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World Cyanotype Day 2021, 25th September – can it possibly get BIGGER?

The 25th of September 2021 is World Cyanotype Day. Last year there were 265 artists taking part here from 50 different countries. Can this year possibly get BIGGER? Well, start by preparing, you have plenty of time to really think of the theme and make something NEW, and the theme this year is “Rejuvenation”. Enter your work in the gallery … Read more

L’Ascenseur Végétal bookstore

L’Ascenseur Végétal is a photobook store & gallery located in Bordeaux (France). L’Ascenseur Végétal has been offering photo books on the Internet since 2012 and list over 1,500 photobooks: every month new artbooks from independent publishers, self-published photographers, and a selection from mainstream publishers, signed copies and limited editions, rare and sold out books, a few collectibles, and quality second-hand … Read more

Alina Chirila

Alina Chirila is a Canadian photographer and psychotherapist living and working in Waterloo, Ontario. She works in Chemigrams and Cyanotypes. From: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Shows: Chemigrams and Cyanotypes. Alina Chirila is a self-taught film photographer, interested in analog and historical printing techniques. She defines her practice as an exploration of experience, of self and other, and of the relationship with … Read more

Gum Diazo Printing v1.4

Writers / Maurizio Pizzigoni, Salvatore Abate and Simone Simoncini Research / Mr. Travis Pugh Photography / Simone Simoncini The present paper aims to be a reference guide to anyone in the EU willing to go on printing with pigmented gum while being fully compliant with the actual safety regulations regarding chemical substances (i.e. avoid the use of dichromate, illegal as of September … Read more

Movie made using cyanotypes - washing the print

Edd Carr creates what may be the first cyanotype video ever made

Edd Carr has created what may be the first cyanotype video. He was commissioned by Globe town Records in London to make a music video for Tycho Jones, and did so making over 5000 frames in cyanotypes and animating them. The music is melodic and has a nice beat and the cyanotypes are stunning. The video also deals thematically with … Read more

Photography rebus 5

Photography rebus number 5! Hmmm… something you do? Comment on this photo rebus with your answer below – and no cheating looking at the comments before. 🙂

Oliviero Olivieri

Oliviero Olivieri is a photographer based in Rome where he has a portrait studio with his darkroom. He shows his cyanotypes and vandykes. From: Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy Shows: Cyanotypes and Vandykes. Oliviero Olivieri was born in Cagliari, Sardinia, he is an internationally recognized photographer who has been exhibiting and publishing his work for over 30 years, following his photographic studies … Read more

How Carol Hayman works with photo intaglio plates

There are many variations to how artists work with their processes, here Carol Hayman describes her process when working with photo intaglio plates – also called photo etching and photogravure. Writer and photography / Carol Hayman My journey with polymer plates is a path along with the evolution of technology – the plates, transparencies, copy machines, PhotoShop, and digital cameras. … Read more

Dennis Segers

Dennis Segers, retired and with a passion for landscape photography works with alternative processes and the expression of combining methods, both digital and analogue. See his platinum palladiums and cyanotypes here. From: Carmel, California, USA. Shows: Cyanotypes and platinum palladiums. Recently retired from a high-tech career in Silicon Valley, Dennis Segers now resides near the Big Sur coastline of central … Read more