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Contemporary Practices in Alternative Process Photography – book series

Christina Z. Anderson is the editor of Routledge‘s book series Contemporary Practices in Alternative Process Photography with so far no less than 9 titles (update: now 11) on alternative photographic processes, and more coming. Malin Fabbri interviews Christina Z. Anderson. Photography / Christina Z. Anderson, Kelly Gorham Between writing books, doing workshops, teaching and printing your own images, how do you find the time to edit 9 books? Christina Z. … Read more

Creating multi-coloured cyanotype prints – Out of the Blue – the world appears in colour

Cyanotype is a easily accessible process with one limitation. It’s blue. Unless you know how to create multi-coloured cyanotypes. Here is how. Writer and photography / Jo Bind with tricolour section by Sehera Nawaz It was literally out of the blue when I first saw a post by Annette Golaz on the cyanotype Facebook group in early 2021 which showed a full-colour print that she claimed was done with cyanotype … Read more

Mitsuka Uemura

Mitsuka Uemura is a Japanese Photographer and Lithprint artist. He started to teach himself photography, and he has been using the Lith Printing process since 2002. From: Japan. Lives: Vilnius, Lithuania. Shows: Lith prints. Mitsuka Uemura’s work was exhibited in group and solo shows, in Japan, UK and Lithuania. In 2019, he received a ‘Letter of Appreciation’ from the Government of Lithuania for his efforts in promoting Japanese culture and … Read more

Hand Colored Gum Prints: When Art and Economics Collide

Whether to save money, time, or to explore creative options in your art, hand colored gum bichromate prints might just be the answer. Writer and photography / Peter J. Blackburn I have always loved film. My first roll was purchased back in 1970. To this very day, almost all of my gum and casein prints begin as a film captured image. And I love film cameras, especially those which require … Read more

Darkroom variations for the classic cyanotype

Paolo Saccheri tests different variations of citric acids, washing and printing variables for the cyanotype process and shares his results with us. Please note that this is for the advanced cyanotyper. If you are a beginner, please start with Cyanotype – the classic process. Writer and photography / Paolo Saccheri Paper white and citric acid variations for cyanotypes Normally, when you print in cyanotype (or any of the other alternative … Read more

Photography rebus 10

Rebus! Can you figure out the word? I can’t think of an alt. proc. that does not use this. Comment below (no cheating looking at the comments now!)

Simon Ashmore

Simon Ashmore is an artist from Kent in Southeast England who combines a range of photographic techniques and processes, often including alternative printing processes, to create expressive and sometimes abstract images. From: Kent, England. Shows: Argyrotypes, Cyanotypes and Salt prints. Time, memory, mortality and hope are reoccurring themes in Simon Ashmore’s work. “Alternative printing techniques are both a joy and a torture. Satisfying results can be elusive, but when the … Read more

The camera space being cut out with a jigsaw

Make a pinhole camera with a book

A local library in Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia was thinning out its books and offered a prize for the best craft item made from one of their surplus books. Ted Richards made a pinhole camera and tells us how. Today, the 24th April 2022 is Worldwide Pinhole Day, and we encourage all to take part. Writer and photography / Ted Richards I asked for a large, thick book, which I … Read more

Western Photographic Historical Society

We quite often get contacted by someone who has a lot of camera equipment to give away, so, perhaps this is a good place to donate it to: Donate or sell your classic, vintage, or antique camera equipment to the Western Photographic Historical Society. Donations go toward fund-raising activities to support the Society’s non-profit causes. Please note that they can’t pick up your equipment, it needs to be delivered to … Read more

MPB

MPB is your go-to online marketplace for quality used photography equipment and filmmaking gear. We buy, sell and trade a vast range of kit, offering best prices for used camera equipment, and a 6-month warranty for every item we sell. Whether you are new to visual content creation or you’re a professional photographer, videographer or film maker, there’s every chance you’ll find the right piece of kit at MPB. Take … Read more

