Alternative Photographic Processes: A Working Guide for Image Makers

by Martin H. Reed and Randall Webb

..".amply illustrated...provides an overview of alternative printing processes, including several nearly forgotten traditional processes, such as salt printing and photo etching....takes a straightforward, how-to approach to each of these unique and often complicated processes in a series of short chapters. Each chapter provides some historical background, discusses advantages and disadvantages of the technique, provides a shopping list, and then outlines the method of making prints....Valuable to anyone who wishes to make photographs safely and competently using these varied processes, the book will also appeal to those who want to learn more about these methods. Recommended for both public and academic libraries..."--"Library Journal."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883403707
• ISBN13: 9781883403706
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Silver Pixel Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Exellent reference guide

I've used this book many times for multiple different processes and it's never let me down. Anecdotal and fun to read, the authors also give good practical advice from experience.