The Experimental Darkroom: Contemporary Uses of Traditional Black & White Photographic Materials

by Christina Z. Anderson

“The Experimental Darkroom” by Christina Z. Anderson
The Experimental DarkroomThis books has replaced the very popular “Experimental Photography Workbook” which is no longer available.
 

A technical book highly recommended both for beginners and pros.

About “The Experimental Darkroom”

The Experimental Darkroom is a book focused on traditional black & white photographic materials—darkroom chemistry and silver gelatin paper—now used in many non-traditional ways. The book starts with a comprehensive digital negatives chapter. Topics are divided into five sections: cameraless experimentation, camera experimentation, printing experimentation, finished print experimentation, and a section highlighting contemporary photographers who use these approaches today. Each process under discussion is accompanied by photographic examples and a step-by-step method written in a “Just the facts, ma’am” style. 

Included in “The Experimental Darkroom”:

  • Photograms and clichés verre
  • Lumen prints
  • Chemigrams
  • Pinhole and zoneplate
  • Holgas
  • Chromo
  • Liquid emulsion and modern tintype
  • Lith printing
  • Sabattier
  • Mordançage
  • Bleaching and bleachout
  • Toning, traditional to experimental
  • Applied color and abrasion tone
  • Encaustic, photomontage, and collage
  • Bromoil

 

About Christina

Christina Z. Anderson’s work focuses on the contemporary vanitas printed in a variety of 19th century photographic processes. Anderson’s work has shown nationally and internationally in over 120 shows and 60 publications. Anderson has authored books which have sold in over 40 countries—The Experimental Photography WorkbookGum Printing and Other Amazing Contact Printing ProcessesGum Printing, A Step by Step Manual Highlighting Artists and Their Creative PracticeSalted Paper Printing, A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Contemporary Artists, and Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice; also Digital Negatives with QuadToneRIP, Demystifying QTR for Photographers and Printmakers co-authored with Ron Reeder, and Handcrafted: The Art and Practice of the Handmade Print co-authored with Wang, Jianming, and King. The Experimental Darkroom, her newest book, will be released fall 2022. Anderson is Series Editor for Focal Press/Routledge’s Contemporary Practices in Alternative Process Photography series and Professor of Photography at Montana State University. To see her work, visit christinaZanderson.com.

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Learn about a variety of alternative photographic processes. A technical book highly recommended both for beginners and pros.
 

Gum Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice

Gum Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice

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Salted Paper Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Contemporary Artists

Salted Paper Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Contemporary Artists

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5 thoughts on “The Experimental Darkroom: Contemporary Uses of Traditional Black & White Photographic Materials”

  1. Christina, disculpa que no hable inglés y tampoco tu idioma. ¿El libro tiene alguna edición en español?, Gracias.

    Pd.: La traducción al inglés es de Google.

    Christina, sorry I do not speak English and neither does your language. Does the book have any edition in Spanish? Thank you.

    Pd .: The English translation is from Google.

  2. Hello! I want Know the book is write to español too? or only it is write in english. Sorry for my english i am from argentina.

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