Scanning and Copying Platinum/Palladium Prints
Since around July 2015, I have tried to display images on this site that are scanned from actual prints. In all cases, I describe the source of the scan (e.g. ‘digital source’ for a photograph made with a digital camera; ‘Platinum-palladium print on 100% cellulose (Van Gelder simili japon) from original 8×10 in negative’, and […]
Prints from Art 361, Spring 2019
Kara Adams, print-out platinum-palladium print (1:1 pt:pd) on Revere Platinum paper, from original negative, 2 x 2 inches Scans of prints from this Spring Semester’s Advanced Studies in Photography class, where the group worked with MW Print-out platinum-palladium.
Prints from a Workshop at Cone Editions
Pamela Heemskerk, platinum-palladium (1:1) print on Reich CT, Malde-Ware system, Cone Editions workshop, 2018, 10×8 inches I taught a workshop last year at Cone Editions Press in Vermont. A wonderful group of photographers and printmakers gathered for four days and learned about the nuances of making platinum/palladium prints. We used methods designed by Cone Editions […]
Progress from Silence
Desk, while working on ‘From Where Loss Comes’, January, 2019. The image, of young Prisca and Dorcas, is a platinum-palladium print on Reich CT (vellum paper) pasted into a binding. All the photographs were made with 8×10 film. It has been a period of very low activity on this blog, but only as a counterbalance […]
Platinum/palladium printing data sheet
Printers should maintain a good record of their process, clearly noting variations in all of the key parameters. For printing-out platinum/palladium printing, the main variables are indicated in bold on the form below. These are the most essential data in any notes maintained during the printing process. Many of the prints shown on this web […]
Rachel and Luca
Rachel. Lamp. Luca Blurred. Cortona, Italy, April 2010. Platinum-palladium print on 100% cellulose (Wyndstone vellum) paper from 8×10 inch original negative. This photograph was made seven years ago. I posted another version of it, printed on Crane paper, with exactly the same sensitizer (1:1 platinum:palladium by molar weight), print-out and same clearing baths – […]
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