Damnatio Memoriae a Perafita / Tomb 62
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Calotip mètode Pélegry modificat (mel en comptes de xerigot), en format 4x5.; paper Canson Marker; revelat amb acid gal·lic i acetonitrat de plata. Uns 10 minuts d'exposició a f5,6 (EV 11).
Càmera Graflex Crown Graphic, fabricada cap al 1949; objectiu Kodak Anastigmat f4.5.
Aquest és el primer calotip de prova de la 3ª partida que preparo. Aquesta vegada incorporant ja (i d'aquí en endavant) lactosa a la iodització i dextrina amb el taní en el sensitivitzat. Ara sí que em surten nets i sense taques.
Imatge positivada amb Photoshop a partir del calotip negatiu original.
El cementiri de Perafita, per Tots Sants, força adequat per a un viatge fotografic en el temps als inicis de la fotografía. I aquest calotip m'ha sortit especialment net i amb un detall increible per tractar-se de paper. Aquesta tomba en marbre, la més gran del cementiri, i força antiga, fou destroçada a martellades a inicis de la guerra civil, arrencant-ne la creu de dalt i fent quasi invisibles els noms. Curiosament, aquests danys no foren restaurats quan guanyaren "els altres".
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Calotype (modified Pélegry); Canson Marker paper, cut to 4x5"". Developed with gallic acid and acetonitrate of silver. About 10 minutes exposure at f5.6; EV 11.
Graflex Crown Graphic camera, made c.1949; Kodak Anastigmat f4.5 lens; 4x5 calotype.
This already the 3rd batch of calotypes, following the Pélegry method much closer, just changing the whey for honey. Now I incorporate lactose to the iodizer and dextrin to the sensitizer, and wash the papers in the sensitization for more minutes.
Clearly the cleanliness has improved, with much less fogging and spots.
Positive image inverted with Photoshop from the original calotype negative.
A visit to the Perafita cemetery, in Catalonia, during Halloween (Tots Sants) to pay respect to our elders. An apt place and time for a visit to the archaism of XIX photography. And I'm specially proud of how clean and sharp is this calotype, considering it's just paper.
By the way, this white marble tomb, the largest in the cemetery, was vandalized during the early days of the spanish civil war (obviously for being the tomb of some landowners), it's cross smashed and the names chiseled. But I find unusual that this was not restored after the war by the fascist side, the "victors". Don't know why.
Damnatio Memoriae a Perafita / Tomb 62
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Calotip mètode Pélegry modificat (mel en comptes de xerigot), en format 4x5.; paper Canson Marker; revelat amb acid gal·lic i acetonitrat de plata. Uns 10 minuts d'exposició a f5,6 (EV 11).
Càmera Graflex Crown Graphic, fabricada cap al 1949; objectiu Kodak Anastigmat f4.5.
Aquest és el primer calotip de prova de la 3ª partida que preparo. Aquesta vegada incorporant ja (i d'aquí en endavant) lactosa a la iodització i dextrina amb el taní en el sensitivitzat. Ara sí que em surten nets i sense taques.
Imatge positivada amb Photoshop a partir del calotip negatiu original.
El cementiri de Perafita, per Tots Sants, força adequat per a un viatge fotografic en el temps als inicis de la fotografía. I aquest calotip m'ha sortit especialment net i amb un detall increible per tractar-se de paper. Aquesta tomba en marbre, la més gran del cementiri, i força antiga, fou destroçada a martellades a inicis de la guerra civil, arrencant-ne la creu de dalt i fent quasi invisibles els noms. Curiosament, aquests danys no foren restaurats quan guanyaren "els altres".
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Calotype (modified Pélegry); Canson Marker paper, cut to 4x5"". Developed with gallic acid and acetonitrate of silver. About 10 minutes exposure at f5.6; EV 11.
Graflex Crown Graphic camera, made c.1949; Kodak Anastigmat f4.5 lens; 4x5 calotype.
This already the 3rd batch of calotypes, following the Pélegry method much closer, just changing the whey for honey. Now I incorporate lactose to the iodizer and dextrin to the sensitizer, and wash the papers in the sensitization for more minutes.
Clearly the cleanliness has improved, with much less fogging and spots.
Positive image inverted with Photoshop from the original calotype negative.
A visit to the Perafita cemetery, in Catalonia, during Halloween (Tots Sants) to pay respect to our elders. An apt place and time for a visit to the archaism of XIX photography. And I'm specially proud of how clean and sharp is this calotype, considering it's just paper.
By the way, this white marble tomb, the largest in the cemetery, was vandalized during the early days of the spanish civil war (obviously for being the tomb of some landowners), it's cross smashed and the names chiseled. But I find unusual that this was not restored after the war by the fascist side, the "victors". Don't know why.