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Alternative Processes
Jan 25, 20242 min read
Cheap Darkroom Cost Breakdown
I want to bust a myth. ​To start printing with Alternative Processes, you don't need to invest a lot of money. Even if you are planning...
Alternative Processes
Jan 25, 20244 min read
Cyanotype on Seashells and other Beach findings (without pre-coating)
This week, I've run some experiments while working remotely from Fuerteventura. I brought only the essentials with me: already mixed...
Alternative Processes
Jan 23, 20241 min read
Alternative Processes Without the Sun
If you're feeling the winter blues, you're not alone. With the sun playing hide and seek, it can be tough for artists like us who thrive...
Alternative Processes
Jan 23, 20242 min read
The Pigeon Photographer
early aerial photography The German pharmacist and inventor, had a passion for both photography and carrier pigeons. In 1907, he merged...
Alternative Processes
Jan 23, 20242 min read
(Super) Early Colour Photography: Prokudin-Gorsky
Born in Murom, Russia, in 1863, Prokudin-Gorsky was a visionary in the truest sense, pioneering the field of color photography in the...
Alternative Processes
Nov 9, 20235 min read
Reframing Identity: Analogue in Queer Imagery
Soham Joshi is a visual artist based in Brighton, UK, known for his innovative use of alternative photographic techniques to examine...
Alternative Processes
Sep 23, 20233 min read
Chance & Control in Film Photography
with Scott McMahon & Ahmed Salvador In a world where the art of photography often adheres to meticulous planning and staging, Scott...
Alternative Processes
Sep 3, 20234 min read
Psychology of Darkroom Printing
Darkroom printing is a heady mix of technical precision, creative intuition, and psychological fortitude, offering a distinctive...
Alternative Processes
Jul 28, 20239 min read
From Darkroom Waste to Jewellery
with Charlotte E Padgham Could you tell us about your exploration of repurposing exhaust photo chemicals in your sculptures and jewelry?...
Alternative Processes
Jul 19, 20233 min read
Mordançage: Transforming Prints & Altering Realities
Our latest blog post takes you on a step-by-step journey through the art of Mordançage printing
Alternative Processes
Jul 12, 20234 min read
Liquid Emulsion Glass Sculptures
with Juliette Leperlier Your work explores the intersection of alternative photography and glass through photo- sculptures. Can you walk...
Alternative Processes
Jun 20, 20235 min read
Cyanotype on Wood
with Laurie Beck Peterson 1) Your series "We All Fall Down" combines cyanotype with wood stumps, creating bold tridimensional pieces. ...
Alternative Processes
May 31, 20235 min read
Site-Specific Cyanotype: Creation to Installation with Jonathan Kay
Your large-scale cyanotype artworks, such as Negative Mass, are site-specific installations that engage with the environment. Could you...
Alternative Processes
May 28, 20234 min read
Wet Plate Collodion
Wet plate collodion, a photographic process that emerged in the mid-19th century, holds a unique place in the history of photography....
Alternative Processes
May 18, 20235 min read
AI & Alternative Processes: can there be synergy?
Mathieu Stern AI cameras In the ever-evolving world of photography, traditional darkroom processes hold a special place. The alchemy of...
Alternative Processes
May 17, 20236 min read
Printing with mud
With Lucas Leffler Back in Paris in April 2021, I discovered a small festival dedicated to unique prints. During my visit of the a ppr oc...
Alternative Processes
Mar 25, 20235 min read
Film Soup
with Hanna from HANALOGITAL Could you please explain a little bit about how film soup works? When 35mm film is placed in various liquids...
Alternative Processes
Feb 26, 20232 min read
How to make a digital negative
the easiest possible way Mathieu Stern There are several alternative processes techniques that we always talk about that have one step in...
Alternative Processes
Jan 29, 20233 min read
Lumen Prints
David Arnold, Morning Glories Lumen prints date back to the first days of photographic cameras when William Henry Fox Talbot experimented...
Alternative Processes
Dec 11, 20222 min read
Gum Bichromate in a few words
Gum Bichromate is a contact printing method invented in 1855. Compared to other contact printing methods like cyanotype and platinum...
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