Alternative Photography: Art and Artists, Edition I
Alternative Photography, Art and Artists, Edition 1. A softback book representing over 100 artists working in alternative photographic processes.
gum bichromate
Vanessa Wiggins
Vanessa Wiggins is an Australian photographic artist working in carbons, gum bichromated and cyanotypes. Her work seeks to engage the viewer on several levels; to prompt or challenge social collective memory and to evoke the viewers’ internal dialogue of their experience. From: Vanessa works between Sydney and her studio in Byron Bay, NSW, Australia. Shows: Four colour carbon transfer, Gum bichromate, Cyanotype. Vanessa Wiggins’s visual imagery work draws on objects … Read more
Megan Crawford
Megan Crawford, from Montana, has a background in history, which led her to explore alternative processes such as salted paper, chromoskedasic sabattier and mordançage. From: Columbia Falls, Montana, USA. Shows: Gum bichromate, salted paper, gum over salt, chromoskedasic sabattier and mordançage. Megan Crawford (b. 1995) is an alternative process photographer based in northwestern Montana. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Film & Photography from Montana State University in 2017. … Read more
Alexander Tkachev
From: Ohio, USA.
Shows: Palladium printing, Gum bichromate over palladium, Gum bichromate, Cyanotypes, Bromoil and Lith printing.
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Harry B. Houchins
North American photographers – West & West Coast
From: Eugene, Oregon, USA.
Shows: Gum bichromates.
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Kevin Logghe
From: The Bull City of Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Shows: Bromoils, Gum bichroamtes, Lith prints, Platinum prints, Hand painted photographs, Palladiums.
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CMYK Colour Separation using the Gimp
Selby Markham writes a step-by-step to CMYK colour separation for gum bichromate printing – but not with Photoshop – he used the freeware Gimp.
A Non-Silver Manual: Gum printing on alternative surfaces
The chapter called “Gum printing on alternative surfaces” of Sarah Van Keuren’s book “A Non-Silver Manual: Cyanotype, Vandyke Brown, Palladium & Gum Bichromate with instructions for making light-resists including pinhole photography”, written by Dana Leight.
Siderotype.com
Produces photographic books and downloads, as well as organising exhibitions of prints using the following wet-processes: new chrysotype, platinotype, platinum/palladium, argyrotype, new cyanotype, gum bichromate, salt, casein and anthotype.
Gum and negatives with a twist of Français
Peter J. Blackburn shows how variables in gum printing can alter the desired outcome of your negatives.
Gum bichromate working methods
Peter J. Black burn is showing how he works with the gum process: Getting Up Front and Personal with Gum Printing.
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.
A Non-Silver Manual by Sarah Van Keuren
A Non-Silver Manual: Cyanotype, Vandyke Brown, Palladium & Gum Bichromate with instructions for making light-resists including pinhole photography by Sarah Van Keuren