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.
Sandy King
Carbon printing – process overview
An excerpt from The Carbon Print explaining the basic steps to transform pigmented gelatin into a print in the Carbon print process. Writer and photography / Sandy King and John Lockhart Read the SDS (Safety Data Sheet) before attempting to use chemicals and use the correct safety equipment. Carbon transfer is a contact printing process that produces an image formed by a layer of hardened, pigmented gelatin on a surface … Read more
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
Sandy King
Sandy King is known to many for his work in Carbon and carbo and as the author of the book The Carbon Print. From: Easley, South Carolina, USA. Shows: Carbon, Carbro, Platinum/palladium. Sandy King is a photo historian and landscape photographer, working primarily with large format and ultra large format cameras. He prints primarily with alternative processes, including carbon, kallitype and palladium, and is the author of The Carbon Print. … Read more
Carbon printing – getting started
Writer and photography / Sandy King and John Lockhart An excerpt from The Carbon Print explaining how to use the book, be safe, and avoid common pitfalls with the Carbon print process. WARNING: ADVANCED USERS ONLY: This process requires experience with photographic chemistry, safety equipment, appropriate laboratory procedures, and careful handling and disposal of hazardous chemicals. Read the SDS – Safety Data Sheet before use. Follow all recommended safety precautions, … Read more
Carbon Transfer Printing by Sandy King, Don Nelson, John Lockhart
Carbon Transfer Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual, Featuring Contemporary Carbon Printers and Their Creative Practice by Sandy King, Don Nelson and John Lockhart Buy from Amazon.com Buy from Amazon.co.uk Buy directly from Routledge publishers Reviews the extensive history of carbon transfer and related pigment processes. The carbon print is a new version of the book “Carbon and carbro” that went out of print some time ago. Advice and tips for … Read more
Carbon printing: An alternative process not for the faint of heart
Anthony Mournian gives us an overview of the Carbon printing process from the beginning of time to current state, easing us into the process one step at a time, including work from Sandy King who has truly mastered the process.
The carbon transfer process
Sandy King, the author of the book of Carbon and Carbro tells us how to make carbon transfers.
The Kallitype Process
Kallitype process: A silver-iron method for making permanent prints in gold, palladium and platinum metals by Sandy King.
