A short treatise on Iron Salts
Jean-Claude Mougin shares his ambitious treatise on iron salts and also shows how to make ferric oxolate.
Photolithography – a history and its process
Angela Young describes the background of photolithography and shows, step by step how to make a print.
Ancient ways, modern views
Calotypy for the 21st Century; Pt1: Dr Hugh Diamond’s Single Solution Process: Christopher Wright gives us a history of Calotypes and explains the process.
A remarkable affair involving a major auction house, an eminent photohistorian and an early photograph
An excerpt from “What’s wrong with Daguerre?” by Hans Rooseboom.
History of the bromoil process
The history of the bromoil process, invented in 1907 be Englishman C. Welbourne Piper on a suggestion from E.J. Wall. Written by David Lewis
‘Forgotten’ processes
These are some of the ‘forgotten’ processes. By that we mean that no one is working and producing new images in this process – at least we haven’t found anyone. But we would be very happy to be proven wrong!
History of Photographic Words and Slogans
A list of photographic words and their origin. The article is a work in progress and any historians out there with their finger on the facts should feel free to add to this list.
Platinum Palladium Printing – Roots that bare many Branches?
Eric Neilsen gives us a brief history of Platinum Palladium Printing and explains how it has branched out.
History of the colloidon process
A history Wetplate collodion process and the different products produced: Ambrotypes, Ferrotypes and the Negative process.
History of Alternative processes
Article about the History of Alternative photographic processes – by Anita Chernewski, Spike MacGee and others.