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Alternative Processes
Dec 1, 20224 min read
Seeing Double
The wonders of double exposure Double exposure by Michael Lewis Before there was Photoshop and its transparency and layers tools,...
Alternative Processes
Nov 23, 20224 min read
Notes on the colour blue
with photography historian Elisabeth Scheder-Bieschin I’ve been making cyanotypes for a few years now. I love the simplicity of the...
Alternative Processes
Nov 13, 20224 min read
Beyond Anthotype’s, how to connect and print with nature
Hannah Fletcher is an artist, photographer, and innovator of sustainable alternative photographic practices. Hannah is a co-director of the
Alternative Processes
Oct 12, 20226 min read
5 Camera-less low cost techniques
(and 3 easy ones that involve a camera) In our previous blog post we covered how to build a darkroom from scratch on a budget. But let’s...
Alternative Processes
Sep 25, 20224 min read
FILM INFLATION
“Stay broke, shoot film” has never been as true as lately. Once upon a time, you could buy a roll of Kodak Color Plus 200, or Fujifilm...
Alternative Processes
Sep 9, 20224 min read
The negative in Photography
and how to create a digital one The roofline of Lacock Abbey in 1835 – printed in 2008. Fox-Talbot/Sugimoto Some thoughts on the negative...
Alternative Processes
Aug 30, 20224 min read
Caleb Cole: Alternative Processes & Queer Belonging
We are excited to have Caleb Cole chat with us about their work, and how they use alternative photographic processes to address topics...
Alternative Processes
Aug 16, 20223 min read
Toning Cyanotypes
Because Prussian blue is nice but can get old Maria Azul, variations of the same print with different toning baths Cyanotypes are often...
Alternative Processes
Jul 27, 20224 min read
The endless possibilities of liquid emulsion
Bringing your photographic practice into the third dimension Liquid Emulsion on Carrara Marble, Chiara Salvi Jill Enfield’s must-have...
Alternative Processes
Jul 22, 20223 min read
Camera Obscura: What it is and how to build one
A camera obscura is a dark room with a small hole on one side through which, when the conditions are right, an image of the outside world...
Alternative Processes
Jun 17, 20223 min read
Anthotypes for everyone
a simple guide to a sustainable process Christine Elfman, from the series Anthotype Dress Project, 2011. If you have been having remorse...
Alternative Processes
Jun 6, 20228 min read
Interview with Alireza Rostami: a creative mind who accepts no boundaries
Today we have the pleasure of publishing an interview with a true Renaissance man, a creative mind who accepts no boundaries when it...
Alternative Processes
May 30, 20224 min read
Building a Darkroom From Scratch on a Budget
including: common darkroom problems and how to solve them "Where do you develop the pictures?" Is usually one of the first questions that...
Alternative Processes
May 3, 20225 min read
Building a pinhole camera in a few easy steps
Relying on the principle of the camera obscura, the pinhole camera is one of the most ancient ways of capturing images. Putting aside the...
Alternative Processes
May 3, 20223 min read
7 Women to watch in Alternative Photography
From kitchen DIY set ups to darkroom labs, women have always been at the forefront of alternative photographic processes. Almudena Romero...
Alternative Processes
May 3, 20223 min read
Deconstructing Photography
With Mark Tamer Mark Tamer is an experimental photographer working with both analogue and digital mediums. He's looking to find a balance...
Alternative Processes
May 3, 20224 min read
Bioplastic in Printmaking
With Dulce Delía Dulce Delía is a photographer, educator and cyanotype artist. Dulce talks about how as a child she liked to experiment,...
Alternative Processes
May 3, 20225 min read
Developing and Printing with the Sea
With Melanie King Melanie King is a working class artist and curator, originally from Manchester, UK. Melanie is now based in Ramsgate,...
Alternative Processes
Apr 20, 20224 min read
Developing with Coffee
With Nejc Urankar Nejc Urankar is 25 years old from Slovenia and starts his journey in the magical world of alternative processes with ...
Alternative Processes
Apr 19, 20225 min read
Printing with Kombucha
With Mchaela Davidova When I saw this artist printing with kombucha I immediately knew I had to investigate. Michaela Davidova is a Czech...
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