport, New York, she has exhibited extensively across the United States in museums, galleries, and academic institutions. From: Freeport, New York, USA Shows: Cyanotypes Sandi Daniel is an experimental photographer. Her playful attitude in art making can be seen in all of her work. Although her work is constantly changing in … Read more

World Cyanotype Day

World Cyanotype Day – Closed for 2026 on the 2nd October

Once a year – on the last Saturday in September – the cyanotype gets special attention. Since 2015, this historic process has been celebrated worldwide during World Cyanotype Day (WCD). If you’re not already making cyanotypes EVERY day, this is the perfect time to start! Don’t hesitate to join in. Since 2022, artists from an incredible 71 countries have contributed their work to our galleries – proof that WCD is … Read more

Workshop: Cyanotype to Concertina: Building a Folded Sequence, New York, USA, 10 October 2026

A one-day in-person workshop at the Center for Book Arts, 11 am–5 pm. Beginning with cyanotype’s nineteenth-century history and Anna Atkins’s botanical books, participants will make a sequence of cyanotype prints and transform them into a concertina artist’s book. The workshop also introduces climate-adapted cyanotype and connects directly with my ongoing Ecological Wetroom research. No previous cyanotype or bookbinding experience is required, and most materials are provided. (Center for Book Arts) … Read more

Talk: Unfixed Landscapes: From Anna Atkins to The Ecological Wetroom, New York, USA, 8 October 2026

An illustrated and free artist talk at Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, 5–6 pm. I will introduce my practice across cameraless photography, ecology and environmental research, tracing a line from nineteenth-century photographic histories and my current funded research into Anna Atkins collections in New York to climate-adapted cyanotype and The Ecological Wetroom. The talk considers how water, chemistry, material responsibility and environmental conditions can become active participants … Read more

Figure 1. The Ecological Wetroom, working installation and research prototype, 2026.

Following Cyanotype Beyond the Print: Washwater, Waste and Material Responsibility

Cyanotype is often thought to end when the print is washed, dried, and hung on the wall. But what happens to the chemicals washed down the drain? Aindreas Scholz looks beyond the finished cyanotype to examine the washwater and waste. Through The Ecological Wetroom and a series of experiments, workshops and filtration tests, the project makes these usually overlooked by-products visible and asks how to become more aware of what … Read more

Fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica) anthotype by Patricia Bromberger

Fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica) anthotype by Patricia Bromberger

“Purple Dreams” by Patricia Bromberger, Los Osos, California, USA
Parts used: Petals, both pink and purple
Amount: 24 flowers for each layer
Extracted by: Flowers ground up in a coffee grinder with 30 mL of 91% ethyl alcohol, soaked for 30 minutes, then filtered
Solvent: 91% ethyl alcohol
Application: Brushing with a foam brush

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