Edited by Jacques Kevers Photography by Dante Cappellani and Cezar Popescu This articles is a complilation of notes from the Picto Benelux group, edited by Jacques Kevers on the iron-silver processes: Kallitypes, Vandyke brown and Argyrotype. I – Let’s not confuse… The main processes being part of the iron-silver family are the Kallitype, Van Dyke Brown, and Argyrotype. And no: Calotype is not part of them. It even doesn’t have anything … Read more
David Aimone’s work explores relationships using gum bichromate, cyanotype prints, platinum prints and kallitypes. From: Saratoga Springs, New York, USA. Shows: Cyanotypes, Gum bichromates, Kallitypes, Platinum prints. “David Aimone’s images reflect on the very essence of human life. His is an exploration between his own personal and intimate relationship with his self—in body and mind—and his interaction with forms in the visible world. A reminder of Hemingway’s man versus man, … Read more
Jan Van Leeuwen was born in 1932 in Amsterdam and is now a renowned cyanotype artist showing his alternative photographic process prints. From: Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Shows: Cyanotypes and Kallitypes. Jan Van Leeuwen was born in 1932 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His work has been published in countless of publications, fromThe photo reviewto most recently inArt in Americaand exhibited around the world. Jan also give lectures from time to time. … Read more
Gustavo Castilla has been passionate about photography all his live and experiments with a lot of different alt. proc. processes. From: Los Angeles, USA. Shows: Cyanotype Rex, Chrysotype Rex, Cyanotype, Gum bichromates, Kallitypes, Vandykes and Photograms. Gustavo Castilla began creating photographs when he was ten years old and have had a passion for photography ever since. He learned the craft by attending workshops and working at an advertising agency. Gustavo … Read more
Wynn White is an American photographer making his home in Chiba, Japan. He learned his craft through trial and error in the field and in the darkroom. Wynn practices various historic printing techniques including salt, cyanotype, kallitype, Vandyke and argyrotype. From: Ontario, Oregon, USA, but lives Yotsukaido, Chiba, Japan Shows: Argyrotypes, Cyanotypes, Kallitypes, Salt prints and Vandykes. Wynn White is an American photographer making his home in Chiba, Japan. He … Read more
Jill Enfield has been working with and lecturing about infrared film and hand-painting since the 80’s. From: New York, USA. Shows: Cyanotypes, Kallitypes, Liquid emulsion, Platinum & palladium, Vandykes. In the last few years Jill has been using liquid emulsion to put images on tiles. 1990 Jill began teaching an alternative process class at Parsons School of Design and fell in love with many of the processes. More about Jill: … Read more
Years ago, Carol Gula was seduced by the creative potential of the alternative photographic processes. She has been experimenting ever since. From: Florida, USA. Shows: Polaroid image transfers, Polaroid SX-70s, Polaroid emulsion lifts, Cyanotypes, Kallitypes. Combining traditional photography with modern digital, she produces contact negatives, which are expressed as Kallitype or Cyanotype prints. She also creates images using Polaroid transfers, emulsion lifts and SX-70 film. Having studied photography in California, … Read more
Stephen A. Wolfe from Columbus, USA, likes experimenting with different alternative techniques. He shows his kallitypes. From: Columbus, Ohio, USA. Shows: Kallitypes. Stephen A. Wolfe specializes in black and white photography. He’s having a lot of fun learning various alternative processes and has been spending most of his free time making Platinum/Palladium-toned Kallitypes. He shoots the originals of his photos with a variety of 35mm, 4×5, and digital cameras. Contact … Read more
From: San Francisco, USA.
Shows: Cyanotypes, Kallitypes, Photopolymer gravures, Vandyke browns, Vandykes over cyanotype and Wet plate collodions.
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From: Pori, Finland
Shows: Anthotypes, Bromoils, Cyanotypes, Daguerrotypes, Kallitypes, Lith prints, Lumen prints, Mordancages, POP – Print out paper, Salt prints, Vandykes, Ziatypes, Wet plate collodions.
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Photographers’ Forumlary has developed a kit to introduce you to Kallitypes without having to take a degree in chemistry. Read instruction sheet
Elizabeth Graves tries out the Kallitype printing kit from the Photographer’s Formulary and gives us a couple of good tips.