AlternativePhotography
Review of Diffusion magazine, volume 1
Elizabeth Graves picks up the first copy of Diffusion magazine and just loves it.
Will Dunniway’s ‘Dirty Hand’ collodion tour of Yosemite Valley
A picture diary of a Web Plate Collodion workshop in May 2009.
Interview with John Zokowski
John Zokowski represents a wholesale paper distributor – Butler-Dearden Paper, selling papers to artists and the alternative photographic process market.
Photography as art on social network
Celeste McKenzie of 25 Degrees south Studios in South Africa is working to promote the alt. proc. arts in her part of the world.
Weston diploma parchment paper: Test results
Mike Ware tests palladium, platinum, platinum/palladium, new cyanotype, new chrysotype and argyrotype printing on Weston Diploma Parchment.
Neurotype
We are pleased to announce an exciting newly-invented iron-based printing process, which we are today offering to the alternative photographic process community.
From pinhole to print – Inspiration, instructions and insights in less than an hour
Anthony Mournian from the Photographers’ Formulary reviews the pinhole guide, and makes a few pinholes himself.
Liquid light emulsion on wax
Tina Maas shows us how she makes photographs on floating pieces of wax.
Dennis da Silva – alt. proc. business in South Africa
Inspired by The pencil of nature, Dennis da Silva prints lith, salt, cyanotype and vandyke browns commercially.
Will Dunniway: A man with a mission
Late, but not too late in life, Will Dunniway pursues his passion for the wet plate collodion process.
Making a cyanotype pinhole in-camera?
The myth: A pinhole camera cannot be used to make cyanotypes! Malin Fabbri confirms the myth.
Lumen printing (Lycksten)
Sarah Lycksten shows us how to have fun with photography – exploring and experimenting with new techniques!
The 19th century gum bichromate process in 21st century concept and techniques
Christina Z. Anderson gives us the "why and how" of the gum process, including making negatives.
Silvergum – gum over silver gelatin
Denise Ross explains how to print gum bichromates over handcrafted silver gelatin paper.
Photosynthesis: A world where you can grow your own photographic supplies
Rosie Horn lets her images develop slowly on the actual plant.
How to produce low-contrast cyanotype prints
Angelo Taibi digs out a cyanotype formula to make the prints less contrasty.
Sizing or subbing papers
An excerpt from Jill Enfield’s book Photo-Imaging (unfortunately out of print!) complete with how-to and formulas on how to size papers.
Cyanotype chemicals in a rusty old jar
The myth: Don’t use a brush with a metal ferrule! True or not? Malin Fabbri finds out.