Re: Earth Pigment Emulsion
Luis Nadeau (nadeaul@nbnet.nb.ca)
Sat, 28 Feb 1998 18:00:02 -0400
At 1:40 PM -0500 98/02/28, Cyn Photo wrote:
>I recently saw an incredible exhibit of photographs at the University of
>Michigan Museum of Art. These photograph monoprints, by Don Camp, are over-
>life-size portraits of African-American men measuring 30"x22" and 51"x39".
>
>The monograph attending the exhibition states:
>"The photographer explores a little-used and abandoned nineteenth-century
>process that uses pigment, in this case dry earth, suspended in handmade
>casein and light sensitized. After several layers of contact printing, in
>which he freely manipulates and recomposes the image, he removes the excess
>pigments from the print by water-soaking, rinsing, and scrubbing the paper.
>This process blends the paper, pigment, and image, making the image one with
>the paper. The sepia-colored emulsion tends to bleed into the paper."
>
>The process he uses fascinates me and I was wondering if anyone knows more
>specifics about the process or of a text that might inform me.
Casein processes are described in my _Gum Dichromate and Other Direct
Carbon Processes, from Artigue to Zimmerman_
Luis Nadeau
NADEAUL@NBNET.NB.CA
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/nadeaul/