The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes

Christopher James

• Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781285089317
• eBook ISBN:
  9781305461598
• Topic: Design
• Subtopic: Graphic design

Written by internationally acclaimed artist and photographer Christopher James, THE BOOK OF ALTERNATIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES: 3rd Edition is the definitive text for students and professionals studying alternative photographic processes and the art of hand-made photographic image making. This innovative Third Edition brings the medium up to date with new and historic processes that are integrated with the latest contemporary innovations, adaptations, techniques, and art work. This 800 page edition is packed with more than 700 exquisite illustrations featuring historical examples as well as the art that is currently being made by professional alternative process, artists, teachers, and students of the genre. The third edition is the complete and comprehensive technical and aesthetic resource exploring and delving into every aspect of alternative photographic process photography. Each chapter introduces the history of a technique, presents an overview of the alternative photographic process that will be featured, reviews its chemistry, and provides practical and easy to follow guidance in how to make it work. In his conversational writing style, James also explores the idiosyncrasies, history, and cultural connections that are such a significant part of the history of photography. Featuring traditional and digital contact negative production as well as an array of processes, spread out over 28 chapters, THE BOOK OF ALTERNATIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES: 3RD EDITION delivers clear instructions, practical workflows and advice, humor, history, art, and immeasurable inspiration.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Statement
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Ch 1: Making Art With a Box of Air: The Pinhole & Camera Obscura
• Ch 2: The Anthotype & Chlorophyll Process: The Art of Printing with Flowers & Vegetation
• Ch 3: The Calotype Process & the Art of Fixing Shadows
• Ch 4: Bayard’s Direct Positive Process
• Ch 5: The Salted Paper Process
• Ch 6: The Whey Process
• Ch 7: The Cyanotype Process
• Ch 8: Cyanotype Variations & Inventions
• Ch 9: The Argyrotype Process
• Ch 10: The New Chrysotype Process
• Ch 11: Fumed Silica
• Ch 12: The Kallitype Process
• Ch 13: The Platinum/Palladium Process
• Ch 14: The Ziatype Process
• Ch 15: The Athenatype Process
• Ch 16: The Albumen Process
• Ch 17: Wet Plate Collodion Process: Tintypes Ambrotypes, & Glass Plate Negatives
• Ch 18: The Gum Bichromate Process
• Ch 19: Dichromate Process Options: Gumoil, Photo-Resists, Chromatype, Bichromated Wash Drawings, Dusting-On Process, Gum Bichromate on Glass, Herschel’s Breath Printing, Estabrook’s 3-D Gums, Winther’s Bichro-Silver Process
• Ch 20: The Carbon Print Process
• Ch 21: The Van Dyke Brown Process & Variations
• Ch 22: POP: Printing-Out Paper
• Ch 23: Hand-Applied Emulsions
• Ch 24: The Alternative Negative
• Ch 25: Digital Imagining
• Ch 26: Inkjet Photopolymer Gravure: Direct To Plate
• Ch 27: Paper and Alternative Substrates: History, Considerations, Preparation, Sizing, & Hardening
• Ch 28: Light Markings
• Appendix A: Chemical Safety Considerations, Definitions, Information, Small Volume Conversions and Formulas
• Appendix B: Selected Bibliography: Alternative Processes
• Index