Mordançage

Mordançage is considered by many to be a specialized, even secretive, alternative process. Through this process, the artist has the power to manipulate the print by physically lifting, repositioning, and securing the pure black portions of a black and white darkroom print. This magical alchemy helps add to the mystique and unique quality of this distinct process. Writer / Cara Lee Wade Photography / Cara Lee Wade, Ethan Ross, Holly … Read more

Pinhole day book offer! 20% off

24th of April is World Pinhole Day 2022. We celebrate with an offer of 20% off the book From Pinhole To Print. Read more about From Pinhole to Print Read a review of the book Get 20% discount on this link

Danielle Edwards

Danielle Edwards, from Melbourne, Australia, has extensive experience in medical photography. Inspired by nature she combines digital and analogue photography in her Platinotypes and other processes. From: Melbourne, Australia. Shows: Chrysotype, Lumen, Platinotype and Vandykes. For 29 years Danielle Edwards worked as a biomedical photographer in Melbourne, Australia. It required an approach of discipline and precision to produce medical photographs for documentation and standardisation. She recently retired from this industry … Read more

Donate to a charity and get an alt. proc. gift

Donate to a charity and get an alt. proc. gift – a cyanotype or a book – in return. This initiative was started by an artist in aid of the Ukraine crisis, and we follow suit and encourage others to do the same. Raised so far: 362.90 USD for UNICEF from 4 different donations, thank you so much! 340 USD for the Red Cross from 2 donations, thank you so … Read more

gold street studios workshop and gallery

Gold street studios have a Gallery space and also hold workshops and workshops are open internationally. Address: 700 James lane Trentham East Victoria Australia Email: ellie@goldstreetstudios.com.au Telephone: 0414950352 Website: www.goldstreetstudios.com.au gold street studios workshop and gallery provide an inspirational resource for photographic image makers offering workshops to inspire, challenge and educate. The workshops attract local, interstate and international participants wishing to understand and enjoy the art, craft and science of … Read more

Cyanogifts – The collective behind the cyanotype tote bags

Cyanogifts – a collective from Macedonia – channel their creativity into placing art on everyday objects, like their cyanotype tote bags. How did Cyanogifts start? Cyanogifts was an idea that started from our love for alternative photographic processes. The idea is fairly old, yet, as we say, the star constellations were not adequate to make it happen. “We wanted to place our love and passion for cyanotypes into something practical, … Read more

Ilze Aviks

Ilze Aviks uses her in-depth knowledge of textile materials to add the dimensions of both color and texture to her floral cyanotypes. From: Durango, Colorado, USA. Shows: Cyanotypes. Ilze Aviks maintains a studio in Durango, Colorado. She has a BFA in Art History and Painting and an MFA in Fibers. For over three decades, Ilze Aviks has taught textile design as a Visiting Artist at art schools and universities in … Read more

Howard Crow

Howard Crow is an outdoor photographer based outside Seattle photographing nature’s interaction with humans, he shows his platinum prints here. From: Sammamish, WA, USA. Shows: Platinum prints. Howard Crow’s passion is for photographing nature and its interaction with humans. For his entire life, Howard has photographed with large and medium format cameras to capture the scale and grandeur of the structures that nature and humans have created and how they … Read more

Cynthia A. Hurayt

Cynthia A. Hurayt, a pharmacist from Alpine, Texas, USA, uses the lumen print process to explore the capabilites of the right side of the brain. From: Alpine, Texas, USA. Shows: Lumen prints. Cynthia A. Hurayt’s profession is Pharmacist. She lives and work in Alpine, Texas, USA. While using her left brain, she felt she needed something to utilize the right side of the brain. She began printing in the darkroom … Read more

Rose petals used to make anthotype prints

Do we need an Anthotype day? Anthotype day survey responses

Does the world need an Anthotype Day? Now we know, thanks to the 87 people who very kindly filled out our Anthotype day survey. Read on and you will know too! First a little background: Since the publication of Anthotypes – Explore the darkroom in your garden and make photographs using plants, the demand for more information has been apparent. We wanted to find out if an Anthotype day could: … Read more