The history of anthotypes
An excerpt from Anthotypes – Explore the darkroom in your garden and make photographs using plants. How the anthotype was discovered.
History of alt proc photography
Cyanotype history – John Herschel’s invention
A brief history of the cyanotype process invented by Sir John Herschel
A Brief History of Carbon Printing
An excerpt from The Carbon Print illustrating Ponton’s Discovery to the Alternative Process Revival. Writer / Sandy King and John Lockhart Photography / Alphonse-Louis Poitevin, Thomas Annan, Richard Miller, Julia Margaret Cameron, Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, Adolphe Braun The early interest in the carbon process grew out of the public concern with the major flaw of early salted paper prints – their tendency to fade. A. M. Marton’s 1905 manual A … Read more
A short treatise on Iron Salts
Jean-Claude Mougin shares his ambitious treatise on iron salts and also shows how to make ferric oxolate.
Split-Toning: Background and Historical Antecedents
Jonathan Bailey defines split-toning and tells it’s history.
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.
Seizing the Light: A History of Photography
Bookreview for Robert Hirsch’s book Seizing the light by Dean Brierly
