Paper Negatives - a start

 
 
In a message dated 12/12/2005 15:53:12 GMT Standard Time,
gauvreau-yves@sympatico.ca writes:

Hi,
 
I have seen a few time that paper negative can be and are used to make
prints. I said prints because I assume they can be used with most if not all
process. I'd like to know a bit more on this subject like what kind of "qualities"
the paper must have and all other useful stuff you may think of.
 
Thanks
Yves

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Hello Yves, If you are still using wet paper development i.e.chemical
solutions in trays with silver gelatine emulsion paper, try making a print from a
digital NEGATIVE on paper and contacting it with something like Ilford
Multigrade. The best exposure for your desire must be acertained by trial under a
low wattage lamp. Cover the contacted paper with black card and make a
series of one second exposures by moving the card, step by step, accross the paper
thus giving bands of increased density after normal development.
            This would be a start for you to discover some of the answers to
the questions in your posting. Also search for work by Jose Ortiz Echague
on Google. He almost exclusively used paper negatives to make his Direct
Carbon (Carbondir or Fresson prints).
                          Hoping this will open up a whole new field of
interest. There are other ways of making paper negatives for which, I feel sure,
others on this list will readily provide information.
                                 Best wishes. John Grocott- Photographist.
                             
Received on Mon Dec 12 17:14:26 2005