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Vandyke brown-breakthrough of sun in undergrowth

Handmade work Van Dyke Brown coated with a large hair brush onto A4 Canson paper : XL Bristol Illustracion-180gr

Van Dyke Brown is an alternative photographic process, using 3 chemicals products, depending on paper and toning, images can run the range of black, sepia, and beautiful rich browns.

Here all stock solutions are home made.

A suitable paper is coated with a solution containing ferric ammonium citrate, silver nitrate and tartaric acid, using a large brush.

After coating, the sensitized paper is exposed by contact printing to a negative under an UVA light source.

Then the paper is developed into fraiche water, fixed, washed and dried.

 

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Uploaded on September 1, 2019